A phone collector on Twitter (X) with the username @_orangera1n discovered that Apple is already working on the A19 Bionic SoC. This year, Apple, along with the A17 Bionic, will be the only major phone maker to offer a phone powered by a 3nm chipset. However, before we learned everything about the A17 Bionic, it was learned that Apple is working on the A19 Bionic.
Apple A19 Bionic on the way
A list of CPU IDs has surfaced, based on evidence shared over X. 0x8120 in this listing is the 4nm A16 Bionic that powers the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. In about a month, the A16 Bionic will be found under the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus units. As we mentioned before, the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max will be equipped with the A17 Bionic. This chipset is listed as 0x8130 in the list.
So 0x8140 and 0x8150 would be A18 Bionic and A19 Bionic respectively. With the A17 Bionic, this year’s first smartphone processor (AP) to be made using the 3nm node, it means feature sizes are smaller, including transistor size. This theoretically means more transistors inside each die, making a chip more powerful and energy efficient.
The A19 Bionic, which should be included in the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max/Ultra, could be the first chip built inside the iPhone using TSMC’s 2nm process node, making it the first iPhone to use GAA transistors. These transistors allow the gate to contact the channel from all four sides, resulting in less current leakage, higher performance and greater energy efficiency.
Now that Apple is working on the A19 Bionic, it may have almost finished work on the A18 Bionic SoC, which perhaps should be included in the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max/Ultra. Although this is all we know for now, more detailed information about these new chipsets will come in the future.
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