In a rare evening event at Apple’s campus in Cupertino, California on Tuesday, Apple introduced the next iteration of its Apple Silicon chips, the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max.

The “3” in the chipsets names refer to the three-nanometer process with which they are built, and it leads to more transistors on the chip (25 billion in M3, 37 billion in M3 Pro, and up to 92 billion in M3 Max), which in turn leads to faster and more powerful CPUs and GPUs.

The new chips are being built into two new MacBook Pro laptops, a 14-inch model and a 16-inch model.

Space Black is a new colour for the aluminum chassis of the M3 Pro and M3 Max. It makes me drool.

M3 and M3 Pro models are being released on November 7, and the M3 Max MacBook Pro is coming later in November.

The 24-inch iMac with a 4.5K Retina display is also being upgraded with M3 Apple silicon and is hitting shelves next week.

Canadian pricing is as follows:

• 14-inch MacBook Pro M3 starts at $2.099
• 14-inch MacBook Pro M3 Pro starts at $2,699
• 16-inch MacBook Pro M3 Pro starts at $3,299
• 24-inch iMac with 8-core GPU starts at $1,699
• 24-inch iMac with 10-core GPU starts at $1,949