2027’s M6-powered iPad Pro will be a real cool tablet thanks to this new iPhone 17 Pro feature

iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are both equipped with a vapor chamber to stop the phones from getting too hot

The heat pipe (L) on 2018’s LG V40 ThinQ vs. the vapor chamber used on LG’s first 5G phone. | Image credit-LG via PCMag

The vapor chamber is a small vacuum-sealed metal enclosure that contains a small amount of water. The evaporator side of the vacuum chamber touches the phone’s chipset. When the chip heats up, the liquid inside the chamber evaporates into steam. The steam fills the entire chamber carrying the heat away from the chipset. When the vapor is in contact with the cooler, outer walls of the chamber (aka the condenser side), the heat is released and the steam returns to its original liquid form. This is pretty cool in more ways than one.

The iPhone is not the first phone to use this technology

The 2027 iPad Pro is likely to be powered by the Apple M6 SoC, which should be manufactured by TSMC using its 2nm process node. The new process node should improve the performance and efficiency of the application processor and leave Apple with no choice but to include a vapor chamber for the device so that it doesn’t end up being used as a griddle for cooking pancakes.

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