Blurry Images Allegedly Depict A11 Processor Set to Power 'iPhone 8'

[CarlJ]

It says the name on one side and has electrical connections on the other! I knew it! I bet you all feel foolish now for not believing my predictions!
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And it's already being produced a few weeks ahead of launch?

Interesting. Would have never expected this.

Yep, their normal practice is to have a tiny chip fab in the back of each Apple Store, and they don't produce/install the chip until you actually buy an iPhone - that's why it takes them a few minutes to bring the box out.

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

The second one seems clear.

 

[wizard]

This chip is going to be a powerhouse, Can't wait to see A11 running into the heart of iPhone 8.

This is the feeling im getting. One just has to look at the new iPads to understand the potential here. Combine the power savings with improved CPU and GPU architectures, performance should be outstanding. This doesn't even consider the possibility of hardware to accelerate AI processing and other rumored improvements.

I could be wrong but this looks like a huge SoC improvement. Im really thinking Mac Book parity or better performance from a cell phone.
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So, what's going to be in the 7S version then? A lower-clocked version of the A11? the A10X?

Possibky down clocked a bit but i see a strong possibility that iPhone 8 will have a unique chip. That chip would have acceleration for AI type processing.

I actually could see the chip in iPhone 8 downclocked a bit to accelerate AI operations via additional hardware. This if the AI acccelerstor is part of the die stack instead of part of the SoC. In otherwords iPhone 8 could get the same SoC but have an additional wafer in the die stack dedicated to AI processing. They would run the A11 wafer a bit slower to allocate power to the AI accelerator.

Of course there are lots of possibilities here. For example the chip sets could be exactly the same but they just allocate more battery space or use improved battery tech to run A11 faster in iPhone 8.

We can speculate all day here but the reality is there are many possible approaches. The 7's for example could get the A10x instead. I doubt this will happen though as it appears that Apple is ready for a big push into AR and AI optimization.

 

[Zmmyt]

This chip is going to be a powerhouse, Can't wait to see A11 running into the heart of iPhone 8.

Beautiful render of iPhone 8 in blush Gold :-
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That looks absolutely stunning.

 

[iZac]

Someone just got a shredded wheat and painted up one side. I jest!

In other news; external part leaks, dummy phones and cases shockingly get more clicks than a whole silicon-on-chip. Someone X-ray this thing right now.

 

[coolfactor]

Apple never lags behind with old CPUs for the iPhone and they sell a lot of iPhones. I wonder if this would help Apple sell more Macs if they didn't try to sell Macs with older components?

I'm really hoping that Apple can continue to break away from their Intel dependence by introducing more specialized co-processors that take responsibility away from the main CPU. This creates a computer experience that the competition just can not match. I'm still waiting for a dedicated "V-series" voice-processing chip to go into Apple devices, much like the M-series motion co-processors.

 

[twinlight]

I see so much new transistors and features but unsure due to missing claw nails.

Is there actually any doubt that the chip is square, has A11 on it and will be in the next iPhone?

 

[thomasthegps]

iPad Pro's A10X gets 3882 single and 9195 multi in geek bench.

The A11 should be slightly faster than that, which would be insane for a phone.

The single score yes but maybe not multicore. The ipad has 6 cpu cores the iphone 8 will probably have 4

 

[garylapointe]

Mr. BlurryCam has been on vacation too long.
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Plot twist. Apple has so much money Tim's decided we don't get an iPhone this year.. we peeked at our presents too many times and Grandpa Tim is taking them back.

I think they should go to an 18 month cycle.

• Make it feel more like 2 years for those people who want to upgrade often.
• Make those people who can't decide to upgrade ever two or three years get every other model. They won't wait 4.5 years!