Apple A20 Pro Likely Shifts to 96-bit LPDDR6 for iPhone 18 Pro AI
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Updated · Wccftech · Jul 4
Apple A20 Pro Likely Shifts to 96-bit LPDDR6 for iPhone 18 Pro AI
3 articles · Updated · Wccftech · Jul 4
Summary
Apple’s A20 Pro is expected to abandon the 64-bit memory bus used for about 13 years and adopt 96-bit LPDDR6 in the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max.
102GB/s bandwidth is the key clue: leakers first pointed to a 96-bit 8533 LPDDR5X setup, but others said LPDDR6 can deliver 96-bit width in roughly the same package size shown in leaked schematics.
Apple’s push to run revamped Siri and Apple Intelligence with more on-device processing appears to be driving the memory upgrade, which would give the Pro models more headroom for AI workloads.
DRAM costs were already estimated at $145 per iPhone 18 Pro or Pro Max versus $39 for the iPhone 17 Pro line, and using LPDDR6 instead of assumed 12GB LPDDR5X could push that higher still.
That cost pressure may help explain Apple’s reported storage trade-off: 1TB and 2TB iPhone 18 Pro variants are said to use slower QLC NAND, while 256GB and 512GB models keep TLC.