Apple Silicon M-series 💻

Official announcements and production timeframe of each M-chip family.

29 events covering a total of 1.941 days over 278 weeks, 65 months and 7 years.
Months/Compact Updated: 04 May 2026 Auto-scroll Sharing Board Cover
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🔠 A18 Pro Series — Production — 4 Mar - (ongoing...) — 3.1 months
5️⃣ M5 Series — Production — 15 Oct 2025 - (ongoing...) — 7.7 months
4️⃣ M4 Series — Production — 7 May 2024 - (ongoing...) — 2.1 years
3️⃣ M3 Series — Production — 30 Oct 2023 - (ongoing...) — 2.6 years
Last chip in production: M3 Ultra for the Mac Studio
2️⃣ M2 Series — Production — 10 Jun 2022 - (ongoing...) — 4 years
1️⃣ M1 Series — Production — 13 Nov 2020 - (ongoing...) — 5.6 years
Last chip in production: M1 for the "Wallmart-only" MacBook Air
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💻 Say hello to MacBook Neo — 4 Mar
Apple today unveiled MacBook Neo, an all-new laptop that delivers the magic of the Mac at a breakthrough price, making it even more accessible to millions of…
💻 Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5 — 3 Mar
Apple today announced the new MacBook Air with M5, bringing exceptional performance and expanded AI capabilities to the world’s most popular laptop. M5…
💻 Apple introduces MacBook Pro with all‑new M5 Pro and M5 Max, delivering breakthrough pro performance and next-level on-device AI — 3 Mar
Apple today announced the latest 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro with the all-new M5 Pro and M5 Max, bringing game-changing performance and AI capabilities to the…
📣 Apple debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max to supercharge the most demanding pro workflows — 3 Mar
Apple today announced M5 Pro and M5 Max, the world’s most advanced chips for pro laptops, powering the new MacBook Pro. The chips are built using a new…
📱 Apple introduces the new iPad Air, powered by M4 — 2 Mar
Apple today announced the new iPad Air featuring M4 and more memory, giving users a big jump in performance at the same starting price. With a faster CPU and…
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💻 Apple unveils new 14‑inch MacBook Pro powered by the M5 chip, delivering the next big leap in AI for the Mac — 15 Oct
With up to 3.5x more performance for AI workflows, faster storage, up to a phenomenal 24 hours of battery life, and macOS Tahoe, the 14-inch MacBook Pro gets even better
📣 M5 — Apple unleashes M5, the next big leap in AI performance for Apple silicon — 15 Oct
M5 delivers over 4x the peak GPU compute performance for AI compared to M4, featuring a next-generation GPU with a Neural Accelerator in each core, a more…
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🖥️ Apple unveils new Mac Studio, the most powerful Mac ever, featuring M4 Max and new M3 Ultra — 5 Mar
With Thunderbolt 5, up to 512GB of unified memory, and an up to 16TB SSD, all in a compact design, the ultimate pro desktop delivers even more performance (source: Apple Newsroom)
💻 Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with the soaring performance of the M4 chip, a gorgeous new sky blue color, and a lower starting price of $999 — 5 Mar
The world’s most popular laptop delivers more value than ever with greater performance, up to 18 hours of battery life, a 12MP Center Stage camera, and…
📣 M3 Ultra — Apple reveals M3 Ultra, taking Apple silicon to a new extreme — 5 Mar
The new chip delivers up to 2.6x the performance of M1 Ultra, along with Thunderbolt 5 connectivity and support for more than half a terabyte of unified memory…
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💻 Apple’s new MacBook Pro features the incredibly powerful M4 family of chips and ushers in a new era with Apple Intelligence — 30 Oct
With an advanced 12MP Center Stage camera, Thunderbolt 5 on M4 Pro and M4 Max models, and an all-new nano-texture display option, MacBook Pro gets even more capable and even more pro (source: Apple Newsroom)
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📱 Apple unveils the redesigned 11‑inch and all‑new 13‑inch iPad Air, supercharged by the M2 chip — 7 May
Now available in two sizes, iPad Air is more powerful and versatile than ever with phenomenal performance and AI capabilities, a new landscape front camera, and faster Wi-Fi, along with support for Apple Pencil Pro
📣 M4 — Apple introduces M4 chip — 7 May
M4 enables the breakthrough design and stunning display of the new iPad Pro, while delivering a giant leap in performance (source: Apple Newsroom)
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📣 M3 / M3 Pro / M3 Max — Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced chips for a personal computer — 30 Oct
The industry’s first 3-nanometer chips for a personal computer debut a next-generation GPU architecture and deliver dramatic performance improvements, a faster…
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📣 M2 Ultra — Apple introduces M2 Ultra — 5 Jun
With a faster CPU and GPU, plus support for even more unified memory, M2 Ultra takes Mac performance further than ever (source: Apple Newsroom)
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🖥️ Apple introduces new Mac mini with M2 and M2 Pro — more powerful, capable, and versatile than ever — 17 Jan
Starting at just $599, Mac mini is even more affordable (source: Apple Newsroom)
📣 M2 Pro / M2 Max — Apple unveils M2 Pro and M2 Max: next-generation chips for next-level workflows — 17 Jan
Supercharging MacBook Pro and Mac mini, M2 Pro and M2 Max feature a more powerful CPU and GPU, up to 96GB of unified memory, and industry-leading power efficiency (source: Apple Newsroom)
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📣 M2 — Apple unveils M2, taking the breakthrough performance and capabilities of M1 even further — 6 Jun
M2 delivers new levels of power-efficient performance and capabilities to the completely redesigned MacBook Air and updated 13-inch MacBook Pro (source: Apple Newsroom)
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📣 M1 Ultra — Apple unveils M1 Ultra, the world’s most powerful chip for a personal computer — 8 Mar
Available in the all-new Mac Studio, M1 Ultra brings unprecedented performance to the desktop (source: Apple Newsroom)
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📣 M1 Pro / M1 Max — Introducing M1 Pro and M1 Max: the most powerful chips Apple has ever built — 18 Oct
Powering the all-new MacBook Pro, new chips feature up to a 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 64GB of unified memory, ProRes acceleration, and industry-leading power efficiency (source: Apple Newsroom)
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📱 Apple introduces new iPad Pro featuring breakthrough M1 chip, ultra-fast 5G, and stunning 12.9-inch Liquid Retina XDR display — 20 Apr
🖥️ All-new iMac features stunning design in a spectrum of vibrant colors, the breakthrough M1 chip, and a brilliant 4.5K Retina display — 20 Apr
iMac offers the best camera, mics, and speakers ever in a Mac, and Touch ID for the first time (source: Apple Newsroom)
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📣 M1 — Introducing the next generation of Mac — 10 Nov
A new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini powered by M1, Apple’s breakthrough chip for the Mac (source: Apple Newsroom)