If it does happen, delivering the chip at this time would be a dramatic change from Apple’s typical chip cycle. M3: An incremental performance upgradeThe M3 chip was the first 3nm Mac chip–a process introduced with the A17 Pro in the iPhone 15 Pro. Instead of shipping the base M-series chip first, followed by Pro, Max, and Ultra versions at a later time (as it did with the M1 and M2), the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max were released at the same time. However, until this past Sunday, the M3 cycle was still in progress, with M3 upgrades to the Mac mini, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro supposedly waiting in the wings. That means that we’ll see the Mac mini, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro skip a chip cycle.
