Apple’s imminent M5 Pro and M5 Max chips will run cooler and faster than ever before, as a year-old rumor about the way Apple Silicon chips are packaged resurfaces.

Dies on wafers – Image credit: TSMC

Apple is anticipated to bring out the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips as part of a MacBook Pro update in early 2026. However, while performance improvements are expected for the higher-tier chips, the way they are produced will make as much of an impact as improving clock speeds and core counts.

In a February 3 Weibo post, serial leaker Fixed Focus Digital added more context to a comment they made a few days earlier, on January 31. At that time, they said that the upper M5 chips will use TSMC’s SoIC packaging, which had also reduced in cost to perform.

Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible

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