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The most interesting change for the M5 Pro and Max is Apple moving to a bonded chiplet strategy from a single monolithic die. > The tech giant says the chips a
by GeekyBear 8mo ago
The most interesting change for the M5 Pro and Max is Apple moving to a bonded chiplet strategy from a single monolithic die.
> The tech giant says the chips are engineered around its new Fusion Architecture, an advanced design that merges two dies into a single, high-performance system on a chip (SoC), which includes a powerful CPU, scalable GPU, Media Engine, unified memory controller, Neural Engine, and Thunderbolt 5 capabilities.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/03/apple-unveils-m5-pro-and-m5-max-chips-with-new-fusion-architecture/ https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/03/apple-unveils-m5-pro-and-m...
They also replaced the efficiency cores on the CPU chiplet with a new higher performance design.
> The CPU now features six “super cores,” which is Apple’s term for its highest-performance cores, alongside 12 all-new performance cores. Collectively, the CPU boosts performance by up to 30% for pro workloads.
- spartanatreyu 8mo ago> The CPU now features six “super cores,” which is Apple’s term for its highest-performance cores, alongside 12 all-new performance cores. Before: "We have 6 performance cores and 12 efficiency cores" After: "We have 6 super cores and 12 performance cores" "Wow, how did you achieve this?" "We changed the names."
- GeekyBear 8mo agoThe M5 generation uses three different CPU core designs instead of two.
- NetMageSCW 8mo agoThough not on one SOC.
- NetMageSCW 8mo agoNo, they didn’t just change the names. The created a whole new core that scales between efficiency and performance, which can run in a lower power mode comparable to the efficiency cores and in a higher power mode partway to the super (was called performance) core’s performance and named it a performance core.