A new report sheds light on why Apple hasn’t really bragged about the capabilities of its components in the iPhone 14 Pro.
The best Qualcomm and MediaTek chips for 2023 – Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 I Size 9200 – stand out with hardware support for ray tracing. While Apple has often led the way with its drives thus far, this time it has not only failed to outperform its rivals, but has not even kept up with them.
It seems that the original plans were completely different, but not everything went as planned by Apple.
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Apple received a recommendation while building a new GPU for the iPhone 14 Pro
Serwis The information published extensive material on the problems that Apple’s chip manufacturing department has been grappling with for several years. Speech, among others on the departure of key employees or disputes with startups founded by them.
Particularly interesting is the story of the development of the A16 Bionic chip for iPhone’a 14 Pro. According to the report, Apple was developing a completely new graphics chip for this year’s flagship, which was supposed to support ray tracing technology and provide a much better visual experience in games.
Late in development, however, the company reportedly encountered a major engineering flaw that caused the unit to consume too much power and emit more heat than its simulations assumed. It had to be too late for the design changes, so before starting mass production, Apple had to decide to use only the slightly modified graphics of the iPhone 13 Pro.
These reports make sense when you look again presentation iPhone 14Pro. So far Apple has been eager to show graphs showing a leap in power over the previous generation, but this time the company has only boasted about an increase in CPU performance. In the context of the GPU, “increased memory bandwidth” was briefly mentioned (from 1:17:03).
The Information calls the bankruptcy “unprecedented in the history of the silicon development group.” Apple has so far attached great importance to the performance of its chips.
The giant probably did not give up on his plans altogether, but only postponed them in time. So you can expect the upcoming iPhone 15 Pro to support ray tracing games.
Miron Nurski, editor-in-chief of Komórkomania