Apple is engaged on a MacBook Air and an iMac with an M3 chip constructed utilizing the extra environment friendly Three-nanometer manufacturing course of, in keeping with a report from Bloombergit is Mark Gurman. Whereas it is unclear when the 2 up to date gadgets would possibly launch, Gurman expects the M3 chip to reach late this 12 months or early subsequent 12 months.
Gurman first hinted at this final June, noting that Apple is engaged on an M3-equipped 13-inch MacBook Air, 15-inch MacBook Air, and a brand new iMac. On the time, he added that the M3 chip might seem as early as this 12 months, however that hasn’t occurred but.
As an alternative, Apple included the brand new M2 Professional and M2 Max chips with the MacBook Professional lineup introduced earlier this month, and likewise added an M2 Professional chip to the Mac Mini. These chips are primarily based on a second-generation 5nm course of, which is one more improve from the usual 5nm course of that Apple makes use of to fabricate its M1 chips.