12 Best Big Tech Stocks to Invest In Now

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7. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)

Market Capitalization as of October 17: $3.75 trillion

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 156

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is one of the best big tech stocks to invest in now. On October 15, Apple announced M5, the next-generation System on a Chip/SoC built using third-generation 3-nanometer technology. M5 delivers significant advancements in nearly every aspect of the chip and offers industry-leading power-efficient performance to the new 14-inch MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Apple Vision Pro, all of which are available for pre-order immediately.

M5 marks the next big leap in AI performance for Apple silicon, highlighted by a next-generation 10-core GPU architecture that now features a dedicated Neural Accelerator in each core. This design enables GPU-based AI workloads to run dramatically faster, achieving over 4x the peak GPU compute performance for AI compared to the M4 chip, and over 6x compared to the M1 chip.

The chip also features an improved 16-core Neural Engine that is now faster, complementing the GPU’s Neural Accelerators to fully optimize M5 for AI workloads. These AI advancements accelerate on-device AI tools like Image Playground and enhance the overall performance of Apple Intelligence models. Beyond AI, M5 offers significant increases in processing and graphics capabilities.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories worldwide.

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