Ming-Chi Kuo: Next MacBook Pros to Use 5nm Processors, Not 3nm

23 AUGUST 2022 - New MacBook Pros coming soon - That’s the word from TF International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Young MC took to Twitter on Monday saying:

New 14" and 16" MacBook Pro with new processors will enter mass production in 4Q22. Given TSMC's guidance that the 3nm will contribute revenue starting in 1H23, processors of 14" and 16" MacBook Pro models may still adopt the 5nm advanced node.

And like a balloon let go before being tied off, excitement over the new machines shrivels. The analyst’s Tweet flies in the face of a report last week from Commercial Times out of Taiwan. That had Apple as first in line for 3nm processors - possibly for some flavor of M2 - by the end of this year. That report was surprising, though. Earlier talk had had the 3nm processors hitting sometime in 2023.