This has ZERO effect on Apple's plans. The AZ plant was never going to be leading edge, and Apple manufactures at leading edge. It may affect everyone who trails slightly behind Apple (like AMD, QC, and nV) but not Apple.
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Gurman: Refreshed High-End MacBook Pro and Mac Mini With M3 Chips to Launch Next Year
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Max tech also takes any tiny random rumor and say it’s “100% confirmation” and is part of “Apple’s Master Plan” all with over-the-top fake enthusiasm, that channel reeks of clickbait and it’s so disappointing as the information they cover would be very interesting on it’s own but they ruin it with their presentation.
We do not know what is most cost-effective to produce. Sure M1 yields have matured reducing per-chip costs, but we do not know what production facilities have been repurposed to M2 or M3. And selling M1 in 2023+ is selling old outdated tech, even if it is still strong enough for 2023, which means discounted pricing only. Apple avoids selling old outdated tech and Apple avoids discounted pricing selling at the low end.
55% yields which isn't bad for now. Will get better. But ASML is the real player here and they are sending new machines to TSMC second half 2023. Once those are there TSMC will be able to put it's foot on the gas.
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Love the iMac refresh back the and sad to see it behind an iPad Pro with its M2.
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Honest question. After two generations of the remarkable M chips. Is the M3 more than incremental. M2 mini owner.
My friend who works at apple in a higher regional leadership position also said something about miserable yield rates and that they’re having trouble to get things running at scale with the m3 and that that’s part of the reason we have what we have with the Mac Pro.
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It is the other way around. The M2 chip was basically just incremental because Apple was not able to move to 3nm as fast as planned. The M2 is actually more or less a boosted M1 chip with a new name.
But M3 is actually built at 3nm. Hence, the performance difference between the M2 and M3 should be much larger than the difference between the M1 and M2.
I think that’s a very reasonable theory as well. Either way, it’s hard to believe there will be M3 macs this year.
I’m planning to wait until M3 or even M4 to get a Mac mini. Why wait so long, you might guess? Not only because rumors point towards a new architecture in the A18/M4 Gen, but also because I want to wait a couple more years and see if Apple finally releases a new 12” MacBook.Woohoo! Can't wait. M3 Mini, here I come!(...sets timer...)
I’m planning to wait until M3 or even M4 to get a Mac mini. Why wait so long, you might guess? Not only because rumors point towards a new architecture in the A18/M4 Gen, but also because I want to wait a couple more years and see if Apple finally releases a new12” MacBook.Woohoo! Can't wait. M3 Mini, here I come!
On the other hand, I wish this delay on the M3 Mac mini means they are redesigning it to make it smaller and lighter.
Huh? They're introducing the refurbished ones before the new M3 products come out? Steve Jobs needs to talk to the Shark Tank people and learn a thing or two about business.
I was going to wait for an M2 Pro Mac mini, but then my 30" Apple Cinema HD Display started to give me significant issues in 2022, so I needed a new monitor... except that my 2014 Mac mini couldn't support a 4K or higher monitor properly. So I bought a reasonably inexpensive used 16 GB 1 TB M1 Mac mini late last year, which I'm typing on right now, and then a new monitor too. I didn't predict Apple would drop the Mac mini pricing for M2 though. That surprised me.
Honestly, M1 16 GB is all that I currently need aside from the limited ports, although I would like to get a 30"+ 5K+ monitor. I will hold off getting a new Mac mini until then but when the time comes, maybe I'll pick up a 24 GB Mac mini or 32 GB Mac mini or Mac Studio. A Mac Studio is major overkill for me, but I kinda want to get 24 GB RAM. Mx Pro + 24 GB RAM would be perfect, but I suspect Apple won't offer that, and Mx non-Pro is short on ports. However, if you're going to go with 32 GB, the Mac Studio starts making more sense than the Mx Pro.
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My bet is that Gurman will come out in October and say that Apple is delayed with their M3 releases for October, BUT that early 2024 looks like a sure thing...
That design wont be upgraded. They are going to keep it as-is until they decide to stop selling it.
N3B and N3E is not design compatible. Therefore, the M3 wouldn’t be able to base itself on the A17 if what you say is true. Apple would have to design a separate core for M3.
I don’t think that’s likely. I think M3 will use N3B and will use A27 cores and will come out late this year.