Apple is rumored to be releasing its first MacBook based on TSMC’s 3nm fabrication process in 2024, according to the cool cats at DigiTimes. The news comes from a new five-year global notebook shipments forecast noted by sources close to the story.
The report predicts an end to a two-year decline in the global notebook market, and forecasts a 4.7 percent shipment growth in 2024 driven
Predicting an end to a two-year decline in the notebook market, the report forecasts a 4.7 percent growth in the market driven by the easing of inflation and the introduction of new products, including new MacBooks powered by 3nm-based chips.
The M3 chip is expected to be fabricated through TSMC’s 3nm process, and will feature improvements to performance and power efficiency, as compared to the M2, which debuted in June 2022. It will also likely feature an all new GPU with hardware ray-tracing, first introduced on the iPhone 15 Pro’s A17 Pro chip last month.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.