By James Scott/ DEC 22, 2022
The Information reports that Apple had intended to make a significant generational upgrade to the graphics capabilities of the iPhone 14 Pro but was forced to abandon those plans in the late stages of development due to "unprecedented" errors.
New Graphics Processor Was Removed
According to a paywalled article from The Information, Apple engineers were "over-ambitious" when they added new features to the graphics processor created for the iPhone 14 Pro.
New Graphics Processor Was Removed
One is ray tracing, a lighting technique that enables games to have an even higher level of realism.
New Graphics Processor Was Removed
This meant that the iPhone 14 Pro prototype drew far more power than expected, which affected the device's battery life and thermal management.
New Graphics Processor Was Removed
The Information has spoken to several people who say they have first-hand knowledge of the incident and claim that Apple discovered the GPU flaw in the iPhone 14 Pro late in the device's development cycle, forcing it to quickly pivot and switch largely to the GPU from the A15 Bionic chip from the iPhone 13 lineup.
New Graphics Processor Was Removed
According to reports, this has never happened before in Apple's history of semiconductor design. The graphics performance of the iPhone 14 Pro is somewhat better than earlier iPhone generations.
New Graphics Processor Was Removed