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CTOnews.com, July 27, the launch of the M2 Ultra chip means that Apple has achieved a major milestone in its own chip development, a formal transition from Intel to its own Apple Silicon.

Therefore, the media and consumers have turned their attention to the upcoming M3 chip. It is reported that Apple is currently testing Mac devices with M3 chips, and is expected to launch the first Mac device pre-installed with the chip by the end of this year.

Based on a number of foreign media reports, CTOnews.com summarizes the relevant information as follows:

Specification: the chip may use TSMC's 3nm manufacturing process, which can not only achieve a higher density core, but also improve the performance and efficiency of each core.

Bloomberg previously reported that the M3 Pro chip will have 12 CPU cores and 18 GPU cores, with 2 more CPU / GPU cores than M2 Pro.

In addition, M3 Pro supports up to 36GB memory, while M2 Pro supports up to 32GB memory.

Performance: Macworld attempts to estimate the potential performance improvement of the M3 chip based on past updates and kernel additions:

Apple balances performance and power consumption, and usually pays more attention to biased power consumption and improved battery life, so the performance improvement may not be significant.

The first Mac devices pre-installed with M3 chips: Apple's first Mac computers with M3 chips will include a 13-inch MacBook Air, a new 24-inch iMac and an M3 MacBook Pro, Bloomberg reported.

High-end Mac models such as 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro are not expected to be updated to M3 chips until early to mid-2024. These Mac models will be equipped with M3 Pro and M3 Max chips.

Apple may launch the M3 Ultra chip for the first time in high-end Mac such as Mac Studio and Mac Pro by the end of next year.

In addition to the Mac computer with the M3 chip, Apple is also preparing to launch a new version of the iPad Pro with the M3 chip in early 2024.

Supply: given that the M3 chip is TSMC's first 3nm process processor and may face production problems, TSMC has said it is trying to keep up with customer demand for 3nm chips.

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