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Apple launches new iPad Pro with M5 chip, C1X modem

Apple today refreshed the iPad Pro with an M5 chip, offering the next generation of Apple Silicon performance in its thinnest tablet form factor. The cellular models are also now powered by the Apple C1X modem.

Apple says the new iPad Pro with M5 delivers up to 3.5x the AI performance than is predecessor, thanks to the new Neural Accelerators in each GPU core. The new iPad Pro lineup is available to order starting today, with first deliveries shipping on October 22.

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Apple unveils new 14-inch MacBook Pro powered by M5 chip

Apple has officially the new 14-inch MacBook Pro powered by the M5 chip. The company touts that this delivers the “next big leap in AI for the Mac,” with up to 3.5x faster AI performance than M4.

Here’s everything you need to know…

Here are the details of the M5 chip in the new 14-inch MacBook Pro:

  • Next-generation 10-core GPU with a Neural Accelerator in each core
    • Up to 1.6x faster

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Apple’s iPad Pro now has an M5 chip and some nice internal upgrades

Apple just announced a new model of its best and highest-end tablet, the iPad Pro. The new device comes with a couple of internal upgrades over the M4-powered model, most notably a brand-new chip, the M5. Apple says the chip brings “up to 3.5x the AI performance” of last year’s Pro, whatever that means, along […]

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Apple announces upgraded Vision Pro with M5 processor

Apple just revealed that the Vision Pro headset is getting upgraded to an M5 chip. The original Vision Pro launched in early 2024 with an older M2 chip, so it makes sense that Apple might want more powerful specs as it expands the device’s capabilities. Earlier this month, it announced live immersive sports on the […]

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Apple’s 14-inch MacBook Pro gets an M5 chip bump and faster storage

Apple is refreshing its 14-inch MacBook Pro with a new processor. Announced this morning via press release, the new entry-level MacBook Pro will now feature a new M5 chip, faster storage, and a claimed 24 hours of battery life (same as the M4). The price still starts at $1,599 for an M5 chip with 10-core […]

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New Apple products are coming this week, here’s everything that might launch

Rumors indicated that Apple had new products ready to launch this week, and now with its MacBook Pro tease , the company has seemingly confirmed that. Here’s everything new that might launch.

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Apple teases M5 MacBook

Apple is teasing the imminent launch of a new MacBook with an M5 chip. In an X post, Apple SVP of worldwide marketing Greg Joswiak wrote that “something powerful is coming,” and a short video in the post includes the words “coming soon” and a silhouette of an Apple laptop. Joswiak’s post also includes the […]

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Apple teases new MacBook Pro: ‘Something powerful is coming’

We’re all eagerly awaiting new Apple products this week, including an iPad Pro, Vision Pro, and MacBook Pro. In a new post on X today, Apple’s marketing VP Greg Joswiak teases that “something powerful is coming,” accompanied by a graphic clearly showing the side profile of a MacBook Pro.

Here are some things that stand out to me in Joz’s teaser:

  • The MacBook looks blue … maybe the sky blue of the MacBook Air and iPhone Air expands to the MacBook Pro this generation

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NVIDIA Taps Samsung Foundry for Custom Silicon Manufacturing

NVIDIA announced at the OCP Global Summit that Samsung Foundry is joining its NVLink Fusion ecosystem, bringing Samsung's design and manufacturing muscle into the fold for custom CPUs and XPUs. The partnership positions Samsung to offer end-to-end support. Everything from silicon design and verification through integration and tape-out for chips that can connect directly into NVLink-enabled MGX and OCP rack architectures. For hyperscalers and AI data centers chasing greater performance and tighter CPU-GPU coupling, the development opens another route to custom silicon that
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AMD and Intel celebrate first anniversary of x86 alliance — new security features coming to x86 CPUs

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AMD and Intel are celebrating one year since the formation of the x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group, an alliance designed to coordinate the evolution of the x86 instruction set architecture (ISA) and ensure that new features are supported by both leading CPU designers. In the first year, AMD and Intel have managed to ratify four new features that are set to be supported by the upcoming processors from these companies, including long-awaited memory tagging.

The new cross-vendor capabilities agreed upon

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