682: Medium Core

About this episode

The episode discusses various topics related to the MacBook Neo and its features, including SSD speeds and comparisons with iPad Air inputs.

Pre-show: Casey brings us back to Anniversary Corner Related episode of ATP Follow-up: An explanation for John’s post that broke containment (via Thomas Dickson) MacBook Neo John’s theory about color & clamshells The M1 MacBook Air was American Walmarts only. (via Pierre-Luc Gagné ) Aside also via P-L: does the Neo run Rosetta 2 ? MacBook Neo inputs 🤝 iPad Air inputs (via Andrew Larson) SSD speeds (via The Verge ) The  logo iPhone 5 intro video is what John was thinking of (via Peter Puleio ) Jason’s review Dave2D’s review Teardown Tyler Stalman on the Neo running “pro” apps Performance Cores vs. Super Cores New in Xcode 24.6β3: CPUFAMILY_ARM_SOTRA ( H17S ) (via Brendan Shanks ) H17S is the missing M5 Pro identifier from iOS 26.3 RC Quinn’s review M5 Pro & Max are on N3P; M5 is N3E Baidu leakers Super cores (“P-Core”) 4.61 GHz 10-wide decoding Performance cores (“M-Core”) 4.38 GHz 7-wide decoding ~70% the performance of a Super Core Dual operating mode from efficiency cores Efficiency cores (“E-Core”) 3.05 GHz 6-wide decoding Andrew Cunningham at Ars L2 cache Super: 16 MB…

Topics covered

• MacBook Neo
• technology
• Apple products
• SSD speeds
• iPad Air

Keywords

• Anniversary Corner
• Rosetta 2
• iPhone 5 intro video
• Jason's review
• Dave2D's review

Mentioned in this episode

Products: MacBook Neo, The M1 MacBook Air, Neo, Rosetta 2, iPad Air, iPhone 5, Xcode 24.6β3, H17S, M5 Pro, iOS 26.3

Books & works: Anniversary Corner

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