Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max Chips to Power New MacBook Pros: Report
Oct. 18, 2021After Apple ended its long-running relationship with Intel to launch its in-houseApple M1 chipsetearlier last year, there have been a lot of rumors about its successor recently. We have seen specs of the upcoming Apple chipsetsurface in an alleged benchmark listingearlier this year. However, recent reports suggest that instead of the long-rumored M1X moniker, Apple might call the next-gen M1 chipsets “M1 Pro” and “M1 Max”.
The report comes from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who recently mentioned the M1 Pro and M1 Max monikers in hisPower On newsletter. According to Gurman, a Mac developer revealed that the above names for Apple’s upcoming chipsets have appeared in the app logs, along with the same screen resolutions for theupcoming MacBook Pro models.
“The aforementioned developer tells me that new MacBook Pro chips have appeared in logs under the names “M1 Pro” and “M1 Max””, writes Gurman.
“I’m not saying Apple will take that direction with its actual marketing names, but that’s another—albeit more confusing—possibility. We’ll know for sure in just about 24 hours,” Gurman further added.
The company is rumored to unveil new MacBook Pro models backed by the new M1 chipsets at its “Unleased” hardware event today. Other than that, rumors also suggest that Applemight unveil AirPods 3 and a new Mac mini modelwith the next-gen Apple M1 chipset. We will be covering the event in real-time, so stay tuned to get the latest updates.
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