This is cool, where can I buy the chips and read their datasheets?
I don't think the datasheets are available but you can buy them at https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac
Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max
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#42How did Apple become so successful making high-end CPU chips on their own so quickly?
What is "quickly" for you?
They don't "make" them, they design it.
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#44Strange that they mostly compare performance to M1, not M2. Probably means it's not as much faster than M2 as they would like.
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#45The new M3 base model, along with only supporting one external display also loses a Thunderbolt port. A new shell / chassis just to remove a port. Courage!
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#46I purchased a fully maxed out M2 Max MacBook Pro when it was announced like 6 months ago. I knew it was going to be outdated eventually, but within 6 months, wow. Did not expect that.
i mean, if the machine does the job you purchased it for, is it really outdated? Unless the job it is doing is to be the best and latest, as a status symbol...
Yeah, I still have an M1 Mini and it does everything I ask of it pretty handily. The most intense work being rendering edited photos out of Lightroom while watching videos and web browsing around the same time.
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#47Base 14" M3 MBP comes with 8 GB RAM at $1599 USD. That's pretty stingy.
That's what happens when there's no competition. Come up with an equivalent product with more RAM at the same price and I'll buy it.
Sadly (or perhaps gladly, depending on your perspective), there just is no equivalent to a macbook for many people.
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#48I purchased a fully maxed out M2 Max MacBook Pro when it was announced like 6 months ago. I knew it was going to be outdated eventually, but within 6 months, wow. Did not expect that.
i mean, if the machine does the job you purchased it for, is it really outdated? Unless the job it is doing is to be the best and latest, as a status symbol...
Oh I'm super happy with it - it has handled everything I've thrown at it and then some and I'm not planning on upgrading anytime soon. But I feel like with the M2 Pro's having such a short shelf life, what that means for long term support.
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#49How did Apple become so successful making high-end CPU chips on their own so quickly?
Probably billions of dollars in R&D and extremely clear executive guidance?
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#50I don't understand why they don't update the entire lineup whenever a new chip comes out, especially if really only swapping the chip in the macbook pro and imac here. On a separate note does anyone have any insight on how unified memory compares to vram in the context of machine learning performance? Considering an H100 with 80GB costs like $30k a maxed out macbook pro with 128gb unified memory for $5k is interestin…
Speculating, but I'd wager it's to clear out existing inventory by phasing out the old chips on other SKUs over time. E.g., you start with the expensive Macbook Pro models when you have fewer M3 chips in production, since those will sell slowly, and then you clear out your remaining M2 inventory in the Air lines while waiting for a "refresh" when M3 production is more ramped up.
I have no idea what Apple's sales are for the macbooks or if Airs sell more than Pros, etc., but they're definitely making profit this way to be this consistent in their approach.