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Apple has announced the M5 Pro and M5 Max SoCs featuring a new 'Fusion Architecture' that combines two dies into a single chip. The chips include an 18-core CPU with six 'super cores', up to a 40-core GPU with 4x AI compute performance over the prior generation, and are designed for the new MacBook Pro lineup. For Linux users, support remains distant — Asahi Linux is still working on M3/M4 bring-up, and the Apple GPU driver has not yet landed in the mainline kernel, meaning M5 Pro/Max Linux support is likely years away.

Apple Announces "Fusion Architecture" With M5 Pro & M5 Max