Latest rumors from sources familiar with Apple’s supply chain suggest the Californian company is improving a Mac Studio with a high-power M3 Ultra chip. As detailed by TrendForce, The launch of this Mac Studio could happen in the middle of this year (2024).

If the information is correct, this Mac Studio with M3 Ultra chip will be much more powerful than expected. The first details about the M3 Ultra chip appeared in a leak in August 2023, revealing that the chip 80-core GPU.

So far the most powerful processors in Apple’s M3 series are the M3 Pro chip and the M3 Max chip. These have been implemented in the MacBook Pro from the end of 2023, and their main features include huge savings in energy consumption, up to 128 GB of unified memory and the Dynamic Catching function, which enables real-time use of RAM memory.

New Mac Studio could be available in mid-2024

TrendForce announces the new monster M3 Ultra processor designed by Apple It will be produced with TSMC’s N3E processJust like the A18 chip of the iPhone 16 series, which will be introduced at the end of the year.

N3E technique An improved version of TSMC’s 3-nanometer manufacturing process It will offer more performance and higher production volume.

Therefore, the third generation Mac Studio will be the first product in history to combine such a powerful processor with this technique.

2023’s Mac Studio debuted at WWDC

On the other hand, next mac pro The new M3 Ultra processor may also be welcomed, although nothing is stated about it in the leak.

Regardless, it is always advisable to take such rumors with a grain of salt.

Apple introduced the first generation of Mac Studio in March 2022. M1 Max and M1 Ultra chips.

Second version of Mac Studio released during WWDC 2023 M2 Max and M2 Ultra chips. We understand that this third-generation Mac Studio will also include other configuration options with M3 Max chips. But right now we still can’t confirm anything.