
Apple has announced its new M4, the latest in the line of high-end Apple Silicon chips. Surprisingly, the new chip didn’t debut in a Mac but instead in the company’s new 11- and 13-inch iPad Pros. The company explained that the existing M3 couldn’t handle the technological advances incorporated into the new iPad Pros, and only the M4 would suffice. So, what exactly does the M4 bring to the table?
The M4 is built using a second-generation 3-nanometer process node (TSMC N3E), which is a refinement of the node used for the M3 (N3B). It is the successor to the M3 family, which first debuted in October 2023 in the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max.