682: Medium Core
12 March 2026

682: Medium Core

Accidental Tech Podcast

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    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
            Performance: 8 MB
            Efficiency: 6MB

          Minimum clock speed:


            Super: 1,308 MHz
            Performance: 1,344 MHz
            Efficiency: 972 MHz


        Fusion architecture (via Frederic_Orange)

      MacBook Pro Storage pricing (via Richard Allen)
      MacBook keyboard glyphs (via Dan Moren)
      Environmental progress (via Andrew Leahey)


        TOSTracker
        Example individual comparison

      Third-party displays (via Dan Boyle)
      Pro Display XDR or Studio Display XDR? (asked by Imthaz)
      Studio Display XDR


        UFO Test
        MKBHD’s review states it has 12 GB RAM 🤭
        Studio Display XDR white paper (PDF) (via Kevin Sliech)


          Superwide viewing angle
          Timing controller (TCON)
          Calibration
          Display optimization modes



    Formula 1 news


      Drive to Survive (Apple TV link)
      Dad jokey-est promo video (Also on YouTube)
      2026 season preview
      F1TV vs. Apple TV


        Link accounts

      Romain Grosjean’s

    Samsung Galaxy S26 Privacy Display


      MKBHD
      The Verge

    Post-show: Marco’s Garmin adventures


      Great Saunter
      Injinji toe socks
      Altra Torin 8 wide shoes
      Garmin Venu 4 41mm
      Garmin Forerunner 570
      Garmin Fenix 8
      Suunto Race S
      WorkOutDoors
      Pedometer++

    Members-only ATP Overtime: The future of x86_64 on macOS


      Tahoe 26.4 warnings
      Slightly more detail from Ars Technica



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