Apple has already developed the “M2 Extreme” and “M3 Extreme” chips for the Mac Pro, but has decided not to release them, according to BloombergIt’s Mark Gurman. He first addressed this topic in 2022, and he addressed it again in his To light up newsletter today.
The “Extreme” chips would have had twice as many CPU and GPU cores as Apple’s “Ultra” chips.
“The idea was to offer twice as many graphics and main processing cores as this chip,” he said. “In the past, I’ve called this proposed processor the ‘Extreme’ chip, which to me is the most sensible Apple marketing name for something above Ultra.”
Apple decided not to release these chips due to concerns about higher production costs and limited demand for the Mac Pro, according to Gurman.
Not only did Apple finally abandon the “Extreme” chips, but it also completely abandoned the Mac Pro this year, after 20 years of operation.
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