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New M4 Mac models being tested ahead of likely October release
davidjbradshaw said:Given how these model names work, [...]M2Mac14,2 :: M2 MacBook Air 13"Mac14,3 :: M2 Mac miniMac14,5 :: M2 Pro MacBook Pro 14"Mac14,6 :: M2 Pro MacBook Pro 16"Mac14,7 :: M2 MacBook Pro 13"Mac14,8 :: M2 Ultra Mac ProMac14,9 :: M2 Max MacBook Pro 14"Mac14,10 :: M2 Max MacBook Pro 16"Mac14,12 :: M2 Pro Mac miniMac14,13 :: M2 Max Mac StudioMac14,14 :: M2 Ultra Mac StudioMac14,15 :: M2 MacBook Air 15"M3Mac15,3 :: M3 (8/10) MacBook Pro 14"Mac 15,4 :: M3 (8/8) iMac (Two ports)Mac 15,5 :: M3 (8/10) iMac (Four ports)Mac15,6 :: M3 Pro (11/14) MacBook Pro 14"Mac15,7 :: M3 Pro (12/18) MacBook Pro 16"Mac15,8 :: M3 Pro (12/18) MacBook Pro 14"Mac15,9 :: M3 Max (14/30) MacBook Pro 16"Mac15,10 :: M3 Max (14/30) MacBook Pro 14"Mac15,11 :: M3 Max (16/40) MacBook Pro 16"Mac15,12 :: M3 MacBook Air 13"Mac15,13 :: M3 MacBook Air 15"
It's guesswork, but here's what I think the four in this most recent leak mean:
M4 (projected)Mac16,1 :: M4 (8/8) iMac (Two ports)Mac16,2 :: M4 (10/10) iMac (Four ports)Mac16,3 :: M4 (10/10) MacBook Pro 14"Mac16,10 :: M4 (10/10) Mac mini -
When will Apple upgrade all of its Macs to M4?
Mac4mac said:It’s funny how Apple (TSMC) has been making M4 chips for months now, and only the iPad has been released that is using it…. Why?My guess is that Apple is using the M4 chips that it’s making and putting them into the specialised hardware that is to run Apple Intelligence in their Datacentres.It’s the only plausible explanation for such a gap.This being the (likely) case, it must be a Golden chip!! -
Siri for iOS 18 to gain massive AI upgrade via Apple's Ajax LLM
neilm said:The key question is: what will be the device hardware requirements for AI aided services?
For instance my iPhone XS is the oldest that can run the current iOS 17, so it may well not be supported by iOS 18. While my XS still works well — even the original battery! — and does everything I want it to, I may be prodded to upgrade by the availability of useful AI. -
If you're expecting a Mac mini at WWDC, you're probably going to be disappointed
blastdoor said:I recently bought a refurbished m2pro Mac mini because I gave up on an m3 mini being released. I also would not be surprised if the studio skips m3 too.
It’s not enough to just say it’s all product-driven, and they only build the silicon their products need. Everyone understands why Apple doesn’t talk about unreleased products. But expectations need to be managed.
Marketing and management needs to wake up and realize the architects and engineers need to be allowed to explain more than what is currently being explained. -
Rumor: M4 MacBook Pro with AI enhancements expected at the end of 2024
nubus said:godofbiscuitssf said:Apple has been doing ML integrations for years. Marketing-speak changed “ML” to “AI” and you’re buying into it.As for this article, Apple’s been updating the Neural Engine every time in the silicon, sometimes obviously with the number of cores, sometimes by stating so, with giant performance increases, and other times by changing the architecture of the core.
Apple has indeed been delivering a Neural Processing Unit for years. However, even M3 Max is only delivering the ML performance of iPhone 14 Pro (17-18 TOPS). Intel is doing 34 TOPS with their 2023 laptop CPUs (combined NPU+GPU) and Lunar Lake will launch this year with 100 TOPS performance for laptops. Standing still is why the stock is dropping.
Something will need to change. I would have killed M3 Ultra and asked the entire team to work on M4 or refocused M3 Ultra on ML at any cost to show at WWDC.
I'll try to find it, it wasn't an anonymous internet commenter or anything, it described the change, but it was only like two sentences and now I can't find it.