iPhone 14 Pro will continue to use A16 chip with N5P process
According to previous market expectations, TSMC can use a 4nm enhanced version or even a 3nm process this year. Of course, Apple will be the first to use the new technology, which is the A16 Bionic chip in the iPhone 14 Pro series. But now Apple has to continue to use the old technology because the N4P and N3 processes will not be mass-produced until 2023, which means that the A16 will continue to use the existing N5P or N4 processes.
The above news was first provided by the leaker ShrimpApplePro on Twitter, and then the well-known analysis Ming-Chi Kuo confirmed the news. Kuo said that N4P and N3 will not be mass-produced until 2023, so N5P and N4 are currently feasible solutions for Apple chips. He also believes that N4 is not much different from N5P. The A15 Bionic chip used in the current iPhone 13 series and the iPad mini is based on N5P.
The A16 Bionic chip also based on N5P is naturally unlikely to have much performance improvement. However, of course, Apple will not continue to use the A15 name, and changing the A16 name is just a marketing strategy.
