Apple will complete the development of its own chips in Q4, and all Mac series will use its own chips

According to foreign media reports, a whistleblower said on social media on Monday local time that Apple will launch a Mac Pro equipped with an upgraded version of its self-developed M series chips in the fourth quarter of this year, and their plan to transition their Mac product line to self-developed chips will be completed by then.

The whistleblower also revealed that the M series chip equipped with Mac Pro will not be the M2, nor the M1 Max launched last year, but an upgraded version of the M1, with more cores than the M1 Max.

In addition to the Mac Pro, the whistleblower also said that Apple may launch an iMac equipped with a high-end chip with a larger screen size, but he did not disclose whether the chip will be the same as the Mac Pro or the high-end M series chip that has already been launched.

Apple's plan to develop its own Mac chips was announced at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June 2020. According to the plan announced at the time, they will develop their own chips based on the Arm architecture for use in the Mac product line, and transition to self-developed chips within two years, at which time Intel processors will no longer be used in Mac products.

In November 2020, five months after the announcement of its self-developed chip plan, Apple launched its first self-developed Mac chip M1, and in October last year launched the more powerful M1 Pro and M1 Max.

When Apple launched its first self-developed Mac chip M1 in November 2020, it also launched the MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini equipped with this self-developed chip. Last year, it also launched the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro equipped with M1 Pro and M1 Max.

Among the products currently on sale in Apple's Mac product line, only the Mac Pro and the 27-inch iMac still use Intel processors. If Apple launches a Mac Pro and a larger-screen iMac with self-developed chips this year as the whistleblower revealed, Apple's entire Mac product line will have switched to self-developed chips, and the two-year transition plan will be completed.