Apple silicon articles

Apple set to reveal M4 Macs and iPad mini 7 ahead of November launch

Apple M1 iMac users report permanent display problem emerging after warranty ends

Apple shows off new A18 and A18 Pro chips with significant performance gains for iPhone 16

Mass production of M4 Pro and M4 Max MacBook Pros is underway for a possible October release

Apple's Mac mini to undergo first major redesign since 2010 – smaller and M4 powered

New MacBook Pro and Mac mini powered by M4 chip could launch later this year

Upcoming Apple iPad models hinted in code leak, including a new iPad Mini and M5 Pro sporting model

Apple iPhone 16 lineup could feature the same A18 chip across all models

Why is Apple making a data center chip?

Editor's take: Of course, Apple is designing its own AI chips for its data centers. This will give them an end-to-end, cloud-to-edge AI system that its competitors will not be able to match anytime soon.

Assassin's Creed Shadows explores feudal Japan – Ubisoft releases first trailer, coming this November

Something to look forward to: For years feudal Japan has been the most requested setting for an Assassin's Creed game, and Ubisoft will finally indulge those demands this November with Assassin's Creed Shadows. Although the company hasn't revealed any gameplay yet, a broad overview of the title reveals multiple significant changes compared to previous entries in the franchise.

Only the 1TB and 2TB iPad Pros feature the full M4 core count and 16GB of RAM

Apple M4 arrives less than a year after M3 as the AI PC battle looms

Something to look forward to: With its newly announced iPads, Apple is fast-tracking the introduction of its M4 processors to compete in the upcoming AI PC race. Although the Cupertino giant claims it has the most powerful NPU on the market, Qualcomm might disagree. Meanwhile, Intel is preparing significant AI performance upgrades over the next year, and Nvidia claims that its GPUs reign supreme in generative AI.

Apple hints at major AI reveal, softens stance on EU dev fee after $23.6 billion quarterly profit

Apple will favor on-device AI over cloud processing, more evidence suggests

Apple said to be prepping several M4 Macs for late 2024 and early 2025 focusing on AI

Unpatchable Apple Silicon vulnerability could leak encryption keys

In brief: Hardware-based security flaws have become more frequent over the last several years but have mostly affected Intel and AMD processors. Now, Apple joins those ranks with a recently discovered vulnerability that causes Mac M-series CPUs to expose encryption keys. Since it is hardware-based, there is little users can do besides keeping macOS updated.

Apple's Car was powered by a custom chip that was equivalent to four M2 Ultras

Apple shows off state-of-the-art lab where its homegrown silicon is designed and developed

Apple says 8GB of RAM on M3 MacBooks is similar to 16GB on Windows PCs

New speculative execution hack can expose passwords and other sensitive data on Apple SoCs

Apple A17 Pro SoC single-core benchmark score close to the Intel i9-13900K and AMD 7950X

Apple is already working on chips for future iPhones and Macs

Apple M3 Max chip powering next-gen MacBook Pros could have 16 CPU cores & 40 GPU cores

Apple M2 Ultra can double the performance of M2 Max in many tests, proving claims true

Early benchmarks suggest Apple M2 Ultra could be slower than Core i9-13900KS, RTX 4080