Wednesday January 18, 2023 8:42 p.m. PST by

Apple plans to merchandise a caller MacBook Air successful the 2nd fractional of 2023, and it whitethorn beryllium equipped with a 3nm chip, according to a study contiguous from Taiwanese work DigiTimes. This spot would apt beryllium Apple's next-generation M3 chip, which would connection faster show and improved powerfulness ratio compared to Apple's existent 5nm chips.

MacBook Air M2 Chip Purple Feature
"The proviso concatenation is much focused connected the much affordable MacBook Air, which is expected to beryllium updated successful the 2nd fractional of 2023 and whitethorn beryllium equipped with a 3nm processor," the study says, citing manufacture sources. The study does not supply immoderate further details astir the MacBook Air oregon a much circumstantial motorboat timeframe.

Apple's chipmaking spouse TSMC kicked disconnected wide accumulation of 3nm chips successful precocious December. The M3 spot successful the adjacent MacBook Air could beryllium 1 of Apple's archetypal 3nm chips alongside the A17 Bionic spot successful iPhone 15 Pro models aboriginal this year.

Earlier this week, Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo claimed that the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro volition also beryllium updated with 3nm M3 Pro and M3 Max chips successful 2024. This would beryllium a acquainted signifier for Apple, arsenic the M1 and M2 chips debuted successful the MacBook Air, followed by Pro and Max versions of those chips successful the MacBook Pro later.

There's a fewer caveats to see with this report. First, these are the aforesaid DigiTimes authors who claimed that the just-announced 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips would beryllium "delayed" beyond aboriginal 2023, which was incorrect. Second, show manufacture expert Ross Young past period claimed that a 15-inch MacBook Air would beryllium released successful the archetypal fractional of 2023. If today's study is accurate, past possibly some 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Airs with 3nm chips volition motorboat successful the 2nd fractional of 2023 instead.

The existent MacBook Air with the M2 spot was released successful July and features an all-new plan with a notch successful the display, MagSafe charging, a 1080p camera, and more. Apple besides continues to merchantability a MacBook Air with the M1 chip.

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