The latest SoCs that the apple company launched in the smartphone sector marked an evolution that is too discreet compared to the previous generation. The A15 and A16 SoCs are two good examples, and the first reports we saw suggested that the Apple A17 SoC I was going to continue in the same trend.

It’s clear that it happened performance slowdown This particularly affected solutions for smartphones. Increasing performance without increasing efficiency costs more and more, and introducing new features that stand out continues to be a challenge due to the resource consumption and on-chip space they represent when talking about smartphone SoCs.

With all this in mind, it makes sense to think that the Apple A17 SoC will not be anything particularly revolutionary, but according to well-known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the apple company has invested significantly to improve this new silicon significantly compared to previous generations. It also makes sense because we must not forget it in the end said chip will mean a jump to the 3 nm node, and that said manufacturing process will bring improvements in terms of performance and efficiency.

If you are wondering what we can expect from the Apple A17 SoC, the answer is quite simple, performance boost at a higher CPU level than we’ve seen in previous generations, more powerful GPUs and higher efficiency. We cannot exclude that the apple company is encouraged to introduce other important innovations, such as hardware dedicated to the acceleration of ray tracing, which would be integrated into the GPU.

On the topic of GPUs, it is important to remember what we told you then about the project that Apple had for the SoC A16, a next-generation graphics core that promised a small revolution in its category, but in the end it could not go ahead because the consumption and operating temperatures that registered, they were too high.

Perhaps the Cupertino firm will decide to revive this idea for the Apple A17 SoC and that with the greater investment of resources it is making, it will be able to move forward. Since the launch of the iPhone 15, there is not much doubt left It is scheduled for September this year. Before finishing, I remind you that according to the latest information, this new generation of smartphones will have Dynamic Island in all its models and will be equipped with the iOS 17 operating system.