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  • How fast will A18 in iPhone 16 be? The iPad Pro's M4 can tell us.

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    tenthousandthings said:
    aross99 said:
    I believe M3 is missing the edge connector necessary to make an M3 Ultra.  The M3 is based on the TSMC 3mm/N3B node, which was created by TSMC as a limited run, just so Apple could have the first 3mm chip.  The M4 is based on the 3mm/N3E node, which we assume will support the Pro, Max and Ultra.

    So I don't think we will ever see a M3 Ultra.  I think we will see the M4 Pro, M4 Max, and then M4 Ultra.
     Agreed, the M3 Ultra was never going to be a product since TSMC doesn’t want to support the N3B node it runs on and is why Apple released the M4 so soon after M3 family came out.  

     With that said I can see Apple announcing the M4 Ultra at WWDC since it will be their flagship product and these are low volume products so TSMC will be able to support them even if yields are not very high. Moreover, Apple cannot wait another 6-12 months to update the Mac Studio or Mac Pro to the M4 Ultra since the sales will drop to zero.  Then in late 2024 we will see the MacBook Pros updated to the M4 Pro and Max processors. 
    The Ultra is not a "product" - it's a mistake to think of Apple silicon like that. Not only is Apple (obviously) not a merchant silicon vendor, they also consistently talk about how their products shape Apple silicon. The M4 launch perfectly illustrates this. Apple needed silicon to drive the tandem OLED screen in the 7th-generation iPad Pro. M3's display engine doesn't support it, so M4 features an entirely new display engine. So the M4 launches now, because it's needed for an Apple product now. 

    I also love how everyone is suddenly an expert on TSMC's operations and what they "want." Apple used N3E for M4 because it was already in production and the timing was right for the iPad Pro and the new display engine. It's got nothing to do with N3B, which is doing just fine, thank you, with Intel also on board, using N3B for Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake, in addition to most of Apple's actual, current flagship products, iPhone Pro and MacBook Pro, not to mention iMac and MacBook Air.
     So Apple developed, released and marketed the new iPad Pro processor as an M4 when they could have just called it another name in the M3 family since according to you they just needed to add HW to support the new tandem display?   I don’t buy that, it seems apparent that Apple has moved beyond the M3 family and will soon transition all their products to the M4 family and M3 was just a stepping stone to the new higher yielding 3nm process.   
    danoxwilliamlondonwatto_cobra

  • How fast will A18 in iPhone 16 be? The iPad Pro's M4 can tell us.

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    aross99 said:
    I believe M3 is missing the edge connector necessary to make an M3 Ultra.  The M3 is based on the TSMC 3mm/N3B node, which was created by TSMC as a limited run, just so Apple could have the first 3mm chip.  The M4 is based on the 3mm/N3E node, which we assume will support the Pro, Max and Ultra.

    So I don't think we will ever see a M3 Ultra.  I think we will see the M4 Pro, M4 Max, and then M4 Ultra.
     Agreed, the M3 Ultra was never going to be a product since TSMC doesn’t want to support the N3B node it runs on and is why Apple released the M4 so soon after M3 family came out.  

     With that said I can see Apple announcing the M4 Ultra at WWDC since it will be their flagship product and these are low volume products so TSMC will be able to support them even if yields are not very high. Moreover, Apple cannot wait another 6-12 months to update the Mac Studio or Mac Pro to the M4 Ultra since the sales will drop to zero.  Then in late 2024 we will see the MacBook Pros updated to the M4 Pro and Max processors. 
    Alex1Nwatto_cobra

  • Apple's new Photos app will utilize generative AI for image editing

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     Seems like Apple is finally getting off its keister and adding basic functions that should have been there for years.  At least all this AI activity in tech  is making Apple responsive again. 
    40domigrandact73

  • Under-screen Face ID allegedly pushed back to 2026 iPhone 18 Pro

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     I really do not care if we ever get an under display FaceID with a pinhole or we just continue with the notch.  The notch has zero impact upon me at all and somehow a pinhole in the screen is not going to be a concern for those who dislike the notch.  People that dislike the notch will also dislike the pinhole. 
    watto_cobra40domiwilliamlondon

  • Apple Silicon might get used for AI chips in server farms

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    jellyapple said:
    Apple is a sleepyhead in AI. All early birds have got their worms and Apple is slowly getting up from bed. 
    The work is just starting on deploying AI to the masses and that falls into Apple core strength.  NVDA’s AI is all about processing power and development of LLM and such whereas how it will be deployed to the masses is just getting underway.   Don’t count Apple out.  
    mattinozssfe11watto_cobra