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Here’s the most impressive thing about the M5 chip

The most impressive thing about the M5 chip isn't found inside the MacBook Pro | M5 chip layout shown in Apple graphic

Even five years on, I’m still blown away by the impressiveness of Apple Silicon Macs. I’m still rocking a pair of M1-powered MacBooks myself, albeit one of them the M1 Max, and I’ve never felt that either one was underpowered.

Apple yesterday told us that the latest generation M5 chip is significantly better than even the M4. But the most impressive thing about the chip isn’t found inside the MacBook Pro …

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M5 chip enters mass production, ready for MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, Vision Pro

M5 chip enters mass production, ready for MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, Vision Pro

We’re expecting to see an M5 chip powering this year’s MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Vision Pro. That chip has now entered mass production, according to a new supply-chain report.

Not much is known about it for sure, though it is expected to have enhanced AI performance, and it’s also been suggested that it may have a somewhat different design to previous M-series chips …

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M5 Pro chip could separate CPU and GPU in ‘server grade’ chips

M5 Pro chip could separate CPU and GPU in 'server grade' chips | Illustration of M5 chip graphic

One of the key elements of Apple’s A-series and M-series chips is the System-on-a-Chip (SoC) design which tightly integrates all the components within a single package. This includes both CPU and GPU.

But a new report suggests that the M5 Pro chip may take a different approach of having more separated CPU and GPU in order to improve performance and boost production yields …

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Apple reportedly canceled another Extreme chip for a future Mac Pro

Apple reportedly canceled another Extreme chip for a future Mac Pro | Existing M2 Ultra model shown

There’s currently very little reason to buy a Mac Pro over a Mac Studio configured with the M2 Ultra chip. That’s because Apple reportedly canceled plans for an M2 Extreme chip for the top-of-the-line Mac.

A new report suggests that history may be about to repeat itself, and that a planned Extreme chip for a future Mac Pro model may also now be in doubt. In the worst case, that could be no true new Mac Pro for years to come …

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New compact camera module for M5 MacBooks expected in 2025

New compact camera module for M5 MacBooks | Existing MacBook Pro shown

Apple has reportedly commissioned one of its Vietnamese suppliers, Sunny Optical, to provide a new MacBook compact camera module (CCM) from next year. This is likely to be first used in an M5 MacBook Pro in late 2025.

It’s a somewhat surprising move, given that Apple had to cancel iPhone lens orders from the same company due to production problems …

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