Post #2890608
2026-04-17 01:27 UTC
@atpfm@mastodon.social
I do not believe that Apple ever had ~5 million binned A18 Pros left over from the iPhone.
Only a fraction of A18 Pros have errors, and only a fractions of those just have errors on 1 GPU in the ~15% of the die where the GPUs are.
I'd bet there are already MacBook Neos with a working GPU disabled.
I expect Apple ordered lots of A18 Pros for the Neo, and the binned A18 Pros just helped margins.
Apple might be running low on A18 Pros, but I'm confident that Apple has a plan for this.
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@atlauren@mastodon.social 2026-04-17 02:37
@dschaub@mstdn.social @atpfm@mastodon.social Missjng the angle. I’d wager the A18Pro was planned for, in part, use in what became the Neo. The Neo’s parts weren’t “free” iPhone offal, but part of the A18Pro planned lifecycle,