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(Pocket-lint) - Apple has impressed the satellite with its M1 processors which connection astonishing show and artillery beingness connected its Mac lineup.
The tech elephantine is showing nary signs of slowing down and is touted to beryllium refreshing the lineup successful the 2nd fractional of 2022.
According to a news piece from the Chinese outlet, Commercial Times, Apple's M2 processors volition beryllium made utilizing TSMC's 4nm process and we are apt to spot a refresh to the processors each 18 months going forward.
While we can't archer excessively overmuch from this accusation alone, a simplification successful transistor size usually means a simplification successful dice size and the process besides often yields improvements successful show per watt, which would mean adjacent amended artillery beingness connected MacBooks.
The study besides suggests Apple is readying a naming alteration to bespeak its processor tiers. The caller scope is tipped to adhere to the pursuing naming normal - MacBook with M2 processor, and MacBook Pro with M2 Pro and MacBook Pro with M2 Max. Sounds a small clunky to us, but this could conscionable beryllium a translation contented from our Chinese source.
It is suggested that the M2 Pro and M2 Max volition travel aft the M2 modular processor launch, these chips are expected successful the archetypal fractional of 2023.
Commercial Times has a mixed way grounds erstwhile it comes to the accuracy of its leaks, truthful it remains to beryllium seen if this volition beryllium true. However, the timeline matches previous reports from Bloomberg's Power On newsletter that besides suggested we tin expect a refresh successful 2022.
Writing by Luke Baker. Originally published connected 21 December 2021.
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