You forgot the part where they’re likely drip feeding chips at their own discretion, at a calculated rate to achieve favorable financial & market metrics. In other words, for all we know — they could’ve just finalized the M5 series of chips and are just now releasing the M3 as they begin development of the M6.
I find it extremely likely that this is the case. The M5 & M6 are random examples, the premise is my point.
You forgot the part where they’re likely drip feeding chips at their own discretion, at a calculated rate to achieve favorable financial & market metrics. In other words, for all we know — they could’ve just finalized the M5 series of chips and are just now releasing the M3 as they begin development of the M6.
I find it extremely likely that this is the case. The M5 & M6 are random examples, the premise is my point.
yup Apple’s earnings is on 11/2. They’re timing it around that
Lead time in chip development and manufacturing is famously long.
You are certainly correct that they are actively developing future generations and are probably quite far along in the nearer term future generations.
I don’t see any reason to believe they are sandbagging chip releases though.