During the new product launch event on March 8, Apple launched a microprocessor M1 Ultra based on the extremely powerful SoC (system-on-chip) architecture. Basically, M1 Ultra is combined with 2 M1 Max chips through technology special connection on the Max version, allowing the 2 Max chips to work together to achieve new heights of power.
The connection technology is named “Ultra Fusion”, a combination that promises to give Apple processors unprecedented performance. M1 Ultra will appear on the Mac Studio desktop line as soon as March 2022.
Specific Upgrades
20 CPU cores, 64 GPU cores (the most number of cores on Apple chips)
114 billion semiconductors, more than 7 times the M1
Supports up to 128GB of RAM
32 cores for artificial intelligence (Neural Engine)
Apple says the M1 Ultra has more performance than the highest-end discrete graphics cards (like the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090), while using up to 200W less power
For video enthusiasts, the M1 Ultra is capable of managing up to 14 ProRes streams simultaneously (a high-quality video compressor that supports resolutions up to 8K).
Price and release date
The M1 Ultra is expected to appear on the company’s most high-end desktop computer line, the Mac Studio.
Although the starting price of Mac Studio is $ 1,999, users will have to spend at least $ 3,999 to own Apple’s “beast”. Currently, the company has made pre-orders on the website and delivery is expected on March 18.
Characteristics
Similar to the Apple-made M1 chips, the M1 Ultra integrates CPU and GPU using the same RAM memory, delivering higher performance with lower latency.
According to “Apple defect”, M1 Ultra is combined by 2 M1 Max chips using a silicon router in the middle – a “hidden feature” on Max, to create interconnected processing power up to 2.5 TB/ S.
In the most understandable way, the M1 Ultra is two M1 Max chips tied together and can share up to 128 GB of memory.
With 114 billion transistors (double 57 billion on M1 Max) and 20 CPU cores with 16 performance cores, 4 economy cores, M1 Ultra can support up to 128GB RAM with 800GB/s memory bandwidth .
In terms of graphics, the M1 Ultra has 64 processor cores, an amazing number, producing nearly 8 times more performance than the original M1 chip. In addition, this super chip also has 32 AI processing cores (Neural Engine) to better serve image processing, machine learning tasks and more.
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