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Couldn't find if it is using the new TSMC 3nm technology. That's really what matters.

• matteocontrini 4y ago
  The article says "second-generation 5-nanometer process technology".
  • janmo 4y ago
    What a big disappointment. I will pass this one...
    • dbbk 4y ago
      Does it really matter?
    • FinnKuhn 4y ago
      wouldn't say disappointment, because this was to be expected when you consider that they are just "bigger" versions of the M2, which is using TMS 5mm and has been out since quite a while.
• cududa 4y ago
  Why does it matter?
  • dougmwne 4y ago
    Because the new process will deliver a good step forward in performance and efficiency. We will have to wait for the M3 chips to get a significant improvement. These M2 chips seem to be about a 20% CPU and 30% GPU improvement which is not going to be worth upgrading from M1 chips for the vast majority of people. M3 on a 3nm process will be worth the upgrade for more people.
    • dbbk 4y ago
      People don't generally upgrade laptops after 1 or 2 years.
      • bookofjoe 4y ago
        I'm using a 2012 MacBook Pro quite happily. Never had a single problem.
      • dachryn 4y ago
        I did 8 years with my 2011 macbook pro, and wouldn't have upgraded if it didn't die due to a graphics card failure
      • dougmwne 4y ago
        True, most people don’t need any kind of specific performance at all and could probably keep a modern laptop for 10 years. The people paying attention to performance benchmarks may have more performance oriented workloads that might benefit from the 50% to 100% increase we’ll probably see from M1 to M3.