News JVTech The iPhone 16's performance will be impressive in a very specific area that Apple wants to highlight to usher in its next revolution
Published on February 20, 2024 at 10:30 p.m
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Apple is preparing “The iPhone’s biggest update”! Artificial intelligence will be at the heart of Apple's future smartphone and there is a risk of a small revolution.
Apple is preparing big things for its iPhone 16
For seven years now, every new iPhone model has been equipped with a special processor that makes machine learning models ultra-fast and fluid: the “Neural Engine”. This element is an artificial intelligence accelerator specifically developed by Apple for machine learning. Although the number of computing cores in the latter has not changed since the iPhone 12, its performance has steadily improved over the generations. However, A recent report suggests a major breakthrough for the next iPhoneespecially with regard to the Neural Engine.
As a matter of fact, The new A18 processor will significantly increase the number of cores in its Neural Engine, i.e. from 16 to an as yet unspecified amount. But that's not all : Even the future M4 processor for Macs will benefit from a more powerful Neural Engine, according to the Economic Daily News. Information that confirms the words of Mark Gurman, who expects iOS 18 to be “the biggest update for the iPhone”. The system could feature generative AI technology designed to “improve the way Siri and the Messages app can answer questions and auto-fill sentences.”
Improvements that are not retroactive?
This hardware upgrade is crucial because a more powerful Neural Engine would provide more capabilities for AI and machine learning tasks. This improvement is even more necessary with the likely arrival of iOS 18, which is rumored to offer: generative AI capabilities for apps like Siri, Shortcuts, Messages, and Apple Music. Additionally, previous rumors suggested that there would be some of these generative AI features exclusively available on iPhone 16 – due to the improved Neural Engine.
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As we explained above, The report does not mention the exact number of cores of this new special processor, but a significant increase is expected, with at least 32 cores. Note that a similar technological leap had already taken place with the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR, which had a Neural Engine with 8 cores, while the previous models only had 2. As for features related to artificial intelligence, Apple plans to unveil some of them at the next WWDC, the annual developer conference usually held in June. Although the official presentation of the iPhone 16 is scheduled for September 2024, Apple fans can get a taste of the coming technological advances as early as the summer.