Apple is planning to refresh the MacBook Pro with M4 chips starting in late 2024, and this guide aggregates everything that we know about Apple's M4 MacBook Pro plans. M4 Update Apple built the M3 chip on a new 3-nanometer process, and we are not expecting a node change for the M4. It too will be a 3-nanometer chip, but Apple supplier TSMC could introduce updates that make it more efficient and faster. New artificial intelligence capabilities are rumored for Apple's upcoming products, and so the M4 will focus on AI. Apple wants to improve performance for AI functionality, and rumors suggest that the M4 (and the A18 chips for iPhone ) will have an upgraded Neural Engine with "significantly" more cores. The M3 chips all have a 16-core Neural Engine, and Apple has not increased the Neural Engine cores for several years. Entry-Level 14-Inch MacBook Pro With the M3 chip launch last year, Apple did away with the 13-inch MacBook Pro. It's been replaced wit