The MacBook Pro and iPad Pro, which are set to go into mass production this year, have been teased as not using 3nm chip technology. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, both Apple devices are expected to use the new 5nm chips. He’d hinted at it a few days before. According to the analyst, the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with new processors will go into mass production in 4Q22.
Kuo has confirmed that the upcoming MacBook Pro and iPad will go into mass production in the fourth quarter of 2022. (4Q22). He also speculated that Apple’s 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models could feature a “5nm advanced node,” implying that these new laptops will use the same M2 chip that powers the MacBook Pro (2022) and MacBook Air (2022).
Analysts reportedly disagreed on the chip technology that Apple would use to power the upcoming iPad Pro and MacBook Pro. This is where Kuo reiterates his claim that the models will have 5nm chips. “EMS must buy components from October at the latest for products that will enter mass production in 4Q22, but 3nm chips will not be available until January 2023,” he explained on Twitter. As a result, I believe the new MacBook Pro and iPad Pro, which will go into mass production in 4Q22, will use new but unlikely 3nm processors.”
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported a month ago that MacBook Pro laptops with M2 Pro and M2 Max chipsets, as well as 14-inch and 16-inch displays, would be released between the fall of 2022 and the spring of 2023. Gurman also stated that “it’s difficult to predict when these will hit store shelves.”
The initial information about the launch of these laptops was provided earlier this year when Gurman claimed that Apple is working on a total of 9 desktops and laptops with various M2 processor variations, including M2 Pro and M2 Max.
