According to the blogger shrimp Apple Pro, since TSMC's more advanced N3 and n4p manufacturing processes will not be mass produced until 2023, Apple's latest chips will still use TSMC's n5p and N4 technologies. Well known analyst guomingpei said, n4 has no obvious advantage over n5p. N5p is the process adopted by A15 chip at present. Therefore, it is reported that Apple plans to use n5p process on a16 chip, so a16 chip will not greatly improve the performance and efficiency of A15
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In addition, new macbook Air will be launched this year, and it will also use n5p technology** However, since the 2022 MacBook Air is completely redesigned, this may mean that major chip upgrades may not be as important for this device.
In addition, it is reported that apple is currently developing the M1 ultimate series, which is characterized by the upgrade of the kernel structure . M1 ultra, M1 max, M1 pro and M1 processors in the M1 series adopt the more energy-saving icestorm kernel and the ultra-high performance firestorm kernel, which are also consistent with the A14 processor.
It is reported that the ultimate version of Apple M1 is still based on A15 bionic chip, but Blizzard energy-saving kernel and avalanche high-performance kernel are replaced. This M1 series will be used in the next generation mac pro Medium.