For Apple, the self-developed M1 processor is obviously just the beginning. In the future, it will continue to expand and move towards high-end, with more and more CPU and GPU cores.

According to Bloomberg News, Apple's self-developed desktop processor ambitions far exceed the industry's expectations, and plans to bid farewell to Intel in 2022.

The current M1 has 8 CPU cores, including 4 high-performance cores, 4 low-power cores, and at least 20 cores at the next generation conference, including 16 high-performance cores and 4 low-power cores.

At the same time, Apple is testing a next-generation flagship model with 32 high-performance cores, and plans to release it later next year, but it is not clear how many low-power cores are at the same time.

In terms of GPU, M1 has only 8 cores. Future-oriented high-end notebooks and mainstream desktops will increase to 16, 32 GPU cores, and the top-end will have 64 and 128 GPU cores.

Their performance will be several times that of the AMD discrete graphics cards currently used by Apple.

Of course, the above are all the maximum core numbers of different positioning models. Apple will definitely use the knife to castrate some low-end versions with fewer cores to cover the entire market at different price points.