蘋果將於今年晚些時候推出搭載M4芯片的新款Mac

最新消息表明，蘋果正在研發將於今年晚些時候推出的M4芯片，這將爲Mac開啓增強型AI能力的大門。

據彭博社知名分析師Mark Gurman透露，蘋果將在今年晚些時候用新款M4芯片升級Mac產品線，從而提升筆記本電腦的AI能力。

蘋果正深度投入將生成式AI技術引入包括iPhone、iPad和Mac在內的各產品中，預計iPhone將在今年晚些時候隨iOS 18的發佈而升級。Gurman指出，M4芯片將在今年晚些時候應用於多款Mac電腦，我們猜測蘋果會效仿去年，在2024年第四季度推出升級版MacBook Pro。

在性能和效率提升之外，芯片的主要亮點將是經過改進的神經引擎，具有更高的核心數以實現更好的AI處理能力。蘋果計劃“強調組件的AI處理能力及其如何與下一版本macOS集成”。這意味着macOS與M4芯片將緊密協作，實現無縫AI處理。

蘋果內部正在測試M4芯片的三種變體，它們將分別應用於公司旗下的MacBook Air、MacBook Pro和Mac Studio系列。基礎款M4芯片，代號Donan，將隨MacBook Air系列一同推出；M4 Pro和M4 Max芯片，代號Brava，將隨MacBook Pro系列推出；M4 Ultra則將隨Mac Studio推出。此外，蘋果預計今年將對其大部分Mac產品線進行內部升級，可能包括設計上的調整。

即將問世的M4芯片生產工作正在進行中，升級後的處理器還將包含其他改進，如最高端版本支持512GB統一內存。該芯片將採用臺積電的3nm工藝製造，與當前M3芯片相同，但性能更優、能效更高。

來源：WCCF Tech

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