M5-powered iPad Pro Will Reportedly Enter Mass-Production in H2 2025

[GGforever]

According to a recent report by seasoned industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the M5-powered iPad Pro is set to enter mass-production towards the latter half of next year. This falls in line with previous information that came courtesy of supply chain sources.

Apple revealed the M4 SoC alongside the OLED iPad Pro refresh in May of this year, which was quite a surprise considering that this was the first time Apple chose to unveil a new M-series SoC in an iPad instead of a Mac. This trend appears poised to continue, with the 2025 iPad Pro as well. Interestingly, Apple is seemingly switching up its release schedule yet again, barely managing to stick to a uniform 12-month cycle. The M3 followed the M2 after almost 16 months, while the M4 replaced the M3 in just 6 months.




There is no information on the core count or clock speeds of the Apple M5, or the IPC gains that one might expect from Apple's upcoming silicon. However, the M5 is rumored to adopt TSMC's SoIC technology, which might promise significant performance gains. Disappointingly, however, a previous report indicated that Apple has abandoned plans for using cutting-edge a 2 nm process for the M5, instead relying on TSMC's advanced 3 nm process. Either way, if the performance gains of the M4 generation are anything to go by, it will be rather interesting to witness what Apple has in store for its successor.

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[Wirko]

It's easy to misread M5-powered as MS-powered in the title. Some diagonal readers may faint or throw up.

 

[AnotherReader]

It's easy to misread M5-powered as MS-powered in the title. Some diagonal readers may faint or throw up.

That was almost my reaction. I read M5 as MS.

 

[bonehead123]

Maybe they can switch everything over to an "Mi-5 or 6" chip, and incorporate some of those awesome 007 gadgets for us to play with too, hahaha

 

[Neo_Morpheus]

I wonder if it would be better for the industry to slow down a bit with the releases.

Example, new CPU's, GPUs, OS, phones, etc to be released every 18 to 24 months, instead of 12 or less.

 

[bubbleawsome]

I wonder if it would be better for the industry to slow down a bit with the releases.

Example, new CPU's, GPUs, OS, phones, etc to be released every 18 to 24 months, instead of 12 or less.

I assume Apple is pushing these breakneck CPU updates because they have a lot of room to make tweaks with desktop ARM being fairly new. They’re getting pretty major improvements each year. Once it levels out a bit I would expect it to move to 18-24 month cycles. Though iPhone will always be 12 months for profit cycles.

 

[StimpsonJCat]

Apple run out of CPU steam years ago.

Most of Apple's CPU releases are low single digits faster than the previous gen. Gone are the days when they would increase CPU IPC by 30% from generation to generation, and this is why ARM is doomed on the performance desktop. It's just as expensive as x86/64 now that the low-hanging fruit has been picked, and they demand the latest nodes to be manufactured on.

Their GPU perf sucks too, with only 10-25% improvements gen over gen.

 

[kondamin]

I wonder if it would be better for the industry to slow down a bit with the releases.

Example, new CPU's, GPUs, OS, phones, etc to be released every 18 to 24 months, instead of 12 or less.

It generates revenue and pushes their suppliers to move, you as a consumer don’t have to get the new thing every time.

there is the problem too that if changes are significant it’s very likely they will need to redo the entire ecosystem