Apple reportedly skipping M6 Pro and M6 Max chips, designing M7 with AI focus
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Chris Barylick
Summary
According to reports from AppleInsider and Bloomberg, Apple is expected to launch M6 MacBook Pro notebooks later this year, but may skip the Pro and Max variants of the M6 chip — a departure from previous M-series generations. The entry-level M6 chip will focus on improved memory bandwidth (increasing from 153 GB/s to 200 GB/s) through a new memory architecture and an upgraded Neural Engine. The article also mentions that Apple is designing the M7 chip with AI as a core focus.
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· 3 pulledPer AppleInsider and Bloomberg, the entry-level M6 chip will focus on improved memory bandwidth when compared to the M5 it will replace.
Other significant changes include Apple's improvement from 153 gigabytes per second memory bandwidth to 200 gigabytes per second with the M6.
It'll do that by bringing a new memory architecture to the chip alongside an upgraded Neural Engine.
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