Apple’s M5 Chip: The Quiet Revolution
Justin R. Lester summarizes Apple's announcement of the M5 chip and explains its significance: the M5 adds neural accelerators to every GPU core, enabling on-device AI (image generation, chat, video editing) across iPads and MacBooks without cloud dependence. Lester emphasizes performance gains (Apple claims ~4× AI speed vs. the previous chip) and frames the release as a shift toward user-held control of AI and data.
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Every GPU core now has a neural accelerator.
About four times faster for AI.
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