Apple iPhone 6s' new A9 chipset appears online in leaked photos
Apple's new A9 chipset found in the upcoming iPhone 6s flagship has appeared live in leaked photos that have made the rounds online.
With Apple's special event commencing later today, September 9, its vaunted A9 chipset that's making its debut inside the new flagship handset, the iPhone 6s, has been spotted in live images on the Internet.
The alleged A9 CPU has been photographed in a set of images showing it lying on a wooden surface side by side with the iPhone 6s' flash memory card.
The new chipset is expected to come with improved specifications and performance upgrades over its predecessor, the A8 CPU, which was endowed with an additional two GPU clusters for the iPhone 6 for better performance.
The Cupertino, California's new A9 processor appears to be marked with the title "A9," and is rumored to have a smaller footprint compared to the A8 chipset after speculations emerged it went through Samsung's 14-namometer production process, the same process the South Korean electronics manufacturer has used on its recently released Exynos 7420 processors that power its Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge Plus, and Galaxy Note 5 devices.
The 14-nm process ensures the chips are cooler, and thus more efficient and powerful compared to its predecessors.
The new CPU has also recently been benchmarked, with an impressive single core score of 2090 and a multi-core score of 3569. It was also clocked at 1.8GHz on a Geekbench report.
Supported by the iPhone 6s' 2G of RAM, it is expected to boost the new flagship line's performance, with a suitable demonstration from Apple CEO Tim Cook during the company's special event today where Apple is expected to debut its iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, featuring the company's next-gen Force Touch technology, 12MP rear cameras, and 4k video recording capability.
