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Will the new iPhone have Arm Cortex A15?
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You never know. TSMC is already manufacturing them, and Apple did try to buy out one of their factories or something and they declined. Apple has a lot of money and as we all know, money talks. They could easily persuade a chip maker to manufacture them and they could spend some of their $100 BILLION in their war chest on R&D for the new A15 chips to make sure they perform to Apple's standards.
They've got all that money and nothing to spend it on, and with the new iPhone, a new iPad Mini, and a new iPod Touch, they're going to make A LOT of money this holiday season. They'd make all the money they spent on R&D of the new chip back in under a quarter with their profits only going up from here.
Qualcomm's S4, which has been on shelves for awhile now, is basically a customized A15, and like Qualcomm, Apple always produces their own custom ARM designs. The A9 based A5 (confusing, isn't it) has been around for awhile, so an A15 based iPhone is long overdue, really. TI, Samsung, and others have A15 designs in the pipe, and this iPhone chip will be competing against them.
I would love to see a dual A15, and I think it's possible. Sadly, we'll probably get a shrunken Apple A5 or A5X.
I would love to see a dual A15, and I think it's possible. Sadly, we'll probably get a shrunken Apple A5 or A5X.
Well, you never know. I mean, Apple does have over $100 BILLION in the bank with nothing to spend it on. They could spend a couple million on the development of the A15 based chip, some R&D, and they'd have the best next-gen chip. Couple this with a redesigned iPhone, LTE, a larger screen, etc., and you've got one incredibly fast phone with most likely VERY good battery life. That's my dream phone, hopefully Apple uses its money on this.
Well, you never know. I mean, Apple does have over $100 BILLION in the bank with nothing to spend it on. They could spend a couple million on the development of the A15 based chip, some R&D, and they'd have the best next-gen chip. Couple this with a redesigned iPhone, LTE, a larger screen, etc., and you've got one incredibly fast phone with most likely VERY good battery life. That's my dream phone, hopefully Apple uses its money on this.
Mine too.
It's basically impossible though. TSMC can't even produce enough 28nm chips to meet the (relatively) small demand from Qualcomm, and other fabs haven't caught up. Apple needs ALOT of chips for an iPhone launch... 32nm MIGHT have the capacity Apple needs. Seeing that the revised Apple A5 uses that same process, we're probably gonna see another revised Apple A5.
Pretty sure they were declared fakes due to photoshopping on the A6 sign. I'll never understand why people spend their time creating fake "leaks" like this. Oh well