Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman recently revealed that Apple is accelerating the development of the M4 series of Apple Silicon chips, which are expected to be equipped in new Mac devices by the end of 2024, with a focus on Improve performance on AI tasks.
In the Power On newsletter released recently, Mark Gurman once again shared the update roadmap for new Mac devices equipped with M4 series chips. The schedule attached is as follows:
Apple will launch a lower-end 14-inch MacBook Pro with M4 before the end of 2024;
Apple will launch 24-inch iMac with M4 before the end of 2024;
Apple will launch new 14-inch and 16-inch high-end MacBook Pro with M4 Pro/Max chips in late 2024/early 2025;
Apple will launch Mac mini in late 2024/early 2025 with M4 and M4 Pro configurations;
Apple expects to release new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air around spring 2025;
Apple will launch Mac Studio with high-end M4 chip in mid-2025;
Apple will launch a Mac Pro with an M4 Ultra chip in the second half of 2025.
Mark Gurman once again reiterated that Apple has internally tested the M3 Ultra chip and may equip it on Mac Studio and Mac Pro products in the future, but he also said that some high-end Mac models will skip the M3 series of chips.
