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New chips, what changed inside them, and which products they ship in.
iPhone 18 Pro and the foldable iPhone Duo launch with the A20 Pro
Three new iPhones on one chip, with a dual 16-core Neural Engine and a CPU that has no performance cores at all — and a Pro Max that differs from the Pro on silicon for the first time.
Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 get the S11
The same dual-core CPU and 4-core Neural Engine as the S10, with on-device Audio Intelligence on top — and no W-series chip on either spec sheet.
AirPods 5 arrives with the H2
A fourth year of AirPods on the same chip — the claimed 1.5x noise cancellation comes from a new driver and amplifier, not new silicon.
Mac mini and Mac Studio get M6, M5 Pro, M5 Max and M5 Ultra
Both desktops jump two generations on 22 September. The Mac mini gets Apple's first 2nm chip, the Mac Studio gets over 1 TB/s of memory bandwidth — and each has one configuration that quietly gives something up.
M4 Pro loses 64 GB, M3 Ultra drops to 96 GB only
The M4 Pro's top memory tier is gone, and the M3 Ultra now only offers 96 GB.
Mac Pro discontinued; AirPods Max 2 arrives with H2
The Mac Pro leaves the lineup having never moved past M2 Ultra, and the AirPods Max finally gets an H2 successor.
Mac Studio M3 Ultra drops its 512 GB memory option
The Mac Studio's top chip loses its largest configuration, leaving 96 and 256 GB against an unchanged 819.2 GB/s.
MacBook Neo is the first Mac to ship with an A-series chip
An A18 Pro in a Mac, and a variant that exists nowhere else — one GPU core down on the iPhone 16 Pro's, with 8 GB at 60 GB/s.
MacBook Pro gains M5 Pro and M5 Max; MacBook Air and iPad Air refreshed
Three days of releases across the Mac and iPad lines, including a MacBook Air exclusive M5 and a new M4 iPad Air.
iPhone 17e launches with a new A19 variant
A new A19 variant cut down to four GPU cores, Apple's faster C1X modem, and the only iPhone 17 without the N1 and U2.