According to a report by Bloomberg News, Apple is working on a new version of My Computer: MacBook Air and iMac with a chip (M3) that is manufactured using 3-nanometer manufacturing technology, which is faster and more energy-efficient. Quoted about Energy in Eight News.
Although it is not officially known when Apple plans to release the new version of the two computers, Bloomberg expects it to be released later this year or early next year.
In a report published last June, Bloomberg started talking about Apple’s work on a 13-inch and 15-inch version of its MacBook Air laptop with a (M3) chip and a new iMac computer.
At the time, the agency expected this to happen in early 2023, but Apple has not done anything about it so far, as it announced a new version of the MacBook Pro computers in early January with (M2 Pro) and (M2 Max). ). ) in addition to a new version of its Mac Mini desktop computer with a chip (M2 Pro).
It should be noted that the M2 Pro and M2 Max chipsets are made of the second generation of 5nm manufacturing technology, compared to the first generation technology that the company adopted in the M1 chipset.
The (M3) chips are expected to provide better performance, and according to TSMC, which makes its own chips for Apple, the 3-nanometer manufacturing technology improves speed by 15 percent compared to the current 5-nanometer manufacturing technology and reduces power. consumption up to 30%.
Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC already started mass production of M3 (3nm) chips at its Taiwan facility last year, but plans to build the technology at the company’s new facility in the US state of Arizona by 2018. 2026 does not exist.
It should be noted that soon the MacBook Air and iMac computers will not only use the (M3) chipset. On the same day that Apple introduced the new MacBook Pro computers with the M2 Pro and M2 Max chipsets, Ming-Chi Kuo, a well-known leak analyst at Apple, said that the company may introduce other versions of the MacBook Pro computers. With the (M3 Pro) and (M3 Max) chip in the first half of 2024.
