Apple is set to unveil its latest smartphone lineup, the iPhone 16 family, on Monday. The device will feature a powerful, cutting-edge A18 chip, built on Arm's newest V9 architecture, Financial Times reports citing "sources familiar with the matter." This marks a significant milestone in Apple's ongoing efforts to incorporate generative artificial intelligence capabilities into its smartphones.

Michael Acton for Financial Times:

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Apple's adoption of V9 for the iPhone -- which makes up close to half of its total revenues -- represents a boost for Arm, which has a multiyear licensing agreement with Apple. Arm chief executive Rene Haas has previously said V9 brings in twice the royalties of the previous generation V8.

Arm's chip architecture refers to a set of instructions that provide the building blocks for the chip, with the UK-based, US-listed company securing revenue through both licensing and royalties.

Apple is already using Arm's V9 architecture for its newest line of M4 MacBook [sic iPad Pro] chips, which it announced in May. It said the M4 brought a "giant leap" in performance for the next generation of its PCs, expected to be announced in the coming months.

Apple Intelligence can [currently] only work on the company's most advanced iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max devices that have its A17 Pro chip, which uses Arm's previous generation of architecture, the V8.

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MacDailyNews Note: More info about Arm's Armv9-A CPU architecture here.

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