If you watched Apple’s “Peek Performance” special event this week, then there’s no question you witnessed the unveiling of the company’s brand new M1 Ultra chip.
Everything you need to know about Apple’s new M1 Ultra chip
Chips
Apple Car autopilot module and other custom chips should be completed in 2023
Work on an Apple Car autopilot chip module and other custom chips should be completed in 2023 after having been underway for almost a year.
Report: Apple M2 chips arriving in 2022, M3 to follow 18 months after M2
The upcoming Apple M2 chips are reportedly arriving in lower-end Macs in 2022, to be followed by the more powerful M2 Pro and M2 Max versions in higher-end systems in 2023. As for the third-generation M3 chips, those should follow 18 months after M2.
Apple is already designing the next two generations of Mac chips with up to 40 cores
As Intel's new CEO makes it a top priority to win back Apple's business, the iPhone maker is apparently developing successors to the company's inaugural Mac chip, the M1.
Intel’s pipe dream: Building a better chip than Apple to convince Tim Cook to switch back
Apple is nuking Intel chips in Macs out of orbit, and the chipmaker is obviously unhappy about it. But according to Intel's optimistic CEO, the company will try to win back Apple's business.
Apple silicon powering iPhone 14 and 2022 Macs expected to move to 3nm chips
iPhones and Macs releasing in 2022 may make a jump from Apple's current five-nanometer chips to new ones built with TSMC's upcoming three-nanometer process technology.
2022 iPad Pro may adopt Apple silicon built on TSMC’s 3nm chip manufacturing process
Apple's upcoming 2022 iPad Pro models will use chips built on TSMC's cutting-edge three-nanometer manufacturing process, resulting in a speed boost and lower power consumption.
Rumor: Samsung courting former Apple and AMD silicon engineers to help it design a custom CPU
Samsung is reportedly looking to hire Apple's and AMD's former silicon engineers to help it create a custom CPU after shuttering its in-house semiconductor team recently.
The Mac transition to Apple silicon could complete “as early as 2022”
Replacing Intel chips with Apple's in-house silicon in the Mac computers is a two-year transition that could complete, according to a well-informed source, as early as next year.
Bloomberg: Apple silicon Mac Pro will replace AMD graphics with up to 128-core Apple GPU
The next Mac Pro update planned for 2022 will use next-generation Apple silicon providing up to 128 GPU cores fast enough to replace AMD parts used in the current Intel-based models.
Bloomberg: A revamped MacBook Air with next-generation Apple silicon dropping at year-end
Apple is reportedly gearing up to launch a new high-end model of its beloved MacBook Air by the end of 2021, with the upcoming notebook ostensibly running next-generation Apple silicon.
Bloomberg: A larger iMac with Apple silicon has been in the works
Apple recently released the new 24-inch colorful iMacs, but the company is now planning to release a larger iMac all-in-one desktop powered by its own chips instead of Intel ones.