Goodbye M4 Ultra? Apple reveals a decisive change in the future chips

Apple’s clock back when you announce the chip M3 Ultra As an opportunity to increase the new Mac StudioThe field of Cupertino’s decision was amazing and caused endless speculations, but also revealed a decisive change that the company plans to implement in its Apple Silicon strategy. Modification that can leave us without rumors M4 UltraField

Ars Technica He published that Apple asked why the new Mac Studio was launched with the Ultra M3 processor, and not with Ultra M4, and the answer was amazing. According to the aforementioned environment, the Californians simply mentioned that Not all lines of his chips will have an ultraField

It seems that this clearly indicates that the M4 family of chips may be the first in Apple Silicon, which does not have an ultra version. It is true that Tim Cook has not yet completely excluded – at least in public – but the comment under consideration, according to the visible, is a way to open an umbrella before it starts rain.

Let us keep in mind that previous rumors indicated that the ultra -graded may appear in the second half of 2025 by the hand of the new Mac Pro.

In the same report, which was born in information, to which there was access to the always reliable brand Gurman, indicated that the 2025 Mac Studio Macs arrives with the M4 Pro and M4 Max chips, although it was only partially completed. Let’s remember that the desktop computer announced today can be configured With M3 Ultra or M4 Max as the only optionsField

Why did Apple run Ultra M3, not Ultra M4?

Apple did not explain Why launch Ultra Chip, not Ultra M4 Along with the new Mac studio. It is true that at that time Ultra and M2 Ultra went on stage after their brothers. So this is not insane that the company now produces the fourth version of the M3 family.

However, if there was a consensus in the community technical What chip can do without an ultra version, when no one claimed, it was M3. Perhaps because at that time the M3 was a slight jump compared to its predecessors, or because the M4 family advanced its premiere with the iPad Pro and only later reached Apple computers.

Since the ultra -chips are made by combining two max, it seemed that history could be repeated without complications with M4. But this has not yet happened, and Apple comments Wake up doubts about whether it will happen at any timeField

As we mentioned at the beginning, Apple did not explain why she was inclined to launch Ultra M3 instead of Ultra M4. Despite this, there are already some assumptions that indicate a solution based on logistics and the scale of the chip of these characteristics.

Recall that the M3 processors were the first to be made as part of the 3 -nanometer, the TSMC (N3B) process. While M4 are also 3 nanometers, but developed as part of the second generation process (N3E). Some experts believe that Taiwanese chips He may not have the necessary production capacity to advance with Ultra M4And what would this make you rethink the strategy of apple silicon. Is it really so?