iPhone 14 Pro and Redesigned MacBook Air Reportedly Stuck Using Technology Behind A15 Chip

There are growing questions about the nature of the M2 chip, which may be a minor upgrade over the A16 chip in the iPhone 14 Pro.

The leaker known as "ShrimpApplePro" speculated that the A16 chip for the iPhone 14 Pro models will be manufactured with the same process as the iPhone 13. The rumors about the A16 and M2 chips were confirmed by Kuo today.

The new Apple chips will not be available for mass production until at least 2023, since TSMC has better N3 and N4P fabrication processes. Apple plans to stick with N5P for the production of the A15 Bionic chip, which is used in the iPhone 13 and iPad mini, according to a report. The A16 chip's performance and efficiency improvements over the A15 are limited, according to Kuo.

The new MacBook Air faces the same technical limitations as A16 with N5P. The complete redesign of the MacBook Air is already a big selling point, so boasting a major chip improvement could be less important for this device.

The first chips in the next generation of MacBook Pro models may be more advantage for Apple. While Apple could call the chip in the new Macbook Air a boost to sales, it was only minor improvements over the existing M1 that made the difference.

ShrimpApplePro claimed that Apple is working on a final version of the M1 series with updated cores. The M1 Ultra chips use high- performance and energy efficient cores. The final version of Apple's product will be based on the A15 Bionic and feature high- performance cores.

It is possible that ShrimpApplePro's rumor is related to a new version of the entry-level MacBook Air, since it was said earlier this year that it would retain the M1 chip. It could help Apple buy time before releasing Macs with the M2 chip.

It is possible that the true chip will not be available until at least 2023, with the chips in upcoming devices like the. The standard iPhone 14 models are rumored to have the same A15 chip as the s 13 models. With the availability of more advanced fabrication processes, Apple may be able to make bigger chip upgrades in the future.