A17 Bionic: how will it be

According to the latest information, the Apple A17 Bionic in the iPhone 15 Pro will have the same number of processor cores as the A16, but will receive an additional GPU core for improved graphics performance. TSMC will still make the chips.

The processor will show better power compared to its competitors because It will be the first mobile chip in 3 nanometer architecture. This means the transistors will be packed more tightly, allowing more space and playing an important role in energy efficiency.

According to the leaked A17, the iPhone 15 Pro will be equipped 6 core processor and 6 core GPU. The new core count will provide increased computing and graphics performance on “Pro” iPhone models.

For comparison, the current A16 Bionic chip (which will be installed in the two cheaper models of the new series) has a 6-core processor and a 5-core GPU. That is, the iPhone 15 Pro will cope better with graphics-intensive tasks such as games and rendering. models Pro and Pro Max could potentially be the best gaming smartphones on the marketGiven that the 14 Pro is also ahead of the competition.

Alongside the improved M3 GPU cores, the leak also reports that the new 3-nanometer chip will be paired with 6 gigabytes of RAM on the iPhone 15 Pro models. It was previously reported that the iPhone 15 Pro Max will be equipped with 8 gigabytes of RAM, but the leak claims that this is unlikely. Last year’s iPhone 14 Pro also has 6 gigabytes of RAM.

Apple is a private client

Yesterday, on August 9, interesting information appeared in the press. It is stated that Apple has ensured that it has no rival in the 3 nanometer chip market next year. The company allegedly Secured the entire supply of TSMC’s cutting-edge chips for a period of 12 months.

Apple previously reportedly reserved 90 percent of the Taiwanese manufacturer’s 3 nanometer supply; this might have given other companies some space to get the rest of the chips, but now it seems to be the only company in line.

It’s hard to say how much Apple paid for this exclusivity, especially since the deal has another very nice advantage: Apple won’t have to pay for defective wafers, as TSMC will cover the cost of the defect. This will save the American company billions of dollars.

• However, there are other iterations of TSMC’s 3nm technology that should be available to competitors like Qualcomm, MediaTek and others. So it will be interesting to see how they try to catch up with Apple.
• Also, Samsung started producing 3 nanometer chips earlier, even outpacing TSMC. They will probably appear on the company’s new flagships, but processors have never even caught up with Snapdragon chips, let alone Apple.