Apple of course used all the words and phrases you’d expect for the new M3 chip line-up: groundbreaking, dramatically increased performance, unleash new capabilities, the biggest leap forward, and so on.
The company also shared some graphs pointing to the improved performance of the 3nm based M3 chips compared to their predecessors …
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There weren’t too many surprises in last night’s Scary Fast event. The event was entirely Mac-focused; all three M3 chips are available simultaneously; the M3-powered 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models were the stars of the show; and the 24-inch iMac got updated from the M1 chip to the M3 one.
But there were still a couple of somewhat unexpected developments – and it’s also worth noting what Apple didn’t announce …
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Along with the upgraded performance of the M3 chips, battery life on the new MacBook Pro laptops has increased. Follow along for how the new MacBook Pro battery life compares to the predecessors.
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We’ve got a pretty solid idea what some of the Scary Fast announcements are going to be on Monday evening, while others are less certain.
Let’s look both at what we expect, what we might see, and what we don’t expect – and hear from you which are the ones you’re really hoping for …
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Is M. Night Shyamalan running Apple? The company just announced a Monday night keynote event on the eve of Halloween. The tagline? Scary Fast. Macs are rumored, but what Apple silicon will be inside?
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While there was once hope of the first M3 MacBooks being launched this month, more recent reporting has suggested we’re going to have to wait until next year for these. This is echoed by a new supply chain report, which says that Apple plans to make the switch to 3nm chips in 2024.
There is still some hope that we may see some M3 Macs before then, just not laptops …
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MacBook Pro battery life is set to be boosted by more efficient backlighting on the upcoming models, according to a new supply chain report.
It suggests that Apple will be using brighter miniLEDs for the backlight, but won’t be increasing the maximum brightness level of the displays …
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Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has bad news for Apple fans hoping to see a lineup of M3-powered Macs this year. According to Kuo, Apple is no longer planning to release any new MacBook models equipped with M3 series chips “before the end of this year.”
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More details about what to expect from the M3 lineup of chips continue to emerge. We’re expecting the first M3 Macs to hit the market in October, and now Bloomberg has more details on what to expect from the high-end M3 Ultra chip coming in 2024.
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A Bloomberg report on Sunday revealed that Apple has been testing the base version of its new M3 chip with a new Mac mini. Now Bloomberg is back with another report about M3 Macs, but this time related to the more powerful M3 Max chip. According to Mark Gurman, the company has been experimenting with a chip with up to 40 GPU cores for a new high-end MacBook Pro.
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Apple continues to ramp up testing of new M3 Macs as we approach an expected launch sometime in October. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple has recently started testing a new Mac with a model identifier “Mac15,12” with an M3 chip – potentially a new version of the Mac mini.
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Following the announcement of the M2 chip at WWDC 2022, we’re now on the cusp of Apple announcing the new M3 chip. The M3 chip is expected to be a major upgrade over the M2, switching to a new fabrication and production process that will offer a major boost in both performance and efficiency.
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TSMC 3nm chip production is well underway, with the latest process expected to be used for both the A17 chip in the iPhone 15 Pro, and the M3 destined for future Macs. However, the company told analysts that it isn’t yet able to keep up with customer demand.
Apple’s chipmaker also said that yield rates (the percentage of chips that pass quality control tests) are not yet good enough to charge the iPhone maker for every wafer produced …
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While we’re expecting a few different new Mac launches this year like the 15-inch MacBook Air and Apple Silicon Mac Pro, one product that’s been notably absent from rumors is a refreshed iMac. Now we’ve got news from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman on what to expect from the next iMac including chip, size, colors, and a potential launch date.
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While Apple just finished introducing all the M1 chip variants, and we wait for the first batch of M2 computers, it seems the Cupertino company is already working on its third generation of silicon for Macs – and iPads. The M3 iMac is coming; here’s what we know.
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