iPhone 16 delivers ultra-fast AI performance with new Neural Engine

iOS 18 is rumored to include a number of new AI features, and Apple is said to be preparing hardware upgrades for the iPhone 16 to go along with it.new report from economic daily report Today, it hints that Apple’s next processor families, the M4 and A18, will “significantly increase the number of built-in AI computing cores.”

iPhone 16 and artificial intelligence

The report explains:

This year, we are not only significantly increasing the AI ​​computing power of the M3 and A17 processors, but also significantly increasing the number and performance of AI computing cores in the new generation M4 and A18 processors, as well as the AI ​​application loading rate across all processors. Improve.Product line will be significantly improved

This is almost certainly a reference to the iPhone’s Neural Engine. The Neural Engine uses a 16-core design starting with the 2020 iPhone 12 generation. mcroomers. However, even with the same number of cores, neural engines have gotten significantly faster over the years.

For example, Apple says the A17 Pro’s Neural Engine is up to twice as fast as the A16’s Neural Engine and can process up to 35 trillion operations per second.

9to5Mac’s opinion

This story certainly makes sense, but given the mixed track record of the sources, I’m going to treat it with skepticism for now.

If rumors are true that iOS 18 will include various artificial intelligence features, my guess is that they will work on at least the iPhone 14 generation, and perhaps even a few generations before that. The more powerful Neural Engine rumored for iPhone 16 is likely meant to feature future features and, where possible, improve the performance of iOS 18 features.

Another interesting point is that both the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro models released this year are expected to have a version of the A18 chip. Currently, the iPhone 15 uses his A16 chip and the iPhone 15 Pro uses his A17 Pro chip. Will the more powerful neural engine be exclusive to the version of his A18 chip in the iPhone 16 Pro?

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