Switching to the 3nm process at TSMC would quickly benefit the MacBook Air. According to DigiTimes, the device would ship from the second half of 2023 with a new M3 chip that would take advantage of this new fineness of engraving.
To catch up with its (slight) technology lag at the Samsung Foundry, TSMC has been planning its move to 3nm etching for months. And while the group should soon be able to start large-scale deliveries (the start of its 3nm chip production came at the end of December), we learned that Apple would be among the first to benefit from it.
In addition to the expected use of 3 nm by the A17 processors of the next iPhone 15 Pro, Apple would also rely on this new process to power its future M3 chip… which would be featured in a new MacBook Air from the second half of 2023 . .
At least that’s what the specialized media say. digitimeswhich emphasizes that the move to 3nm would (unsurprisingly) allow this future M3 chip to develop better performance while benefiting from greater power efficiency compared to the M2 chip, etched at 5nm.
Two MacBook Air 2023 with M3 processors and with two different diagonals?
« The supply chain is more focused on the more affordable MacBook Air, which is expected to get an update in the second half of 2023 and could feature a 3nm processor. “, indicated digitimesexplaining that it is based on industry sources, but without saying more to support this forecast, and without mentioning a more precise release window.
As specified by you MacRumors Therefore, this information deserves, for the moment, to be taken with hindsight. Not onlydigitimeswas recently wrong about the launch of the new MacBook Pro with M2 Pro and M2 Max processors, but this prediction goes a bit against other rumors.
Ross Young, a specialist in display issues, had indicated, for example, that Apple would launch a new 15-inch MacBook Air in the first half of 2023, and not in the second. However, we cannot exclude that such a model will arrive a little later this year to benefit from an M3 chip at the same time. Only the future will tell us.
The device would then be available in two diagonals of 13.6 inches and 15 inches. This would be a first for the MacBook Air, which got a complete facelift in June 2022 with the passing of an all-new chassis, the addition of a 1080p webcam (in an ugly notch), and a MagSafe data source. magnetic feed.
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