A phone collector on Twitter (X) with the username @_orangera1n has discovered that Apple is already working on the A19 Bionic SoC. This year, with the A17 Bionic, Apple will be the only major phone maker to offer a phone powered by a 3nm chipset. But before we knew everything about the A17 Bionic, it was learned that Apple is working on the A19 Bionic.
Apple A19 Bionic is on the way
A list of CPU IDs has emerged, according to evidence shared via X. In this list, 0x8120 is the 4nm A16 Bionic powering the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. In about a month, the A16 Bionic will be found under the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus units. As we mentioned earlier, the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max will be equipped with the A17 Bionic. This chipset is listed as 0x8130 in the list.
So 0x8140 and 0x8150 will be A18 Bionic and A19 Bionic respectively. With the A17 Bionic being the first smartphone processor (AP) to be made using this year’s 3nm node, it means that feature sizes, including transistor size, are smaller. This, in theory, means more transistors inside each die, making a chip more powerful and energy efficient.
The A19 Bionic, which should be found in the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max/Ultra, could be the first chip built using TSMC’s 2nm process node inside the iPhone, making it the first iPhone to use GAA transistors. These transistors allow the gate to contact the channel on all four sides, resulting in less current leakage, higher performance and greater energy efficiency.
Now that Apple is working on the A19 Bionic, perhaps it’s almost finished working on the A18 Bionic SoC that should be in the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max/Ultra. Although this is all we know for now, more detailed information about these new chipsets will come in the future.
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