When is Apple putting M1 into the iPhone?

I will switch from Android to an iPhone if Apple puts M1 into the device. I am convinced that this would be the only way for me to consider switching from Android.

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Apple's 11th-generation architecture, system on a chip, silicon sandwich.

For the custom CPU, it features four of Apple's Icestorm efficiency cores and four Firestorm performance cores. Not that firestorm, and those integrations enable the Apple scalar matrix multiplication accelerators, or, mercifully, AMX. For the GPU, it has eight of Apple's custom graphics cores. The ANU, or Apple Neural Engine, features 16 of those cores. There is also an ISP or image signal processor to do all the increasingly demanding fancy computational photography and videography stuff. The Secure Enclave for Touch ID and Face ID, device security, and all the OpSec jazz are also present. In addition to custom encode/decode blocks, display drivers, Thunderbolt controllers, the hypervisor, and x86 translation accelerations, there is either 8 gigabytes or 16 gigabytes of Apple's high-efficiency tweaked LPDDR4X memory, unified memory right on the package. It is a tasty sandwich that offers higher performance at better efficiency than anything else on the market and, actually, higher performance at any efficiency than most anything else on the market.

So what would it take to cram all of that down into the next iPhone?

M1 is big. It's hella big. It is an absolute compute unit by Apple standards in terms of its physical size and the thermal envelope it requires for its power draw, which is around 26 to 27 watts on average, and that just won't fit into an iPhone, even an iPhone Pro Max, which can handle like five to six watts. And that means we have to squeeze it down. Less of a silicon sandwich and more of a silicon slider. Less Ben Affleck Batman and way more Christian Bale Batman.

Keep it all 11th-generation IP, of course, zero regression, but we can start by voting on all the stuff that we don't need, like the 16 gigabytes of RAM because iOS isn't Android. It's not interpreted. There's no garbage collection. It doesn't even swap like a traditional OS. It just straight up jams anything that doesn't play memory nice. Eight gigabytes, hell, six gigabytes is more than enough at least for now.

There's no need for a hypervisor or x86 acceleration either, as much as some of you might want to run Intel Mac apps on your iPhone because just no. Same with the Thunderbolt controllers. As much as I would personally love, love Thunderbolt, even just on the Pro line of iPhones, every damn side of Apple's Magic 8-Ball reads no for ports these days, which means even Lightning just isn't long for this world.

We can keep all the encode and decode blocks, the Secure Enclave, because secure. The ISP, the 16 ANU cores, because those are all high-demand and high-efficiency even on an iPhone. But all those GPU cores, the iPhone interface is size-constrained enough that no apps are really gonna make use of them, so instead of eight, we can easily whittle that down to four. And that's what Apple is likely to do.

And as to what Apple will put in the next-generation iPhone?

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- When is Apple puttingM1 into the iPhone?If Apple puts M1 into the iPhone,I will switch from Android.Apple simply must put M1 into the iPhone.Nothing else, nothingelse will satisfy fans.(explosion booms)You are all seriously,seriously burning my commentsand mentions and feeds, justeverything, to the ground,and I am so here for it.Sponsored by CuriosityStream with Nebula.We are so close, so closeto a quarter million.So hit that Subscribe button and belland help us build the bestcommunity in tech together.So Apple's 11th-generation architecture,system on a chip, silicon sandwich.For the custom CPU,it's got four of Apple'sIcestorm efficiency coresand four Firestorm performance cores.Not that firestorm.And those integratethe Apple scalar matrixmultiplication accelerators,or, mercifully, AMX.For the GPU,it's got eight of Apple'scustom graphics cores.For the ANU, or Apple Neural Engine,the M1 has 16 of those cores.There's the ISP or image signal processorto do all the increasingly demandingfancy computational photographyand videography stuff.The Secure Enclave forTouch ID and Face ID,device security,and all the OpSec jazz.Then there are customencode/decode blocks,display drivers, Thunderbolt controllers,the hypervisor and x86translation accelerations,and either 8 gigabytes or 16 gigabytesof Apple's high-efficiencytweaked LPDDR4X memory,unified memory right on the package.And it's a tasty sandwich.Higher performance at better efficiencythan anything else on the marketand, actually, higherperformance at any efficiencythan most anything else on the market.So what would it taketo cram all of that downinto the next iPhone?Because M1 is big. It's hella big.It is an absolute computeunit by Apple standardsin terms of its physical sizeand the thermal envelope itrequires for its power draw,which is around 26 to 27 watts on average,and that just won't fit into an iPhone,even an iPhone Pro Max,which can handle, like, five to six watts.And that means we have to squeeze it down.Less of a silicon sandwichand more of a silicon slider.Less Ben Affleck Batman andway more Christian Bale Batman.Keep it all 11th-generation IP, of course,zero regression,but we can start by yoting allthe stuff that we don't need,like the 16 gigabytes of RAMbecause iOS isn't Android.It's not interpreted.There's no garbage collection.It doesn't even swap like a tradition OS.It just straight up jetsamsanything that doesn't play memory nice.Eight gigabytes, hell, sixgigabytes is more than enough,at least for now.There's no need for a hypervisoror x86 acceleration either,as much as some of you might wanna runIntel Mac apps on your iPhonebecause just no.Same with the Thunderbolt controllers.As much as I would personallylove, love Thunderbolt,even just on the Pro line of iPhones,every damn side of Apple's Magic 8-Ballreads no for ports these days,which means even Lightningjust isn't long for this world.We can keep all theencode and decode blocks,the Secure Enclave, because secure,the ISP, the 16 ANU cores,because those are allhigh-demand and high-efficiencyeven on an iPhone.But all those GPU cores,the iPhone interface issize constrained enoughthat no apps are reallygonna make use of them,so instead of eight,we can easily whittle that down to four.Same with the CPU cores.Since each core is the exact same speed,the stuff we're doing on the iPhonewill still be as performant.It will still swipe and renderand do all of thosethings as fast as ever.We just don't require asmassively multi-core many of them.We can keep the four efficiency cores,because super efficient,but cut the performance cores to twoand that should get us downfrom the 26 to 27 wattsof an iPad Pro or Macto the five to six wattsof an iPhone just fine.So now the question becomes,could Apple put thatsuper-legere version of an M1into the iPhone 13?Would they? Should they?And no, hard no, nope, absolutely not,because that would be a step back,it would be a regression,because Apple already putjust exactly that chipinto the iPhone 12.11th-generation architecture,four efficiency cores,two performance cores,four graphics cores,16 neural engine cores, AMX, ISP,and a partridge in a flipping pear tree,or, more precisely, A14 Bionic as the SoC.Yeah, the A14 is pretty much an M1 junior.Or rather, the M1 is prettymuch an A14 X-tended.And they're not shipping itthis fall in the next iPhonebecause they alreadyjust shipped it last fallwith the current iPhone.It's done. You got it.M1 IP arrived. Fans serviced.Androids, switch away.And as to what Apple will putin the next-generation iPhone,that's a tangent I'll savefor the extended version of this video,the Nebula cut,because that's where I don't have to worryabout YouTube view durations or retentionor average views per vieweror any of that stuff.It's where I post all of myvideos ad-free, sponsor-free,and yes, many of them withextended bonus content,sometimes twice as long,sometimes three times as long,because I can talk,like event reactions,interviews, explainers, and more.And you can get a Nebulasubscription for absolutely freewhen you sign up tocuriositystream.com/reneritchieor just click the link in the description.And right now, that bundle is 26% off,less than 15 bucks a year,less than the price ofa fancy pizza a year,for access to their thousandsof legit amazing documentaries and series,like \"Google and the World Brain,\"as well as all the ad-freeand often extended videos on Nebulafrom Legal Eagle, Jordan Harrod,Ali Abdaal, Real Science,and now MKBHD, yeah, Marques,and so many more.For over 26% off,less than $15 a year.Just click the link in the descriptionor go to curiositystream.com/reneritchie.It really helps out this channel.Hit the playlist abovefor complete breakdownson the A14, the M1,what we might see in anM1 X, even an M2, Armv9.I go through everything Apple silicon,both what's now and what's still to come.Just hit that playlist andI'll see you in the next video.\n"