SoftBank provided the design for Apple’s newest iPhone, the A18 chip, which is scheduled to be introduced on Monday at an event.
The Financial Times newspaper claimed on Saturday that Arm is the owner of Apple’s newest V9 chip.
On September 9, Apple is scheduled to hold its fall event at its Cupertino, California headquarters.
It is expected to introduce a number of new iPhone models along with updates for other devices and applications.
A partnership that “extends beyond 2040” was inked by Apple and Arm in September of last year, which helped Arm’s semiconductor technology.
Arm had stated in July that 50% of smartphone sales come from its V9 processor.
Apple and numerous other companies license Arm’s intellectual property, which powers the processing architecture of the majority of smartphones worldwide.
Laptops 1000Apple designs its own bespoke CPUs for its iPads, Macs, and iPhones using technology from Arm.
The two businesses have a long history together; in 1990, Apple was among the first to form the company in partnership, and in 1993, it released the “Newton” portable computer, the first to employ an Arm-based CPU chip.
Despite the Newton’s failure, Arm went on to dominate the mobile phone chip market thanks to its low power consumption, which extends battery life.
