Apple A16

The Apple A16 Bionic is a 64-bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC), designed by Apple and fabricated by TSMC for the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max. It was announced on September 7, 2022.Apple Event — September 7 by Apple, YouTube. 2022-09-07.
==Features==
The A16 is manufactured by TSMC to Apple's design specifications. The contains nearly 16 billion transistors that are fabricated through a 4 nm process (N4P). The 6-core CPU contains 4 high-performance cores that are faster than the ones in the Apple A15 while using 20% less power. The 5 GPU cores have 50% more memory bandwidth. The 16-core Neural Engine is capable of nearly 17 trillion operations per second. A new Display Engine supports always-on displays with refresh rates as low as 1 Hz, and the image signal processor supports Photonic Engine features. The versions used in the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max each contain 6 GB of RAM.iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro Models All Feature 6GB of RAM by Joe Rossignol, MacRumors. 2022-09-08.
==Supply chain reports==
The forced Apple to limit the inclusion of the A16 to "Pro" models of the iPhone 14 line.Another report corroborates that only iPhone 14 Pro models will get new A16 chip by Filipe Espósito, 9to5Mac. 2022-06-01. Supply chain reports by analysts such as Ming-Chi Kuo had previously speculated that the A16 would be a modest upgrade over the Apple A15, produced on TSMC's same optimized (N5P).iPhone 14 Pro’s new A16 Bionic chip may not be a big upgrade over the A15 by Chris Smith, Boy Genius Report. 2022-05-30.
==Products with the Apple A16==
*iPhone 14 Pro
*iPhone 14 Pro Max
*iPhone 15
*iPhone 15 plus
==References==
==External links==
*Apple A16 Bionic specs at GadgetVersus
*Apple A16 Bionic at 5G Mobile Phone
*T8120 (Apple A16) at The iPhone Wiki
* at Wikipedia
Category:2022 introductions