Apple's first-generation M1 processor has been launched for the new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro two notebooks and Mac mini. After the listing, it has received a lot of praise. The transition from x86 to ARM is also a major trend for Apple in the future. According to recent news, Apple’s second self-developed chip is already in preparation for launching on desktop platforms.
According to the news of @手机片达人, Apple is expected to launch the second Apple Silicon CPU (tentatively called M2) in the second half of 2021, with the internal code name Jade. It is reported that the chip will be used in Apple's desktop Mac.
Earlier, foreign media reported that with the successful launch of the first self-developed Mac chip, Apple, which is committed to the Mac product line to switch to self-developed chips within two years, is also expected to plan the next generation of Mac chips.
For Apple’s next-generation Mac chip, foreign media is expected to name it M2, TSMC’s advanced manufacturing process on the foundry M1 chip The process is also expected to extend to the next generation of Mac processors.
Apple’s first self-developed Mac chip, M1, is built on a 5nm process and integrates 16 billion transistors. It is equipped with an 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU and a neural network engine with 16-core architecture. Apple said its CPU, GPU, and machine learning performance and energy efficiency , Compared with the current products are significantly improved.
It is expected that M2 is likely to use TSMC’s second-generation 5nm process, which will be put into mass production next year.
In the earnings call in July this year, Apple CEO Cook said that Apple Silicon will only be used on its own products and will not be sold to other companies.
Talking about why it is separated from Intel, Cook said that , our goal is to satisfy users. This is how we use Apple Silicon the reason. "Because we can imagine some products that we cannot achieve. This is our view."
Cook also added the benefits of Apple Silicon: "What we want is a common architecture between all products, which allows us to do some interesting things."
