iPhone 15 Pro’s A17 Chip Could Offer A Big GPU Upgrade: What We Know – News18

Apple’s next-generation iPhone 15 Pro is anticipated to be launched in September 2023—powered by the A17 Bionic chip, which goes to be successor to the A16 Bionic chip that powers the iPhone 14 Pro fashions. Now, a brand new leak means that the A17 Bionic may have a 6-core CPU and a 6-core GPU. 

The A16 Bionic has the same 6-core CPU, however solely 5 GPU cores. This implies that the A17 Bionic could have some important enhancements over the present technology chip.

As noticed by MacRumors, this info comes from leaker Unknownz21 on X (previously Twitter). He additionally claims that the A17 Bionic may have a clock velocity of three.70 GHz and be based mostly on a brand new 3nm course of—in comparison with the 4nm course of utilized by the A16 Bionic. The chipset can also be anticipated to be paired with 6GB of LPDDR5 RAM. However, the tipster notes that 8GB of RAM can also be a chance however it’s “unlikely.”

Like final yr, the vanilla iPhone 15 fashions are anticipated to not function the most recent chipset; as an alternative, they could possibly be powered by the outgoing A16 Bionic chip that powers the present iPhone 14 Pro flagships. 

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has hinted that every one the brand new iPhone 15 collection fashions are anticipated to be unveiled throughout the rumored Apple occasion on September 12. In addition to the iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 15 Plus, and the iPhone 15, Apple can also be anticipated to unveil the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 fashions.

In associated news, Apple is reportedly working with Foxconn to fabricate servers in Vietnam for its AI companies, based on a report by the South China Morning Post. This is a part of Apple’s efforts to diversify its manufacturing away from China.