At the end of last year, we learned that TSMC started the production process of the A18 Pro chip that will be included in the models. iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. Apparently, this processor will have a neural processing unit specifically designed for iOS 18 artificial intelligence operations.

Jeff PuPopular analyst from Haitong International Tech Research suggested: More details about the implementation of AI in the A18 Pro chip of the iPhone 16 Pro. He also assured that Apple was ramping up processor production much earlier than usual.

The news comes shortly after it was publicly announced that Apple and Google were in talks to integrate Gemini AI into the iPhone.

A18 Pro chip in iPhone 16 Pro

A18 Pro chip will be designed for iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max models

The successor to the A17 Pro chip in the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max will be the most powerful processor in iPhone history. It will be welcomed by Major improvements designed to run AI operations.

In a statement to investors accessed by 9to5mac, Jeff Pu noted that Apple supply chain sources reported strong growth in demand for the Apple A18 Pro chip. Developed for “edge AI” or artificial intelligence at the edge.

We noticed that the 6-GPU version of the Apple A18 Pro chip will have a larger area for AI edge computing compared to the A17 Pro chip.

Edge computing or Edge AI enables: calculations are made close to where the data was collected instead of using cloud servers. This dovetails with earlier rumors of AI running natively on Apple devices.

AI at the edge executes machine learning tasks directly on connected devices. Artificial intelligence algorithms process data on the same network with or without an Internet connection.

Even so, the A18 Pro chip will have more room for integration more transistors and other specialized components for artificial intelligence. However, this can lead to defects that affect both energy efficiency and heat dissipation.

What artificial intelligence features will the iPhone 16 Pro have?

iOS 18 may revamp its design. Image via Jia

Everything indicates that Apple will include great artificial intelligence innovations in iOS 18, leveraging the immense power of the A18 Pro chips. Acquired several startups related to artificial intelligence In recent months. These are some of the possible AI features coming to iOS 18.

• Video compression with artificial intelligence.
• Photo and video editing with generative artificial intelligence.
• a version siri smarter with more natural conversations.
• More customization on the home screen with artificial intelligence.
• Message autofill and summary of received messages.
• AI features for Apple Music aims to create playlists.
• Integration of artificial intelligence Pages, Keynote and Issues.
• AI improvements to the Spotlight search engine.

iOS 18 AI may feature GPT Chat and/or Gemini services. However, it will be based on Apple’s own language model called “Ajax”. In any case, the improvements implemented in the A18 Pro chip show that: Most AI features will only be available on iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max.