According to a new report, Apple has taken the first step in making its next-generation M2 laptops a reality.
Rumors have been circulating for months with news that Apple is preparing to follow up on last year’s MacBook Pro 14 and MacBook Pro 16, but after that, there’s often been little information about the products. But that’s all changing today as a new report indicates that Apple has finally placed an order with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for next-generation processors for its upcoming MacBook Pro models.
According to Commercial Times, by Wccftech, Apple’s next generation silicon will be based on a 3nm process and will reach consumers as the M2 Pro and M2 Max. The source mentioned that the upcoming chips are codenamed Rhodes Chop and Rhodes 1C, with the former featuring a 10-core CPU and a 20-core GPU, while the latter has a 12-core CPU and a 38-core GPU. While these should be very powerful, we know that Apple is also working on variants of the M2 chip dubbed the M2 Ultra and the M2 “Extreme”. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard about SoCs, as we reported about the same information in June. But there’s a new tip here, because we now know that the M2 Ultra is codenamed, it’s called the Rhodes 2C and will apparently offer twice the power of the M2 Max.
As for the M2 Extreme, we reported yesterday that the new chip is currently being tested and could arrive in two versions, a 24-core CPU with a 76-core GPU and a 48-core CPU with a 152-core GPU. Both would be impressive if they were brought to market and would undoubtedly outperform the competition. Of course, this new report is just the beginning, as there is no known date for when the new laptops will be announced. But there is hope that they will arrive soon.
source: business times
Across: Wccftech
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