Apple May Release M4 Series Chips in Q1 Next Year

Journalist Mark Gurman recently revealed that Apple is currently developing a new MacBook Pro equipped with the M4 chip. According to a roadmap leaked by Canalys, the M4 series chips are expected to launch in the first quarter of 2025.

Canalys' AI processor roadmap indicates that Apple plans to release the M4 series chips in Q1 2025, with a focus on AI capabilities.

It's noted that Apple's M1 chip was released in November 2020, the M2 in June 2022, and the M3 in October 2023. With each generation of Apple Silicon being released approximately every year and a half, it's likely we'll see a similar interval before the M4's debut. Thus, even without this leaked roadmap, predicting Apple's early next year launch for the new chip seems reasonable.

Insiders previously disclosed that Apple has officially commenced the development of the M4 chip, which will debut with the next-generation MacBook Pro. Some also believe that with Apple's accumulated chip development experience over recent years, it might shorten the development timeline, possibly unveiling the M4 chip by the end of this year.

Industry expectations suggest that TSMC's 2nm manufacturing process will start mass production in the second half of next year. Therefore, the M4 chip might still use the 3nm process. However, compared to the 3nm process used for the M3 chip, the M4's 3nm process could be an enhanced version, offering improvements in computational power and energy efficiency.