The week has been full of presentations by Apple. From the new iPad, the Macbook Air and Mac Studio updated with the most powerful chips of the company. However, it has also left us some bad news, and they have to do directly with this aspect. Tim Cook's boys have forgotten one of their processors.
Apple has confirmed what many feared: There will be no ultra chip. The company has explained that the M4 Max does not have ultrafusion technology, which makes it impossible to create an ultra model by merging two Max chips. This news has surprised Mac Studio and Mac Pro users, who expected an even more powerful version in the Apple processors line.
Apple forgets your most powerful chip
In statements to the French media, an Apple spokesman confirmed that the M4 Max does not include the ultrafusion connector, which reinforces the idea that the company has no intention of launching an ultra M4. Although in the past Apple has used this technology to combine two Max chips in an ultra one, in this generation they have decided to forget this idea.
The Mac Studio, of which its new version has just been presented, is available with the M4 Max and with the ultra M3, but not with an alleged M4 ultra. Apple has made it clear that not all generations of m -Mc most powerful processor of the company in the coming months. This raises doubts about the future of the Mac Pro, a computer that has historically used the most advanced brand chips.
The Ultra M3, which is still the most powerful option for Apple desktop computers, offers up to 32 CPU nuclei, 80 GPU nuclei and support for 512 GB of unified memory or RAM. Despite the difference in its nomenclature, it is still an extremely powerful chip, exceeding M2 ultra in 50% and ultra M1 on almost double speed.
Apple's decision not to launch an ultra M4 could be related to its launch strategy and Cycle of Development of its processors. The company has made it clear that it designs its chips years in advance, so it is possible that the lack of ultrafusion in the M4 Max has been a decision taken for a long time.
Goodbye to the ultra chip
This strategy has generated some uncertainty among those users who use their team to work, and who expected a faster evolution of the Ultra range. Yes Mac Pro It is updated in the coming months, it is possible that you simply receive the Ultra M3 instead of a new processor. This could make the Mac Studio and the Mac Pro remain teams with few differences from each otheras happened with the previous generation.
At the moment, Apple has not completely ruled out the possibility of launching an ultra chip, but everything indicates that we will not see this chip in the short term. The company could be reserving its next great evolution for the M5, or even exploring new architectures for future processors.
Users looking for maximum power in a MAC will have to settle for the Ultra M3, at least until Apple decides to take the next step.
