The industry is hyping up the alliance between Chinese memory manufacturer CXMT and Apple, with the latter previously reported to have begun testing the company’s DRAM chips for use in future products. Unfortunately, a new rumor buries any hope that these modules will be found in the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, and it’s not due to any political pressure. Apparently, it’s a technological limitation involving the A20 Pro’s Wafer-Level Multi-Chip Module Packaging (WMCM). All hope isn’t lost because Apple’s standard A20 found in the iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e could still be paired with CXMT DRAM For […]

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Apple’s “go to” chipset packaging for its A-series of chipsets was InFO-PoP (Integrated Fan-Out Package-on-Package), which had its uses, but in the age of artificial intelligence, the technology was quickly becoming dated and introducing a ton of limitations, including thermal problems for running on-device AI operations. Thankfully, if there was one positive outcome for the AI boom, it’s that companies like Apple have been encouraged to research and develop newer packaging, as it has done with the A20 Pro and its Wafer-Level Multi-Chip Module Packaging (WMCM). Of course, that’s what a tipster claims and may not be the complete reality. The […]

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In what might come as a surprise, especially given Apple's ballooning memory-related costs, the A20 Pro chip that is slated to power the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max will likely use the cutting-edge 96-bit LPDDR6, departing from the 64-bit bandwidth that Apple has used for around 13 years now. Apple's A20 Pro chip that powers the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max is apparently eschewing a 64-bit LPDDR5X for a 96-bit LPDDR6 While leveraging the scoop provided by Reptalica, the tipster INIYSA noted recently that the A20 Pro chip appeared to be moving away from the 64-bit memory […]

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The A19 and A19 Pro were Apple’s last 3nm chipsets for the iPhone lineup, as the company has set its sights on the A20 and A20 Pro next year, making it the first time that we will witness SoCs designed on TSMC’s 2nm process in action. Apart from sporting the next-generation lithography, both silicon will also offer a bevy of technological advancements when Apple announces the iPhone 18 family. Here is everything you need to know about the A20 and A20 Pro. A brief look at TSMC’s 2nm ‘N2’ node and how it stacks up against the older 3nm ‘N3E’ and […]

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Apple has thoroughly established itself as a leader when it comes to designing its custom silicon. Even so, it's not above emulating innovative ideas, as it appears to be doing with the upcoming A20 Pro chip, which borrows heavily from Samsung's new 'Side-by-Side' (SbS) architecture. Both Samsung's Exynos 2700 and Apple's A20 Pro chip place the DRAM alongside the AP, and employ a thermal solution that remains in contact with the AP Samsung's Exynos 2600 broke the prevailing mobile chip architecture mold by placing the DRAM on top of a part of the AP, right alongside a copper-based heat sink, […]

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A first look at the iPhone 18 Pro’s logic board shows that the A20 Pro has adopted the new WMCM (Wafer-Level Multi-Chip Module) packaging, with Apple gradually shifting away from the PoP (Package-on-Package) technology used for the A19 Pro. We also see that Apple has once more relied on its chip design prowess to limit the size of the SoC while also making changes to the Neural Engine. Maintaining the same physical size as the A19 Pro allows Apple to lower production costs for the A20 Pro, which are already expensive to mass produce, thanks to TSMC’s 2nm node While the […]

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TSMC’s 2nm process will be showcased for the first time, with Apple being one of the recipients to leverage this technology in its upcoming A20 and A20 Pro. While the move from the 3nm ‘N3P’ node to the 2nm ‘N2’ will improve efficiency by a decent margin, Apple’s expertise in chip design will ensure that the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max deliver record battery life. A20 and A20 Pro efficiency cores could once more come to the rescue as Apple showcased incredible ‘performance per watt’ with the A19 Pro Even though Qualcomm and MediaTek will overtake Apple in […]

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