The renowned analyst close to the production lines of Apple subcontractors, Ming-Chi Kuo, signed a tweet recently about the next Apple silicon chips. He claims that the SoCs that will equip the next 14 and 16-inch MacBook Proshould be engraved in 5 nm. The supplier TSMC, manufacturer of these components, would therefore use the same engraving finesse for what probably constitutes the M2 Pro and M2 Max chips as for the M2 released earlier in the year. This report contradicts aarticle published earlier in August, signed by Commercial Times and announcing 3 nm for the M2 Pro chip.
According to Kuo, we should therefore not be overwhelmed by the performance and energy efficiency of these new processors. But the duo will in any case do better than the M2 on which it is based, like what the M1 Pro and M1 Max have brought compared to the M1.
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Mark Gurman precisely specifies on this subject that for the M2 Pro and M2 Max, we should mainly expectimprovements to graphics capabilities. Obviously, an increase in the maximum number of cores will be there. Thus, the MacBook Pro 14 and 16″ which should benefit from these new chips would be much more comfortable for very heavy tasks requiring multi-core resources than the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro M1 recently available on the market.
As for the production of TSMC CPUs with fine engraving in3 nm, the source says to expect a launch atfirst half of 2023. It is therefore possible that the Apple silicon M3 SoCs and the mobile chips for iPhone and A17, which should logically arrive next year, will benefit from a major gain in performance and energy efficiency.
New 14" and 16" MacBook Pro with new processors will enter mass production in 4Q22. Given TSMC's guidance that the 3nm will contribute revenue starting in 1H23, processors of 14" and 16" MacBook Pro models may still adopt the 5nm advanced node.
— Ming-Chi Kuo (@mingchikuo)August 22, 2022
The 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros with M2 Pro and M2 Max processors are expected to arrive next fall. It is rumored that Applewill hold a special keynote in October, asdetailed in our columns yesterday. They should then arrive in stores in the same month, or even at the beginning of November. A Mac mini with M2 chip is also expected at the same time.For the Mac Pro, it's more blurry. There are few signs pointing to the upcoming arrival of a new generation for the most expensive computer in Apple's Mac range.
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