Apple will reportedly assemble the high-end M5 chips using 2.5D packaging. This is a chip design approach that places a processor’s compute modules atop a common base layer, or interposer. The interposer is itself a semiconductor that allows data to move between the chip’s other components.

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.

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.

Apple Inc. is on the verge of achieving a $4 trillion market valuation, a record-breaking milestone in the tech industry. The surge is fueled by investor confidence in the company’s push into artificial intelligence (AI) and hopes for a revival in iPhone sales.

Apple is closing in on a historic $4 trillion market valuation as investor enthusiasm for its AI strategy and expected iPhone supercycle drive a 16% share surge since November. Apple Nears $4 Trillion Market Cap Amid

Apple Inc. has asked to participate in an upcoming antitrust trial that will focus on Google LLC’s practices in the search market. Reuters reported the request today, citing a court document filed on Monday.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has asked if it can testify in Google's upcoming U.S. antitrust trial over online search, Reuters reported Tuesday, saying it cannot rely on Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) to defend revenue-sharing agreements that earn the iPhone maker billions each year.