Apple's new M6 and M5 Ultra chips power Macs designed for local AI dev
Ars Technica AI · rss · 2026-08-25
Apple announced new Mac mini and Mac Studio desktops alongside two new chips: the M6, the first 2nm chip in the M-series, and the M5 Ultra, the most powerful chip for AI workloads. Leveraging unified memory architecture and fast processors, these devices are specifically designed for local AI inference and development.
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