M5 chips now have three types of core – what does this actually mean?<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>Prior to yesterday’s launch of the <a href="
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<p>The M5 chips now have three types of core, with a complication caused by the renaming of one of them. Here’s what’s going on … </p>
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M5 chips now have three types of core – what does this actually mean?
