Apple has recently overhauled its entire M-Series chip plans, scrapping the launch of the M6 Pro and M6 Max processors and jumping straight to the M7 series. While the base M6 SoC is expected to launch, Apple is moving into the M7 series without the M6 Pro/Max variants, with plans to offer some...
Won’t at least China have production capacities ready by then that make the price drop?
Nope, it‘ll take several years to catch up.
https://feddit.org/post/32576427
Their DDR5 chips are 30% more expensive, but they are willing to sell 10% below market rates.
The article says that they won’t catch up in 2027 but I expect China to pour in resources to catch that opportunity.