Apple launches M5 Pro and M5 Max chips
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Apple introduces M5 Pro and M5 Max chips with an 18-core CPU and Fusion Architecture for enhanced power efficiency in new MacBook Pro models.
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Apple has just announced two new processors: the M5 Pro and M5 Max. The new chips will power the MacBook Pro it revealed on Tuesday, offering an 18-core CPU and a new "Fusion Architecture" that integrates two 3nm dies into a single system-on-a-chip (SoC).
The CPU's 18-core setup includes six "super" cores and 12 new performance cores, which Apple says is "optimized to deliver greater power-efficient, multithreaded performance." Apple notes that what were previously known as performance cores inside M5-equipped devices - like the 14-inch MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Apple Vision Pro - are now called super cores, representing a boost in perform …