Apple’s M3 Ultra chip may be far from reaching the market, despite the recent release of several new Apple processors. Mark Gurman has provided some insights into the future Apple SoC in his newsletter for Bloomberg, as reported by 9to5Mac.
Apple unveiled the vanilla M3 alongside the M3 Pro and M3 Max processors, with the latter two being a surprise. This simultaneous release was due to the need for the Pro and Max variants in the high-end MacBook Pros that were launched at the recent ‘Scary Fast’ event.
Gurman explains that with limited 3nm silicon available, most of it goes toward the high-demand iPhone, leaving lower volume products such as the M3 chips for the pricey MacBooks. The Mac Studio and Mac Pro are even slower selling products, but they would need a successor to the M2 Ultra, which has not yet gone into broad testing.
In conclusion, it is evident that Apple is still a long way from releasing an M3 Ultra. However, when it does arrive, it is expected to be very impressive, possibly being two M3 Max SoCs bolted together, as is the case with the M2 Ultra. Apple seems to favor making the gap wider between its middling and high-end silicon. Gurman’s insights also reveal that the next M3 products arriving in 2024 should be MacBook Air models (13-inch, 15-inch) and a revamped Mac mini, with the possibility of a new Mac Studio in the pipeline.
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