Apple A18 and A18 Pro die shots confirm two different designs

Apple launched the A18 and A18 Pro right in time for the iPhone 16 series, and the Pro was said to have a more powerful GPU for intensive graphical tasks like augmented reality, 3D rendering and ray tracing.

Now shots of the actual chips were posted online, showcasing the platforms are quite different despite being built by TSMC on the same 3 nm process technology.

Front side of Apple A18 • A18 Pro

TSMC utilized the InFO-PoP (Integrated Fan-Out Package-on-Package) method, which stacks DRAM packages directly on top of the SoC die, incorporating high-density RDL (Redistribution…