Taiwan’s China Times is reporting what it claims is the A14 chip roadmap, citing Apple supply chain sources that outline three variants of the A14 chip, two of which will power Apple silicon Macs.
The first element… doesn’t require much insight: an A14X chip to power both the next iPad Pro and also a MacBook. It has previously been speculated that this would be a new 12-inch MacBook, the more power-efficient chip providing a 15-20 hour battery life.
It says this would be followed by an A14T variant, which would be used in an Apple Silicon iMac. It also suggests that the iMac would get a new Apple GPU, code-named Lifuka…
Apple has historically offered integrated GPUs in lower-end Macs, and discrete GPUs in more powerful models. There has been a suggestion that this approach will continue with Apple Silicon Macs, and that Apple might be able to provide impressive graphics performance from integrated GPUs. Apple wrote, “Don’t assume a discrete GPU means better performance,” in its developer support document.
MacDailyNews Take: So, three A14 chip variants: A14 for iPhones, A14X for iPads and consumer MacBooks, and A14T (Terrific? Tremendous?) for higher-end and Pro Macs. Next year, it’ll be the A15, A15X, and A15T and so on.