‘M4 Extreme’ Chip Unlikely After Apple ‘Cancels’ High-Performance Chip

Apple this year “last summer” canceled development of the high-performance Mac chip, which consists of four smaller dies stitched together, to free up engineering resources to develop new Mac chips. Planned AI server chipaccording to arrive information.

Based on the report’s description of the chip, it sounds like Apple has canceled the previously rumored “Extreme” chip for Macs. It was previously reported that The “M2 Extreme” chip was scrapped A few years ago, but perhaps Apple has revisited the idea since then. Regardless, it now sounds unlikely that an “M4 Extreme” chip will appear.

Apple may launch the “M4 Extreme” in its high-end Mac Pro tower. The chip will offer faster performance than the M4 Ultra chip expected to launch in 2019. New Mac Studio and Mac Pro models Later next year.

If the “M4 Extreme” is a quadruple version of the M4 Max chip that debuted in the MacBook Pro a few months ago, it will have a ton of specs, including up to a 64-core CPU and up to a 160-core CPU.

While the “Extreme” chip may once again be ruled out, Apple seems to have repeatedly shown interest in developing such a chip, so perhaps it will eventually materialize as part of the M5 series or beyond. But for now, the wait continues.