To make up for this flaw, Apple is doing everything possible to ensure that the upcoming A17 Bionic chip has no problems.
A recent report from Tianfeng International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed that slow chip upgrades are not beneficial for the sale of end products (such as A16 and M2 chips). Apple is focusing most of its microchip design resources on developing new chips.
Ming-Chi Kuo has said that in the near future, Apple will focus most of its design resources on Apple Silicon mobile chips manufactured according to the 3nm process. These chips will come with a major improvement in performance upgrades and power consumption compared to older chips. This will be Apple's next priority.
Due to insufficient development resources, Apple has even delayed the development and mass production of its own Wi-Fi chips and 5G base bands. If everything goes according to plan, Ming-Chi Kuo hopes that Apple's "the most advanced 3nm processor in the world" will be put into mass production this year.
Apple's 3nm mobile chip will come with major upgrades
After upgrading to a 3nm process, the performance of Apple Silicon chips will be greatly improved. These chips, including the A17 Bionic series, will be used by the iPhone 15 as well as the new M series chip used by Macs.
According to previous reports, Apple initially planned to make a major upgrade to the GPUs of the A16 chip on the iPhone 14 Pro series. But after discovering an unprecedented mistake, the company was forced to cancel the new GPU plan for later development.
It is reported that the new generation A16 Bionic is "too ambitious" and will initially add features such as ray detectors. However, due to design errors, it consumes more energy than expected. This directly affects the battery life and heat management capability of the iPhone 14 Pro.
Apple only discovered a design flaw for the new GPUs in the later stages of development. The company has had to rushing to use the A15 GPU for a small upgrade. It is not surprising that we will once again witness a leap in GPU performance on the A17.
Focus on hardware
According to the report, iOS 17 will not introduce any major design enhancements. Instead, the upcoming version will focus on improving stability and performance, while supporting Apple's reality Pro AR/VR headphones.
According to other parts of iOS 17, all four upcoming iPhones will switch to a USB Type-C port. But only two support USB 3.2 speed, possibly the Pro and Pro Max. The non-Pro iPhone will still have the same transmission speed as the current Lightning port.
Finally, the iPhone 15 Pro Max will have higher-end image processing software. It will also come with a better cooling system. This is likely to happen, at least in part, because the phone is physically larger.
