Apple told us all about its new iPhone chips and on-device AI plans

The iPhone Air was the big star unveiled by Apple last week, but inside was another hardware set launched that day: three new custom Apple microchips. Apple’s A19 Pro SoC prioritizes AI workloads with neural accelerators added to the GPU cores. Replacing Broadcom and Qualcomm parts is the N1 and C1X, Apple’s first iPhone networking chip and second generation iPhone modem. CNBC sat down with three Apple executives for the first ever U.S. interviews about its move to control all core iPhone chips.