We just received an update to the MacBook Air with the M3 chip, the one that was launched last year with the MacBook Pro, and we already have news about the M4. And, according to Mark Gurman, Apple would be working on the M4 chip that would be incorporated into the new MacBook Pro models that would be announced.
He has done it again, Mark Gurman in his weekly newsletter Power On, has briefly mentioned the new chip that Apple would be working on, the M4. However, Gurman points out that the development of this new chip "would be beginning" along with the new MacBook Pro that would equip it when it was launched. What does this mean? There are not many more details about power, times, etc.
The current MacBook Pro was presented, as I mentioned, last year (2023) with the M3 chip that Apple has just incorporated into the MacBook Air. This chip already It has 3 nm technology, just like the A17 that the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max incorporate. Additionally, Apple also presented the M3 Pro and Max chips for those users who needed greater power in their devices.
Within the entire Mac range, The Mac Mini, Mac Studio and Mac Pro are still missing to be updated to the M3 chip and this could still take a while, so We don't expect the M4 chip to be shown to the world before this update happens. This could take us approximately a year, so you can get the idea.
However, rumor has it that the M4 will be based on the A18 chip, that will come with a Neural Engine enhanced for all the AI functionalities that Apple intends to integrate and that have been rumored so much, both in generative AI and to make Siri much more intelligent and integrated with the App landscape of our iOS devices. The wait has only just begun.