Apple unveils its new M2 chip today at the company’s World Developer Conference (WWDC). After the M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max and M1 Ultra chips, Apple is ready to move to a more powerful M2 chip, with big promises of performance improvements.
Like the original M1 chip, the new M2 uses Apple’s custom silicon Arm and is built on a 5nm process, complete with 20 billion transistors – 25 percent more than the original M1. All of these transistors need to improve performance, and Apple promises an 18% faster processor and a 35% faster GPU in the M2 than the original M1.
This performance is apparently 1.9 times faster than “the latest 10-core laptop chip for a computer,” according to Apple. To achieve better performance than the M1, Apple uses new M2 performance and performance cores, along with 100Gbps of memory bandwidth and 24GB of unified memory – 50% more bandwidth than the M1. Apple uses four high-performance cores, with four high-performance M2 cores, with 16MB of shared cache for production cores and 4MB of shared cache for efficient ones.
Apple’s M2 also features a next-generation security enclave and neural engine, and an updated media engine that supports 8K H.264 and HEVC video. In fact, this means that systems running M2 chips will be able to play multiple streams of 4K and 8K video simultaneously.
New features of Apple’s M2 processor. Image: Apple
The first Mac to receive the M2 chip was one of Apple’s most popular laptops, the MacBook Air. This time, the wedge shape of the MacBook Air has been changed to a slimmer profile, and the M2 laptop is also available with MagSafe charging. The new MacBook Air also comes with a larger 13.6-inch display, a better camera and promises 18-hour battery life. More details about the new MacBook Air right here.
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