Recently, it was reported that Apple was going to debut new laptops this summer, 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Apple Silicon Mac Pro.
Now, 9to5Mac claims that both 2023 MacBook Air models will be equipped with M3 chips built on an advanced 3nm process, along with the new 13-inch MacBook Pro coming in 2023.
Advanced M3 chip to debut in 2023 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro (entry-level)
For a while, rumor mills have been reporting that Apple is working on a larger 15-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air. However, Ming-Chi Kuo said that the 15-inch MacBook Air would be equipped with M2 and M2 Pro chips.
The new report details that Apple will use the new entry-level M3 in upcoming 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air Models codenamed J513 and J515, respectively.
It is also claimed that the entry-level 13-inch MacBook Pro, codenamed J504, would also be equipped with the M3 chip.
The new laptops are expected to launch in late spring or summer but the publisher speculates that Apple could debut them at WWDC 2023 as it did for M2 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro at WWDC 2022.
Nikkie Asia reported that the upcoming M3 chip for Macs and A17 Bionic chip for iPhone 15 Pro could use TSMC’s 3nm process to deliver higher performance and energy efficiency than the current Apple Silicon.
Previously, Gurman also said that the next-generation iMac would also debut with an M3 chip. It is likely that the new iMac might also launch this year.
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