Apple won't introduce a new chip with its best iPad lineup, as it did with the M4 iPad Pro. Here's when to expect the M5 iPad Pro.

The M5 iPad Pro is already queued for mass production, with an estimated release window in the second half of 2025.

Apple could be first in line as a client for TSMC's cutting edge 2nm process node, on which both the A19 Pro chip for the iPhone 17, and the M5 processor that features the foundry's new Small Outline Integrated Circuit (SoIC) packaging.

An iPad Pro equipped with Apple's next-generation M5 processor is expected to enter mass production in the second half of next year, according