Apple dey prepare for next spring launch of iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e, and new report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo don drop some interesting details. According to Kuo, both models go ship with 9GB of RAM. Dat one no be typo. E be like say Apple dey use three 3GB memory dies, compared to iPhone 17 wey get four 2GB dies. Dat configuration dey a bit odd, but na RAM increase from iPhone 17 and iPhone 17e, even if e no big.
Extra 1GB of RAM supposedly go make Apple Intelligence run more smoothly. Both iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e go dey powered by A20 chip. For premium side, iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and iPhone Ultra go get A20 Pro.
Earlier leak don confirm say iPhone 18 go get small memory upgrade through rearrangement of memory module for A20 SoC. Now we get glimpse of A20 Pro chip wey go power iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. Package layout leak reveal next-gen SoC in detail and hint at notable upgrades.
First of all, memory bandwidth go increase. Memory interface reportedly dey 96 bits wide, up from 64 bits for previous generations. Dis go potentially increase memory bandwidth by up to 50% before even accounting for gains from faster memory. Leaker say Apple fit use LPDDR6 modules for A20 Pro, but another commenter wey be original source for diagram say Apple go stick with LPDDR5X. Either way, total memory dey tipped to be fixed at 12 GB.
A20 Pro also go adopt new wafer-level multi-chip packaging approach (WMCM). Redesign reportedly place memory dies alongside SoC within same package instead of stacking dem vertically, wey go improve heat dissipation and potentially allow for more flexible memory configurations in future. Leaker conclude say A20 Pro go come with beefier NPU. Of course, main improvements go likely come from new CPU/GPU cores and increased transistor density thanks to TSMC N2 node.
