Apple A16

The Apple A16 Bionic is a 64-bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC), designed by Apple and fabricated by TSMC for the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max. It was announced on September 7, 2022.

Features
The A16 is manufactured by TSMC to Apple's design specifications. The contains nearly 16 billion transistors that are fabricated through a 4 nm process. The 6-core CPU contains 4 high-performance cores that are faster than the ones in the Apple A15 while using 20% less power. The 5 GPU cores have 50% more memory bandwidth. The 16-core Neural Engine is capable of nearly 17 trillion operations per second. A new Display Engine supports always-on displays with refresh rates as low as 1 Hz, and the Image Signal Processor supports Photonic Engine features.

Supply chain reports
The forced Apple to limit the inclusion of the A16 to "Pro" models of the iPhone 14 line. Supply chain reports by analysts such as Ming-Chi Kuo had previously speculated that the A16 would be a modest upgrade over the Apple A15, produced on TSMC's same optimized (N5P).