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  "id": 3267709,
  "title": "Apple launches new M6 and M5 Ultra Apple silicon chips — debuting in new Mac Mini and Mac Studio",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/apple-launches-new-m6-and-m5-ultra-apple-silicon-chips-debuting-in",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-25T13:26:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Hardware",
    "slug": "tom-s-hardware",
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/apple-launches-new-m6-and-m5-ultra-apple-silicon-chips-debuting-in-new-mac-mini-and-mac-studio"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Apple has unveiled its next-generation M6 Apple silicon chip and a powerful M5 Ultra, set to debut in the new Mac Mini and Mac Studio, respectively. The M6, Apple's first chip on a 2-nanometer process, boasts a 12-core CPU with two super cores, four performance cores, and six efficiency cores, along with a 12-core GPU and a 12-core GPU featuring neural accelerators. It also includes a Dual 16-core Neural Engine, with a memory bandwidth of 170GB/s. The M5 Ultra, Apple's first chip using UltraFusion technology for a quad-die architecture, offers up to 36 CPU cores and 80 GPU cores, with 1.2TB/S of unified memory bandwidth, which Apple claims is 50% higher than the M3 Ultra. Pre-orders for the new Mac Mini and Mac Studio are now available.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Huawei puts a wider screen on a non-foldable ahead of Apple’s iPhone Ultra debut",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/huawei-puts-a-wider-screen-on-a-non-foldable-ahead-of-apples-iphone",
        "published": "2026-08-25T11:26:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "Apple unveils new Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/apple-unveils-new-mac-studio-with-m5-max-and-m5-ultra",
        "published": "2026-08-25T13:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Guide",
        "title": "Apple just announced the new Mac Studio with M5 Ultra — and it will be a local AI powerhouse",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/apple-just-announced-the-new-mac-studio-with-m5-ultra-and-it-will-be",
        "published": "2026-08-25T13:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Six Colors",
        "title": "Apple unveils M6, M5 Ultra chips and updates its desktop Macs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/apple-unveils-m6-m5-ultra-chips-and-updates-its-desktop-macs",
        "published": "2026-08-25T13:00:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Apple says M5 Ultra uses a quad-die 3nm architecture, \"a first for Apple silicon\", with inter-die bandwidth of 4.4TB/s+ and up to a 36-core CPU and 80-core GPU (Steve Dent/Engadget)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/apple-says-m5-ultra-uses-a-quad-die-3nm-architecture-a-first-for",
        "published": "2026-08-25T13:22:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SCMP Tech",
        "title": "Divergent results for Apple suppliers highlight memory price squeeze ahead of new iPhone",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/divergent-results-for-apple-suppliers-highlight-memory-price-squeeze",
        "published": "2026-08-25T13:30:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Apple debuts its ‘most powerful chip ever’ in M5 Ultra and M6",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/apple-debuts-its-most-powerful-chip-ever-in-m5-ultra-and-m6",
        "published": "2026-08-25T14:10:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "XDA Developers",
        "title": "Apple's new M5 Ultra Mac Studio packs its \"most powerful chip ever,\" while the Mac mini jumps to M6",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/apples-new-m5-ultra-mac-studio-packs-its-most-powerful-chip-ever",
        "published": "2026-08-25T15:00:38.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}