Ming-Chi Kuo, a supply chain expert at TF International Securities, predicts that mass production of the M5 chip will begin in the first half of 2025. The M5 Pro and Ultra models will follow, entering production in the second half of 2025 and 2026,

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple will move away from its current processor designs that keep the CPU and GPU cores on the same chip — and see a performance gain.

The M5 chip is expected to enter mass production in H1 2025. With the Apple M4 series chips already out on the latest Macs, noted Apple analyst

Apple's powerful SoC — "system on a chip" — processors have been the source of its greatness for years, bringing incredible performance and long-lasting battery life to iPhones, iPads, and Macs because they use far less power processing everything we do on a laptop.