We are still months away from the introduction and arrival of the first Apple devices with M4 on the market, the future fourth generation of integrated Apple Silicon devices, which can be found in various generations and versions both in all Cupertino computers and in their iPad Pro. As we suggested back then, leaving the X86/64 architecture and its association with Intel was a risky move to start making our own ARM-based chips, but so far it seems to have gone pretty well… except for some issues. Now, these types of issues are across all platforms, so it’s not something we should attribute solely to Apple.

I say we’ll have to wait a little longer because the current generation, the Apple Silicon M3, It was introduced in October last year, so we understand that he should still have a long way to go. However, rumors have intensified in recent weeks suggesting that the generational jump could happen in just one year, unlike what happened with the evolution from M2 to M3, which was closer (without reaching it). ) after a year and a half.

One of the main reasons that have justified this change so far is that This generation is not a big leap from the previous one, which in turn was not the case with the M1, which was a more than remarkable development compared to Intel-powered Macs. Now, we’ve also seen no signs (it’s early, yes) that the future Apple M4 will be much faster and/or more efficient than the M3. But that wouldn’t really be the main reason for pushing its launch to the end of this year. Below you can check out the summary image that Apple showed at the launch of its M3

Is there anything about it that catches your attention? Or to be more precise, in the current context isn’t it striking that it simply lists the number of cores in its NPU (Neural Engine)? Let’s recall that at that time Intel had already introduced Meteor Lake and we knew that Core Ultra was already on the way with its NPU with 10 TOP computing capacity. For its part, AMD introduced the Ryzen 8000 in December with NPUs that reach 16 TOPs, and although they haven’t hit the market yet, it’s expected that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Elite X NPUs can expand up to 45 TOPs. And if we are talking about the future generation, the day before yesterday Pat Gelsinger announced that the total computing capacity of Lunar Lake will reach 100 TOP. All this, of course, within the so-called IA PCi.e., a computer with enough computing power to easily perform AI-related tasks.

As we have said on previous occasions, Apple has been a bit slow to “join” the AI ​​revolution that we experienced last year, but that was latent in the industry before. Thus, during 2023, they took the necessary steps to lay the foundations for catching up, which we will undoubtedly see this year. It was not for nothing that Tim Cook talked about it back in February, and in the first communication about WWDC 2024, Greg Joswiak said that it would be an event ONdefinitely YeahIncredible. Yes indeed, AI, short for artificial intelligence.

If it smells like milk, tastes like milk, and comes in a carton labeled “Milk,” you don’t have to be very smart to figure out what’s in the glass. What we can assume is one thing and having it confirmed, even if it’s anecdotal, is another. And that’s exactly what we found out today when we read Mark Gurman in Bloomberg, which is that the analyst and leaker par excellence of those from Cupertino confirms that With the arrival of the Apple M4, Apple intends to accelerate the recovery of its devices as much as possible so that it can focus on its capabilities related to artificial intelligence.

Apple M4 and artificial intelligence on the desktop

While talking about Apple’s AI efforts and progress, Much of the conversation focused on its implementation in iOS 18because for months and more it has been reported that this will be the biggest update in the history of the iPhone operating system, and that much of this deep development will come from improvements to existing AI-based features. , of which Siri is a prime example, as well as the arrival of another, as yet unreleased.

However, while the iPhone is Apple’s big star for many, in Cupertino they don’t forget (of course) the rest of their family of devices and that keeping them up-to-date in such dynamic markets is essential to keep them competitive. So yes We expect the PC-Windows ecosystem to massively adopt the PC AI paradigm between the end of this year and the beginning of 2025.with the arrival of new generations of integrated devices with high-performance NPUs, it seems that Apple does not want to be late.

Although we still have to wait until autumn (probably October or November) for the presentation of the first devices with the Apple M4, WWDC 2024 will definitely put us on track What can we expect in terms of artificial intelligence on Macs, as this will be the launch of the next version of macOS and therefore the initial signal for developers to start working on implementing these AI-based features in their applications. So exactly the same thing that will happen with iOS.

According to Gurman, we expect by the end of the year or the beginning of 2025 new iMacs, the “basic” 14-inch MacBook Pro, several high-end 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros, and the Mac mini with different configurations, all with M4 chips. And this shows us, if it finally comes true, the urgency that Apple feels in making these updates, because in some cases we are talking about product families that have been updated quite recently.

Having very competent hardware in terms of computing power dedicated to artificial intelligence is now only one part of the equation, complemented by software that provides interesting uses for it. And the good news for Apple computer users is that we know in Cupertino have redoubled their efforts in this regard since last yearso it is likely (and I personally hope so) that we will find some really interesting surprises at WWDC 2024.

On previous occasions, Apple has taken plenty of time (I’m sure they’d say it was “just enough”) to embrace new technologies, enter markets that were already fairly active, etc. But in this case, we’re talking about a paradigm shift that may ultimately have a major impact on what we understand as a PCand being left behind in something like that can have a huge negative impact on the image of a tech company, and even more so one that, like Apple, has championed innovation for decades.

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