Apple’s new iPhone, due to be unveiled with great fanfare later on Monday, will reportedly feature UK tech firm Arm’s newest V9 chip design, the Financial Times reported
Apple is set to host its fall event on September 9 at its headquarters in Cupertino, California, where it will likely announce a series of new iPhones and updates to other devices and apps, including the A18 chip-powered iPhone 16.
Apple signed a deal with SoftBank-owned Arm in September last year that “extends beyond 2040” in a boost for Arm for chip technology.
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Arm had said in July that its V9 chip accounts for 50% of smartphone revenue.
Arm owns the intellectual property behind the computing architecture for most of the world’s smartphones, which it licenses to Apple and many others.
Apple uses Arm’s technology in the process of designing its own custom chips for its iPhones, iPads and Macs.
The two companies have a long history – Apple was one of the initial companies that partnered to found the firm in 1990, before the release of its “Newton” handheld computer in 1993, which used an Arm-based processor chip.
The Newton flopped, but Arm went on to become dominant in mobile phone chips because of its low power consumption, which helps batteries last longer.
- Reuters with additional editing by Sean O’Meara
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