With Apple’s M4 series chips already available in the latest Macs, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is now offering a first set of rumors for the M5 generation, which is expected to enter mass production in the first half of 2025. will be made on the node TSMC’s N3P (3nm), which promises 5 to 10% lower power draw than the M4 generation’s N3E process, while offering a 5% performance increase from the manufacturing process.
The standard Apple M5 chip is expected to enter mass production in the first half of 2025, followed by the M5 Pro/Max in the second half and the M5 Ultra in 2026. According to Kuo, Apple will use a System-on-Integrated system “ server-grade”. Chip-molding-horizontal (SoIC-mH) design with the M5 Pro/Max and Ultra chips. This type of design uses 30-50% less space than a conventional system-on-chip, which should result in improved thermal performance and fewer throttling.
Additionally, Apple is expected to separate CPU and GPU designs on the M5 series, which should result in bigger performance improvements. The M5 series is expected to provide a major boost to AI efforts.
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