The rumor on Apple's processor roadmap is that they're skipping other M6 variations (all previous generations had Pro and Max, a few had Ultra) in order to focus on the M7 generation for AI reasons. What exactly the M7 improvements are who knows.

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/25/2027-macs-m7-chips/

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kridsdale1 an hour ago | parent [-]

I think that comes down to TSMC. Nvidia apparently booked out the whole A18 or 16 node. Apple is on 2nm right now and M7 will jump right to A14. According to my quick AI research anyway.

	▲	dagmx 37 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		That sounds a lot like AI fantasy slop. Apple just shifted to N2. They’re not going to be doing another major shift right away. And TSMCs own roadmap would put your hallucination years away at best for a a product that follows a roughly annual cadence https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/ts...