The Macalope ended last week ’s column by jokingly suggesting that the iPhone 15 Pro might have a full-grown problem with a sharp edge where the sass meets the silver screen . This has plow out not to be very widespread and not much of an issue . What hemeantto say is thatoverheatingwould be the iPhone 15 Pro fault that would spark a young iPhone scandal .
He regrets the wrongdoing .
Yes , it turns out there has been some concern that the iPhone 15 Pro is overheating in certain-
Ming - Chi Kuo : IT ’S NOT TSMC !
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Whoa . Dude . First , how did you get in here ? secondly , did anyonesayit was TSMC ?
Todd ? Was it you ? Sometimes you wildly theorise . Larry ? You have an irrational hatred of TSMC . Nope , Todd and Larry did n’t say it .
Regardless , Ming - Chi Kuo rushed to let everyone know iPhone 15 Pro overheating could not maybe be tied to TSMC ’s 3 New Mexico potato chip manufacturing , which is new to iPhones with the A17 Pro silicon chip .
Of course , eventually , someone probably would have suggested maybe it was TSMC ’s cognitive operation . give the “ Do n’t appear at them ! ” feel to Kuo ’s position , it certainly seems potential that his striking in the supply chain might have expect him to remark on it to get ahead of the curve .
My survey indicates that the iPhone 15 Pro series overheating issues are unrelated to TSMC ’s advanced 3 nm node .
Kuo does n’t detail what kind of “ view ” he carry . Did he follow iPhone 15 Pro owner ? thermic experts ? People who have encounter the movie “ Heat ” , eitherthe 1987 Burt Reynolds vehicleorthe 1995 Pacino / De Niro / Kilmer oeuvrebut notthe lesser - known 1972 moviebecause who has the time to notice them ?
More potential he surveyed his middleman in the supply Sir Ernst Boris Chain . And what were they gon na say ? “ Oh , yeah , our bad . change state out you may make chips too minor . Well , live and learn ! ” ?
Doubtful .
This is all well and good – he ’s catch ta protect the ones who brought him to the Apple rumors terpsichore – it ’s when he gets into speculation that it belong a bit too far .
The main cause is more likely the compromises made in the thermic system of rules design to accomplish a lighter weightiness , such as the reduced heating wastefulness area and the use of a titanium frame , which negatively impacts thermal efficiency . It ’s expected that Apple will call this through software package update , but improvements may be determine unless Apple lowers processor carrying out . If Apple does not the right way address this issue , it could negatively impact freight over the production life cycle of the iPhone 15 Pro serial publication .
In three sentence Kuo blames Apple ’s design , order that the caller might have to slow down that quick iPhone 15 Pro you just make up $ 1,000 and up for , and that gross revenue could be negatively impacted because of the slowing down to fix the job the telephone set definitely has which is not TSMC ’s flaw in any way .
You probably should have stopped with “ It ’s not TSMC ’s fault . ”
But now Ming - Chi Kuo has suggested that Apple built the earpiece damage , to which Apple said“Uh , no . ”
In fact , Apple said the titanium frame and aluminum substructure supply good heat dissipation than any former - generation Pro model with stainless steel frames .
So , there!Double dumbass on you !
Also contrary to what Kuo suggest , Apple saidit would not be reducing the performance of the processor to make it move tank .
Apple said its bug fix will not involve reducing the chip ’s carrying into action so as to address the temperature - touch on result , and it ensured that long - term performance will not be impacted .
Further , Apple indicate to the apparatus process , which causes the phone to go a number of on - equipment processes – sync photos , installing apps , mutely judging your taste in music , etc.–that tax the processor , as well as potential microbe in new versions of certain applications programme .
We ’ll have to see if this job hang in in the amount workweek to know if Apple ’s right wing or just deflecting from a trouble . But its explanation certainly seems the likely cause , certainly whenthe aforementioned glitch can wake up the iPhone 14 as well(tip o ’ the antlers toDaring Fireball ) .
The most important matter to recollect is THIS IS NOT TSMC ’s FAULT !
Ca n’t stress that enough .
