Contact With The A15 Bionic Chip Carried IPhone 13 And The New IPad Mini

The A15 Bionic chip, is a chip with 15 billion transistors and new graphics and AI capabilities. (photo: doc. Apple)

JAKARTA - Apple has just launched the iPad Mini and iPhone 13, equipped with the advanced A15 Bionic chip and packing more performance, as well as a long-lasting battery.

The A15 Bionic chip, is a chip with 15 billion transistors and new graphics and AI capabilities. The transistor is the core circuit element that processes and stores data on the chip, and this year's number is significantly higher than the 11.8 billion than the A14 Bionic chip introduced in 2020.

It is also built with a 5 nanometer (Nm) manufacturing process, the same as the A14 Bionic. Just like its predecessor, the A15 Bionic has twice the system cache, a new image signal processor, a secure enclave, a new display engine, and improved compression. It has two high-performance cores and four high-efficiency cores, as well as a five-core GPU. This powers the display 28 percent brighter.

But Apple says they are faster because they are supported by the new graphics processing unit (GPU). Likewise, the faster 16-core Neural Engine can process 15.8 trillion operations per second, higher performance for AI and machine learning (ML) tasks. There is also a new image signal processor for tasks such as reducing noise in photos.

Meanwhile, new machine learning features include Live Text, which uses on-device intelligence to recognize text in photos, and even translates text from photos into seven different languages.

On the other hand, for Apple the A15 Bionic chip performs better than its competitors, a claim that has been proven over the years, based on Geekbench speed tests. However, the company did not provide details on how well the A15 Bionic compares to the A14 Bionic.

The chip's main task is to maintain the company's top spot for smartphone speed, ensure the iPhone remains the first device developers reach for when creating new applications, and keep customers happy with the sharp performance and long phone life.

The A15 Bionic chip is an important foundation for Apple, not just for the new iPhones, it's also powering the latest generation iPad Mini. Possibly more powerful variations could be the brains inside the new Mac.

Designing its own chips gives Apple several advantages. It can set its own priority in features and release time, can integrate its own software better. And more broadly, he can determine his own destiny better.

Lately Apple is facing a fierce battle with Epic Games, to bring innovations like the A15 Bionic, Apple can show that they are investing heavily in future products and not just monopolizing. This was quoted from CNET, Wednesday, September 15.