Kuo: New MacBook Pro and iPad Pro Models to Enter Mass Production This Year
Apple suppliers will begin mass production of new 14-inch MacBook Pro, 16-inch MacBook Pro, and iPad Pro models in the fourth quarter of 2022, and all of the devices will likely remain equipped with 5nm chips, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
In a pair of tweets, Kuo said Apple's chipmaking partner TSMC will not begin shipping 3nm chips until January 2023, and therefore he expects the new MacBook Pro and iPad Pro models to stick with 5nm chips. The new iPad Pro with an M2 chip is expected to be released in October, but timing for the new MacBook Pro models is less clear, with some rumors suggesting a release later this year and others pointing towards a 2023 launch.
The new MacBook Pro models are expected to be equipped with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips, which some earlier reports had suggested
could be Apple's first 3nm chips. However, if the latest information shared by Kuo is accurate, the first Apple devices with chips based on TSMC's 3nm process will not be released until some point next year.
In addition to future Macs and iPads, the A17 Bionic chip in next year's iPhone 15 Pro is also expected to be a 3nm chip.
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My fingers are crossed I hope New Macbook Pro 14" and 16" comes in Mid-night color.
They should wait for Spring event
https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/14-inch
I don't care about the fact that the current 14" MBP is almost a year old because it's still perfectly powerful for my needs. What I do care about is how long Apple will support these M1 chips with MacOS updates. My 2013 MBP is still on Catalina, and a lot of my software can't be updated anymore because of that. If waiting a few months buys me another year of an OS update, I'll wait.