The March 8 event could witness the debut of M2

Mar 7, 2022 07:25 GMT  ·  By

Apple is apparently getting ready to take the wraps off the M2 chip, with an official announcement to be made at the March 8 event this week.

The spring venue would be used by Apple to launch several new products, including the 2022 iPhone SE, but according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, a major upgrade for Apple Silicon is also expected.

As it turns out, the Cupertino-based tech giant has been testing a new chip lately, and this is believed to the highly anticipated M2 processor. It uses an eight-core CPU and a 10-core GPU, and it could eventually make its way to the majority of Apple computers.

Apple originally launched the M1 chip in November 2020, while the first minor update was debuted last year as the M1 Pro and the M1 Max.

However, the M2 is expected to continue the Apple Silicon focus on improved performance and efficiency, with Apple likely to announce massive achievements on these two fronts.

The original Apple Silicon

The M1 chip itself was introduced with much fanfare, with Apple praising its capabilities when compared to the Intel versions installed on its devices.

“M1 is the first personal computer chip built using cutting-edge 5-nanometre process technology and is packed with an astounding 16 billion transistors, the most Apple has ever put into a chip,” Apple said at that point.

“It features the world’s fastest CPU core in low-power silicon, the world’s best CPU performance per watt, the world’s fastest integrated graphics in a personal computer, and breakthrough machine learning performance with the Apple Neural Engine. As a result, M1 delivers up to 3.5x faster CPU performance, up to 6x faster GPU performance and up to 15x faster machine learning, all while enabling battery life up to 2x longer than previous-generation Macs. With its profound increase in performance and efficiency, M1 delivers the biggest leap ever for the Mac.”

While the M2 chip is all but confirmed, taking this report with a pinch of salt is still the right way to go until March 8 when we’ll know for sure if the Apple Silicon update was indeed just around the corner or not.