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Apple's M6 Is a 2nm Flex, but the M5 Ultra's 512GB RAM Is the Real Local-AI Story

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The iPhone event got all the attention this week, but the most interesting thing Apple shipped is hiding inside desktops. The M6 is their first 2nm chip — a 12-core CPU with two new "super cores," a 16-core Neural Engine, and Apple's claim of up to 4x faster AI performance and 13.5x faster LLM prom…

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  1. 2026-09-10 22:58 · DEV Community — AI
    Apple's M6 Is a 2nm Flex, but the M5 Ultra's 512GB RAM Is the Real Local-AI Story

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