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Apple Reportedly Planning Vapor Chamber Cooling for M6 iPad Pro

The move targets better sustained performance in a thinner, fanless chassis prone to throttling.

Overview

  • Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple is working to integrate a vapor chamber cooling system into the next iPad Pro.
  • The goal is to curb thermal throttling during demanding workflows and gaming by improving heat dissipation in a slim design.
  • On the iPad Pro’s roughly 18‑month update cadence, the upgrade could arrive around spring 2027 with the M6 refresh, not the newly released M5 models.
  • Gurman says the next model is expected to feature an M6 chip likely fabricated on TSMC’s 2‑nanometer process.
  • The approach builds on the iPhone 17 Pro’s vapor chamber, which reporting says cut overheating, and could extend to other passively cooled Macs if successful.