The Cupertino firm is internally testing the Apple M3, the next-generation chipset that will power the next Mac computers. According to Bloomberg, advances in manufacturing process technologies will allow the addition of more cores and memory, “significantly” improved performance.

Apple continues to finalize its program silicone, changing the hardware architecture of its PCs, replacing Intel x86 processors in favor of proprietary ARM-based designs. It must be said that this transition is successful, and the company is achieving what no other manufacturer has been able to do: a complete line of ARM computers. We’ve already discussed the reasons why Apple succeeds with ARM on the Mac and others don’t. If you want to catch up, check out this special.

The company is still introducing the M2 SoC and we expect news at the next WWDC 2023 developer conference, such as the new 15-inch MacBook Air and especially the Mac Pro, the latest model that has not yet been updated with ARM, taking into account that it will be his professional work machine, the one that really gives us a real measure of the possibilities of this architecture.

Apple M3 SoC: “more wood”

Apple is preparing for the future and is already testing its next generation of chips. Specifically, and according to Bloomberg, with a high-end MacBook Pro laptop running macOS 14. The outlet reports that in addition to SoC capacity, it is testing it with third-party applications to ensure compatibility with its ecosystem. The software is one of the main reasons why ARM runs on Macs and not Windows.

The Apple M3 will have a great new feature to begin with, jump to 3 nm. Manufacturing processes are key to pushing the limits of silicon, and this generation will use the latest from TSMC’s foundry, a significant leap over current 5nm technology. This higher density will allow Apple to include more processor cores and memory. As in previous generations, Apple will use a hybrid design that combines high-performance cores with others that will strive for the best energy efficiency in basic tasks.

There will be several versions of the SoCdepending on the team it is intended for and the level of performance being monitored:

• M3 Pro: 12-core CPU, 18-core GPU and 36GB RAM.
• M3 Max: 14-core CPU, 40-core GPU.
• M3 Ultra: 28-core CPU, 80-core GPU.

The Pro version will be the first to arrive in the first half of 2024 and for entry-level models like the Mac Air, Pro and AIO iMac. The “Extreme” version is also rumored to power the professional workstations of the future. We will tell you. Apple is the way to go for manufacturers who have bet on ARM as the main hardware architecture in PCs.