“iPhone 5s comes with an additional chip named M7 which processes data from the smartphone’s sensors (including the accelerometer, the compass and the gyroscope) and then passes it along to the A7 CPU,” Mihai Matei reports for G 4 Games.
“This year’s iPhone 6 on the other hand should arrive with a new A8 processor, and based on the latest leak, the said chip will be accompanied by a new coprocessor known as ‘Phosphorus,'” Matei reports. “Allegedly, the chip will have the same responsibilities as the M7 CPU, but given the wider functionality of the new HealthKit, it will also be responsible for collecting and processing new types of health-related data.”
Read more, and see the schematic, in the full article here.
What I don’t understand is what more a M8 could do beyond the M7. Hearing of the M7 I never thought, Oh how limited.
Some say the M9 will be even better, but I can’t wait until the M10 comes out. It will be so amazing.
Personally I’m holding out until they come with the M & M chip. That’s gonna be sweet.
The version they’re selling in England has the MI-5 chip. What it does is classified.
But no brown ones.
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Henrik Wannheden • 2 hours ago
The Phosphorus chip is a barometric sensor from Bosch, the designation on the diagram says as much; BMP282. The “Oscar” that’s referred to on the left on the diagram is the codename of the M7 chip, so I guess they won’t update that for the iPhone 6.
On another note, I think we should stop using the term “on steroids” to describe chips that do more than their predecessor. Especially in relation to Health Kit. Everyone knows that steroid use is never a particularly good thing. Medically, it is used sparingly as needed, and has long term detriments related to it.
Doesn’t it shrink your junk? I heard that once.
@Higo, you must be thinking of the Windows phone. Their sales have shrunk to 1-2 percent of the total market.