&gt;I wouldn&#x27;t be surprised if these new processors were unveiled about 8 and a half hours from now.<p>I believe that we will see the new processor architecture in the next Apple Watch, not the next iPhone. I think A9, that will be unveiled later today, will be an improvement over A8 but it will not be a radical improvement and will not contain a new ISA. It will have improved ARM cores.<p>Apple also doesn&#x27;t require bitcode for iOS apps right now. They suggest you add them but don&#x27;t require them. They&#x27;re required for watchOS apps.<p>Once Apple starts requiring bitcode for iOS, within a year or two you can expect some radical Apple CPUs for iPhone&#x2F;iPad.