Apple announces new flagship M1 Ultra desktop processor for its most powerful computers

The next generation of Apple Silicon chips has arrived with the announcement of the company's new M1 Ultra system on a chip, which is even more powerful than the M1, M.

The key to the M1 Ultra is Apple's Ultra Fusion architecture, which allows for the fusion of two separate M1 Max chips into a single, massive system. That design allows Apple to double the performance and efficiency of its M1 Max chip on the M1 Ultra, with up to 128GB of RAM and 64 GPU cores. Apple says that the M1 Ultra offers eight times the performance of the regular M1.

Apple claims that its new, massive chip offers better performance than a 16-core PC desktop and uses less power. We will have to verify these claims ourselves once we can test the M1 Ultra.

The M1 Ultra will make its debut in a new Mac Studio desktop that Apple announced alongside the new chip at its event, and it looks a lot like a giant stack of Mac Mini desktops. The original M1 chip launched in a MacBook Air, entry-level MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini but also made its way to Apple's colorful iMac relaunch and the 2020 iPad Pro tablet, so it's possible that we'll see that again.

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