Apple suppliers will begin mass production of the new 14-inch MacBook Pro, 16-inch MacBook Pro and iPad Pro models in the fourth quarter of 2022, and all devices will likely continue to be equipped with 5nm chips, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who tweeted the news.
He said that Apple’s chip manufacturing partner TSMC will not start shipping 3nm chips until January 2023, so he expects the new MacBook Pro and iPad Pro models to stick with 5nm chips.
The new iPad Pro with the M2 chip is expected to be released in October, but the release date for the new MacBook Pro models is not yet clear. it has been rumored that the new MacBook Pro will be released later this year, but there are also some rumors pointing to a 2023 release.
The new MacBook Pro is expected to come with the M2 Pro and M2 Max chips, which are still expected to be 5nm process. In addition to future Macs and iPads, the A17 Bionic chip in next year’s iPhone 15 Pro is also expected to be equipped with a 3nm chip, so stay tuned.
