Apple M5 and M6 chip die analysis

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I predict the M7 will make a big improvement over M6, maybe even with PCIe 5.0.

There probably will not be a M6 Ultra but we might get a M7 Extreme (double the M7 Ultra) with more than 2 TB/s Unified Memory bandwidth.

I am an independent chip designer myself[1] working on a Wafer Scale Integration with 46.3 trillion transistors (11 times more than the Cerebras WSE-3). Still, I can learn a lot about low power transistors from Apple M6 and A20.

1) https://youtu.be/vbqKClBwFwI?si=QaskNcv5IWJFn3rb

I have been predicting an M* Extreme for years. Apple’s new emphasis on AI (SI?) and the rumored return of server Macs makes this seem like an idea whose time has come.

It will be the second time when Apple can claim to make a Desktop Supercomputer.

I have thought they. should bring back the pro case but designed for stripped-down studio motherboards with built in ultrafast networking so that you can have an AI cluster working as a turnkey system in a single box

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