{"slug": "apple-reportedly-worked-on-two-extreme-chips", "title": "Apple Reportedly Worked on Two 'Extreme' Chips", "summary": "Apple developed but scrapped plans for 'M2 Extreme' and 'M3 Extreme' chips for the Mac Pro due to high production costs and limited demand, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The chips would have doubled the CPU and GPU cores of Apple's 'Ultra' chips. Apple also discontinued the Mac Pro entirely in 2026 after a 20-year run.", "body_md": "Apple once developed \"M2 Extreme\" and \"M3 Extreme\" chips for the Mac Pro, but it decided not to release them, [according to ](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-07-19/why-apple-s-openai-lawsuit-doesn-t-mention-jony-ive-ai-recording-at-genius-bar-mrrv4mix)*Bloomberg*'s Mark Gurman. He first reported on this topic [in 2022](https://www.macrumors.com/2022/12/18/mac-pro-m2-extreme-chip-likely-scrapped/), and he touched on it again in his *Power On* newsletter today.\n\n\"Extreme\" chips would have had twice as many CPU and GPU cores as Apple's \"Ultra\" chips.\n\n\"The idea was to offer twice as many graphics and main processing cores as that chip,\" he said. \"In the past, I've called this proposed processor the 'Extreme' chip, which to me is the most sensible Apple marketing name for something above Ultra.\"\n\nApple decided not to release the chips due to concerns over higher production costs and limited demand for the Mac Pro, according to Gurman.\n\nNot only did Apple ultimately scrap the \"Extreme\" chips, but it [discontinued the Mac Pro](https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/26/apple-discontinues-mac-pro/) entirely this year [following a 20-year run](https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/27/reflecting-on-20-years-of-mac-pro/).\n\nThis article, \"[Apple Reportedly Worked on Two 'Extreme' Chips](https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/19/apple-worked-on-two-extreme-chips/)\" first appeared on [MacRumors.com](https://www.macrumors.com)\n\n[Discuss this article](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-reportedly-worked-on-two-extreme-chips.2485613/) in our forums", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-reportedly-worked-on-two-extreme-chips", "canonical_source": "https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/19/apple-worked-on-two-extreme-chips/", "published_at": "2026-07-19 15:51:57+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-20 13:49:26.282050+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-chips"], "entities": ["Apple", "M2 Extreme", "M3 Extreme", "Mac Pro", "Mark Gurman", "Bloomberg"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-reportedly-worked-on-two-extreme-chips", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-reportedly-worked-on-two-extreme-chips.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-reportedly-worked-on-two-extreme-chips.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-reportedly-worked-on-two-extreme-chips.jsonld"}}