March 9 news, Apple released the M1 Ultra chip, is more invincible than the M1 Max existence, with 20 core CPU, up to 64 core GPU, 32 core neural processing engine, up to 128GB of unified memory, manufactured using 5nm process, with 111.4 billion transistors, is deservedly the strongest personal computer chip in history.
Apple gave a comparison chart of the M1 chip families, from the chip area, M1 Ultra is twice as much as M1 Max, M1 Ultra uses a special connection method, innovatively connecting two M1 Max chips to achieve an efficient connection method.
The Power Performance of the Apple M1 Ultra is still excellent, and it can consume 200W less power than other products when achieving the same function.
Obviously, the M1 Ultra is apple's stack of the masterpiece, it did not redesign the internal structure of the chip, but directly connected the two M1 Max chips together, which greatly saved R& D costs, but also saved the R & D cycle. So, after Apple just released the M1 Pro and M1 Max last fall, Apple was able to quickly launch the M1 Ultra chip. The M1 Ultra will be used on top of the newly released Mac Studio.
Similar chip design ideas can be used to design other chips, and there have been rumors that the chips on the Mac Pro will use 5 M1 Max chips, which can quickly obtain super processing power. Apple does not need to redesign the chip, just do a good job of connecting the chip.
The chips of the M1 family are almost the same up to this point, and if Apple launches a super processing chip for the Mac Pro, this is likely to be a chip of the M2 family.