The iPhone 16 is likely to use Arm’s new AI technology

Apple’s iPhone 16 series will be introduced tomorrow at the company’s event, but there are still rumors about these devices in the media. The latest rumor claims that the iPhone 16 will use Arm’s V9 chip design to process activities related to artificial intelligence.

According to the Financial Times, Apple plans to unveil the A18 chips based on Arm’s latest design architecture known as V9 at Monday’s event. Arm chip architecture is used in most smartphone chips on the market. This architecture defines how the CPU works at its most basic level.

The iPhone 16 has a special focus on AI-based features

According to rumors, the reason for using this architecture is its strong support for artificial intelligence capabilities. Interestingly, the exact same architecture is expected to be used in the M4 chips of Apple’s MacBooks in the future.

Last September, Apple signed a deal with Arm that gives the company access to Arm’s chip architecture until 2040 and beyond. This architecture is used in iPhone chips and Mac devices. This long-term agreement is a huge success for Arm. Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max series now use Arm’s V8 architecture. Apple and Arm have a very long history of cooperation; The history of the collaboration of these two dates back to 1990 and the unveiling of Newton Apple devices.

As it has been said many times before, Apple’s iPhone 16 series has a special focus on artificial intelligence by using Apple Intelligence. Although the full version of Apple Intelligence is scheduled to be released in 2025, this artificial intelligence kit is currently available to users in the beta version of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.1. The use of Arm’s V9 architecture provides a platform for Apple to fully implement Apple Intelligence capabilities on iPhone 16 devices.