It was reported recently that the new Apple Mac product is scheduled for March and is expected to be equipped with 12-core Apple Silicon.
Regarding the actual body of this Mac, the news did not give details, but according to the previous analysis of the great god Guo Mingchi, it may be 14.1-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro.
There is speculation that the 14-inch will be equipped with a 12-core M processor, and the 16-inch will be upgraded to a 16-core M processor. Unlike the x86 architecture, the ARM system is easier to do multi-core, and the power consumption can also be suppressed.
It should be noted that the new 12-core and 16-core processors may not be called M2 because it was previously reported that M2 will choose to launch on iMac. Because it is a desktop all-in-one machine, the scale of CPU and GPU units is even more impressive.
Considering the current excellent performance of the 8-core M1, especially in the context of macOS, the upcoming 12-core and 16-core are certainly expected.