Apple was expected to launch the next-generation Apple Silicon M2 processor at the “Peek Performance” event where the company launched a new iPhone SE, iPad Air, Mac Studio, and Apple Studio Display.
In line with the rumors, Apple did announce a new chipset at the event but it wasn’t M2. Instead, the company unveiled a new variant of the M1 processor, dubbed M1 Ultra. This is the fourth chipset in the series which already includes M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Max.
The company says that the M1 Ultra, which is the final and ultimate M1 chip, has two M1 Max dies bonded together onto a single chip using a special die-to-die interconnection tech that lets two Max chips work together.
Apple is calling this interconnection technology “UltraFusion” and using this, the company claims to offer double the performance of the M1 Max chip. The Apple Mac Studio is the first device to come powered by the new Apple Silicon’s M1 Ultra chip, which sits between the Mac Mini and Mac Pro.
The chipset includes a 20-core CPU with 16 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores and a 64-core GPU. Apple is claiming that the chips offer faster performance than the high-end discrete GPUs available in the market, that too with using up to 200W less power.
The company adds that there are 114 billion transistors and includes a 32-core Neural Engine. The chip also has support for up to 128GB of RAM. Apple is claiming that the M1 Ultra can manage up to 14 ProRes streams simultaneously.
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