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https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/20/22943411/apple-m2-chip-new-macs-rumor
Apple will reportedly debut an M2 chip with four new Macs this year

Including a MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro.

Gurman expects the company to debut a 13-inch MacBook Pro, Mac Mini, 24-inch
iMac, and a redesigned MacBook Air, all outfitted with the rumored M2 chip.

THE M2 CHIP WILL BE SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN ITS PREDECESSOR
Apple hasn't offered any hints about the potential M2 chip, but Gurman
thinks its CPU will be slightly faster than the M1's, and that it will share
the same eight-core architecture. Its graphics cores, however, may jump from
seven or eight to nine or 10. Come 2023, Gurman thinks Apple may release Pro
and Max versions of the M2 chip - just like it did for the M1 chip - as well
as announce an M3 chip.

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On 2022-02-21 01:56, NewsKrawler wrote:
> https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/20/22943411/apple-m2-chip-new-macs-rumor
> Apple will reportedly debut an M2 chip with four new Macs this year

Marketing names are meaningless.

M2 could just be M1 cores that are copy/pasted to make a chip with more
core. It could see a speed bump because the M1 design ended up being
capable of higher speeds. Or it could be a new core design with bchanged
under the hood to pipelining, predicting branching tech etc.

And there is also the process shink which may preserve much of the
"logic" in a core but still requires much work to shrink the design such
that traces don't affect nearby traces when current flows through them
and generate magnetic field.

It's a shame that Apple is tight lipped about actual cire design
evolution and features, and just has "light and fluffy" marketing on its
chips that don't let one know how much difference there truly is between
each generation.

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