Apple is always working on new iPhones that are multiple years out, and today a new report details a noteworthy internal change coming to the 2026 iPhone 18 lineup.
The iPhone 16 has been called the first model ‘built from the ground up’ for AI. But unsurprisingly, future iPhones are making even more changes to optimize for an AI-heavy future.
Seok Jin Lee at The Elec writes:
Samsung has started research to change the packaging method for the low-power double data rate DRAM used in iPhones. The South Korean tech giant’s attempt to change the integrated circuit (IC) of the LPDDR to discrete package is per Apple’s request, sources said. This means the LPDDR will be packaged separately (ie discretely) from the system semiconductor. Cupertino is planning to apply the change starting in 2026…The change to discrete package is being done to widen the bandwidth of the memory for on-device AI.
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