This year Mark Gurman of Bloomberg revealed that Apple will release M3 Apple MacBook Air and Pro computers as soon as October.

He said:

" As far as I understand, the process of the conference (this year) will be the same as that of the iPhone 14 conference. Apple will still play pre-recorded videos at the conference. In addition, there will be a conference in October - possibly for the first time. M3 Mac computers launched - but it's unclear whether this will be positioned as an official launch event."

Ming-Chi Kuo and Gurman’s information is contradictory, and both of them have relatively reliable records of breaking the news. The authenticity cannot be confirmed at present.

The yet-to-be-announced M3 chip will be manufactured using TSMC’s 3nm process, which will provide significant improvements in performance and power efficiency compared to the current 5nm-based M2 chip that debuted in June 2022.

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The chip could be Apple’s next-generation M3 chip, which will offer faster performance and higher power efficiency compared to Apple’s current 5nm chip.

The report cites industry sources as saying, “The supply chain is more focused on a more affordable MacBook Air, expected to be updated in the second half of 2023 and possibly with a 3nm processor.” The report did not provide any additional details about the MacBook Air or a more specific release schedule.

Apple’s chip manufacturing partner TSMC began mass production of 3nm chips in late December 2022, and the M3 chip in the next-generation MacBook Air could be one of the first 3nm chips Apple launches later this year, along with the A17 Bionic chip in the iPhone 15 Pro.

Earlier this week, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed that the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros will also feature the 3nm M3 Pro and M3 Max chips in 2024.

In addition, multiple sources indicate that Apple is internally developing a 15-inch MacBook Air with an M2 Pro chip and 67W power adapter, also with a bangscreen.

The current M2 chip-equipped MacBook Air was released in July 2022 with a new design that features a bangs screen, MagSafe charging, a 1080p camera and more. Apple is also continuing to sell the MacBook Air with the M1 chip.

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However, after 3nm, TSMC will launch an upgraded version of N3E process next year, that is, 3nm Enhanced, to further improve performance, reduce power consumption, and expand the scope of applications, compared to N5 with the same performance and density of power consumption by 34%, the same power and density of performance by 18%, or can increase the transistor density by 60%.

The analysts at the Business Times believe that the N3E process will become the mainstay of production discussions among major manufacturers, including Apple’s iPhone 15 series A17 processor, the next generation of M3 processors, and AMD’s future Zen5, among others.

M3 is said to be used in products such as the MacBook Air, and Apple is likely to increase the display size of this model to improve cooling through stronger cooling solutions. Other potential products include a newer iPad Pro line, as well as a newer iMac, and possibly a future iPad Air. M3 will likely use 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores again, just like M2 and M1.

As a matter of industry practice, TSMC will test the performance and trial yields of the N3E process first this year, with mass production expected in the second half of 2023. Corelist+ has leaked an internal TSMC PPT showing that its N3E process is progressing very well, at least in terms of yield.

The PPT shows that TSMC’s next-generation N3E process yields exceeded expectations, with the average yield of N3E’s 256Mb SRAM at about 80%, mobile devices and HPC chips at about 80%, and ring oscillator yields even exceeding 92%.

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According to DigiTimes, TSMC will manufacture Apple’s “M2 Pro” and “M3” chips based on its 3nm process.
“Apple has reportedly booked TSMC capacity for its upcoming 3nm M3 and M2 Pro processors,” DigiTimes said in a report.

IT House has reported that Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has also said in his latest newsletter that he expects the M2 Pro to be used in the 14-inch MacBook Pro, 16-inch MacBook Pro and high-end Mac mini.

As for the M3, Gurman expects the chip to be used in the next generation 13-inch MacBook Air, the new 15-inch MacBook Air, the new iMac and possibly the new 12-inch MacBook.

YouTuber @Max Tech also says that Apple’s M2 Pro is indeed a 3nm process build.

As of now, TSMC will be mass producing 3nm process by the end of the year, so Apple’s M2 Pro coming at the end of the year or early next year will see a significant performance boost, and the performance difference between the M2 and M2 is expected to be greater than that between the M1 Pro and M1.

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