Aug 25 2026

Apple introduces M6, the first 2-nanometer consumer chip, and the quad-die M5 Ultra

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M6 debuts TSMC in the Mac mini on September 22nd; M5 Ultra fuses two dual-die M5 Max chips for 4.5x the AI compute of M3 Ultra, pushing local forward while data-center memory stays rationed.

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