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… Timeline June 2026 Jun 29 Apple’s A20 Pro Borrows Samsung’s Side-by-Side DRAM Trick, And Places A Vapor Chamber On The Die, Echoing Exynos 2700’s Heat Path Block Strategy Jun 26 Apple’s A20 Pro With Newer Packaging On iPhone 18 Pro Logic Board Allegedly Leaked, Showing Bigger NPU But No Change To P… …
… A20 and A20 Pro efficiency cores could once more come to the rescue as Apple showcased incredible ‘performance per watt’ with the A19 Pro Even though Qualcomm and MediaTek will overtake Apple in one technological aspect by utilizing TSMC’s improved 2nm ‘N2P’ process, designing custom cores is an ar… …
… Now, Apple's upcoming A20 Pro chip appears to be adopting chip architectural principles that are strikingly similar to those Samsung is expected to go with in its Exynos 2700 chip. Consider the fact that the A20 Pro's WMCM packaging also places the DRAM alongside the die . …
… Read all comments on A20 Pro Won’t Break Apple’s Long-Held Tradition; No LPDDR6 RAM Support, But Faster Six-Channel Memory With Increased Bandwidth For AI Workloads
… Apple's A20 Pro chip that powers the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max is apparently eschewing a 64-bit LPDDR5X for a 96-bit LPDDR6 While leveraging the scoop provided by Reptalica, the tipster INIYSA noted recently that the A20 Pro chip appeared to be moving away from the 64-bit memory bandwidth that Appl… …
… Maintaining the same physical size as the A19 Pro allows Apple to lower production costs for the A20 Pro, which are already expensive to mass produce, thanks to TSMC’s 2nm node While the image from Reptalica shown below only shows circuitry markers equivalent to a schematic rather than actual logic… …
… Apple will reportedly retain WMCM packaging for the A20 Pro chip that is likely to power the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max models. …
… Related Story iPhone 18 Pro Price Hike May Not Just Be Fueled By Soaring DRAM Costs, But Also Because Of This Camera Upgrade TSMC’s CoWoS packaging could be used for Apple’s A20, allowing for a tighter integration of the internals, but no word if there will be performance or efficiency improvements… …
… However, we’ll wait for the official announcement to reveal the truth, as none of these images show any label indicating that the A20 Pro supports LPDDR6 memory. We also expected that Apple’s first 2nm silicon is Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 5G modem. …
… Related Story CXMT Could Give Apple One More Reason To Pursue A DRAM Partnership, As Chinese Firm Is Working On A Game-Changing High-Density Memory Without Using EUV The new WMCM process eliminates the thermal limitations for the A20 Pro while also bringing bandwidth improvements, making the SoC id… …