It's been a few weeks since our friend Ming-Chi Kuo it is with the song of a new macBook with ARM processor that will be launched later this year. It would be the first Mac (if we don't count the Mac mini from the developer kit) of the new Apple Silicon era.
Today it just became known by another source that the manufacturers of components of said MacBook will already begin to manufacture their parts and send them for subsequent assembly in the third quarter of this year. That is already. So maybe Kuo is right and let's see that laptop this year.
DigiTimes just published a report on three new devices that Apple is going to launch before the end of the year. A 10,8 inch iPad, And a 13-inch MacBook Air and MacBook Pro.
So far everything is normal. Apple renews its devices very frequently and this would not be great news, if it were not because the two MacBooks will be the first Macs of the new era Apple silicon. They will carry ARM processors made to measure for Apple, to the detriment of the current Intel. Now that is news.
The report explains that Taiwan's supply chain will start shipments in the third trimester 2020 of electronic parts and components, such as backlit units (BCUs) for the next-generation MacBook and iPad scheduled for launch in the second half of the year, driving revenue growth for these vendors thanks to these significant shipments.
They hope to make more macBooks than last year
It also says that as Apple is going to launch a 13-inch MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, under the Apple Silicon project, later this year, total shipments of the MacBook line are expected to reach 16-17 million units in 2020 compared to 14,5-15,5 million units shipped last year.
Manufacturers believe that the supply prospects for the new 10,8-inch iPad devices are also very good, as the new line, which features a high-performance CPU, will be available at more affordable prices than the current ones, thus helping to sell more units.
The report ends by explaining that Taiwan's BLU panel maker Radiant Opto-Electronics is ready to ship its displays for newer MacBook and iPad devices, while panel makers LG Display, BOE Technology and Sharp They will be in charge of supplying the screens for the new iPad.