<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Device
A16	I-Device
Bionic	I-Device
is	O
a	O
64-bit	B-Device
ARM-based	B-Architecture
system	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
(	O
SoC	O
)	O
designed	O
by	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
manufactured	O
by	O
TSMC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
14	I-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
and	I-Operating_System
14	I-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
Max	I-Operating_System
models	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Device
A16	I-Device
Bionic	I-Device
features	O
an	O
Apple-designed	O
64-bit	B-Device
six-core	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
implementing	O
ARMv8.6-A	B-Architecture
(	O
no	O
SM4	O
of	O
v8.6	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
HCX	O
)	O
with	O
two	O
"	O
Everest	O
"	O
high-performance	O
cores	O
running	O
at	O
3.46	O
GHz	O
,	O
and	O
four	O
"	O
Sawtooth	O
"	O
energy-efficient	O
cores	O
running	O
at	O
2.02	O
GHz	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
design	O
to	O
the	O
A15	B-Device
processor	I-Device
on	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
14	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
A16	O
contains	O
16	O
billion	O
transistors	B-Application
,	O
a	O
6.7	O
%	O
increase	O
from	O
the	O
A15	B-Device
's	O
transistor	B-Application
count	O
of	O
15	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
an	O
improved	O
neural	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
unit	I-General_Concept
(	O
NPU	O
)	O
with	O
16	O
cores	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Apple	O
Neural	O
Engine	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
image	B-General_Concept
signal	I-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
(	O
ISP	O
)	O
with	O
improved	O
computational	B-Algorithm
photography	I-Algorithm
capabilities	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
module	O
for	O
handling	O
screen-related	O
features	O
that	O
Apple	O
calls	O
a	O
"	O
Display	O
Engine	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
A16	O
has	O
hardware	O
video	O
codec	O
encoding	O
and	O
decoding	O
support	O
for	O
HEVC	B-Algorithm
,	O
H.264	B-Application
,	O
and	O
ProRes	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
14	I-Operating_System
launch	O
event	O
Apple	O
touted	O
the	O
A16	O
chip	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
4	O
nm	O
processor	O
in	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
N4P	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
called	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
de	O
facto	O
5	B-Algorithm
nm	I-Algorithm
fabrication	B-Architecture
process	I-Architecture
that	O
offers	O
enhancements	O
in	O
performance	O
,	O
power	O
and	O
density	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
previous	O
products	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
5	B-Algorithm
nm	I-Algorithm
family	O
:	O
N5	O
,	O
N5P	O
and	O
N4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
A16	O
integrates	O
an	O
Apple-designed	O
five-core	O
GPU	B-Architecture
,	O
which	O
is	O
reportedly	O
coupled	O
with	O
50%	O
more	O
memory	B-Architecture
bandwidth	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
A15	B-Device
's	O
GPU	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
A16	O
's	O
memory	B-Architecture
has	O
been	O
upgraded	O
to	O
LPDDR5	O
for	O
50%	O
higher	O
bandwidth	O
and	O
a	O
7%	O
faster	O
16-core	O
neural	O
engine	O
,	O
capable	O
of	O
17	O
trillion	O
operations	O
per	O
second	O
(	O
TOPS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
comparison	O
,	O
the	O
neural	O
engine	O
on	O
the	O
A15	B-Device
was	O
capable	O
of	O
15.8	O
TOPS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
variants	O
of	O
the	O
SoC	O
come	O
with	O
6	O
GB	O
of	O
memory	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
image	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
(	O
ISP	O
)	O
found	O
on	O
the	O
A16	O
chip	O
improved	O
its	O
computational	B-Algorithm
photography	I-Algorithm
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
handle	O
the	O
higher	O
resolution	O
image	B-Algorithm
sensor	I-Algorithm
found	O
in	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
14	I-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
,	O
being	O
capable	O
of	O
performing	O
up	O
to	O
4	O
trillion	O
operations	O
per	O
photo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
enables	O
a	O
better	O
functioning	O
"	O
always	B-Application
on	I-Application
display	I-Application
"	O
feature	O
,	O
and	O
handles	O
other	O
tasks	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
1	O
Hz	O
refresh	O
rate	O
,	O
the	O
higher	O
peak	O
brightness	O
of	O
the	O
display	O
and	O
improved	O
anti-aliasing	O
techniques	O
that	O
help	O
smooth	O
out	O
rough	O
edges	O
in	O
the	O
rendering	O
of	O
graphics	O
and	O
images	O
on	O
device	O
displays	O
.	O
</s>
