Apple is said to have developed more powerful versions of its proprietary M2 and M3-series processors before deciding against bringing them to market. According to a seasoned journalist, the Cupertino-based tech giant worked on M2 Extreme and M3 Extreme chips in 2022, which would sit above the existing Ultra lineup. These SoCs would reportedly have featured twice the CPU and GPU core counts offered by Apple's Ultra chips at the time.