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- Apple's Upcoming M2 Pro Chip for High-End MacBook Pro and Mac Mini Will Reportedly Be 3nm - MacRumors
- Valve is doubling Steam Deck shipments, so you might get yours faster - The Verge
- Nintendo Direct for June announced: Nintendo confirms Partner Direct Mini - Polygon
| Posted: 27 Jun 2022 07:31 AM PDT TSMC will manufacture Apple's upcoming "M2 Pro" and "M3" chips based on its 3nm process, according to Taiwanese industry publication DigiTimes.
In his latest newsletter, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said he expects the M2 Pro to be used in the 14-inch MacBook Pro, 16-inch MacBook Pro, and a high-end Mac mini. As for the M3, Gurman expects the chip to be used in an updated 13-inch MacBook Air, an all-new 15-inch MacBook Air, a new iMac, and potentially a new 12-inch MacBook. In all likelihood, the M2 Max would also be manufactured based on a 3nm process in this scenario. That chip would be suitable for the highest-end MacBook Pro configurations, and the Mac Studio if Apple chooses to update that computer within the next year or so. While it was widely expected that the M3 would be 3nm, it is more notable that the M2 Pro might be as well, given that the standard M2 chip that debuted in the new MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro remains built based on TSMC's 5nm process. Both the M1 and M1 Pro chips share the same process, so the M2 and M2 Pro being built on different processes would represent a change of course for Apple silicon in the Mac. Vadim Yuryev, host of the YouTube channel Max Tech, has adamantly expressed his opinion that the M2 Pro will indeed be 3nm in a series of tweets over the last few weeks. In the past, Yuryev accurately revealed that the M1 Ultra chip in the Mac Studio would effectively be two M1 Max chips connected as a singular chip. If the 3nm report is accurate, the performance delta between the M2 Pro and M2 could be even greater than between the M1 Pro and M1. However, it's worth tempering expectations until any additional reports corroborate the M2 Pro chip being 3nm. |
| Valve is doubling Steam Deck shipments, so you might get yours faster - The Verge Posted: 27 Jun 2022 11:12 AM PDT  Valve is doubling the number of Steam Decks it ships to customers, the company announced Monday. "Production has picked up, and after today we'll be shipping more than double the number of Steam Decks every week!" Valve said in a tweet from the official Steam Deck account. And in response to a question from my colleague Sean Hollister, Valve designer Lawrence Yang spelled out the change more clearly: "in previous weeks we were shipping x units / week to customers, starting this week we'll be shipping 2x units / week." If you've been eagerly refreshing your inbox every Monday and Thursday for the chance to order your Steam Deck reservation, the increased production could be a sign that you might be able to buy your device sooner than you expected. My own reservation hasn't changed from its Q3 estimate on the Steam Deck Steam page, but maybe now that email will arrive sometime in the earlier side of the quarter. And if you're also in that Q3 window, you should start keeping an eye on your inbox on June 30th, as Valve said the first Q3 order emails will go out then.
You will want to keep a close eye out for that email, as Valve only gives you 72 hours to actually complete an order once it's sent out. If you do miss that window, though, Valve suggests you contact Steam Support — the company recently clarified that it offers a grace period of "a few days." The Steam Deck has remained at the top of the Steam charts for nine of the last 11 weeks, according to SteamDB. That ranking tracks top sellers by revenue — given that the Steam Deck starts at $399, a few Steam Deck orders can equate to a lot of sales of any individual game — but it's still an indication that Valve is selling the handheld gaming PCs as fast as it can make them and that there was quite a bit of demand. But it still has plenty of catching up to do: an unofficial tracker compiled by Reddit user Fammy suggests that Valve is still fulfilling orders of the premium 512GB model in the UK from the first hour of when they went on sale in July 2021. According to that tracker, Valve is still fulfilling the first day's worth of reservations in the US as well. While Steam Deck production has increased, the official dock was delayed earlier this month from its "late spring" release timeline. But when it arrives, it will have upgraded specs from what Valve originally announced. |
| Nintendo Direct for June announced: Nintendo confirms Partner Direct Mini - Polygon Posted: 27 Jun 2022 06:01 AM PDT  Nintendo will broadcast a new Nintendo Direct presentation on Tuesday, June 28, focusing on content from the company's third-party publishing partners. Tuesday's Nintendo Direct Mini Partner Showcase will run about 25 minutes, Nintendo said in an announcement, and will be available to watch on-demand at 9 a.m. EDT/6 a.m. PDT via Nintendo's YouTube channel. (In other words, feel free to skip around as soon as the video goes live.) Games from Nintendo's publishing partners that could make an appearance in the new Nintendo Direct include Capcom's Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak expansion, Square Enix's Live A Live remake, Bandai Namco's Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series, and Sega and PlatinumGames' Bayonetta 3 (which Nintendo is publishing). Square Enix also has a long list of remakes and sequels in development, including a rumored remake of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, an "HD-2D" remake of Dragon Quest 3, and Dragon Quest Treasures, a prequel of sorts to Dragon Quest 11. Of course, we can also count Team Cherry among Nintendo's potential partners, who will maybe, finally give us more information about Hollow Knight: Silksong after its recent gameplay reveal. |
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