It takes years to tape out a chip and bring it to market, with overall industry seismic shifts taking much less time. Nothing will demonstrate that better than the rumored six-month gap between the M6 processor debut and the AI-focused M7.
With no M6 Pro or M6 Max on the horizon, don’t expect much from the Mac Studio.
Apple’s chip lines have gradually become more AI-centric, and that will be the same in the future too. However, rather than sticking to an established release format, Apple’s intending to skip ahead to the bits it wants the public to use.
In Sunday’s « Power On » newsletter for Bloomberg, Mark Gurman revives a late June report that the M6 Pro and M6 Max chips won’t exist. Instead, it is putting the work into the development of AI-first chips for the M7 generation.
Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible
