Apple had previously launched new MacBook Pro laptops equipped with M1 Pro and M1 Max processors, and the two-year plan to transition from the Mac series processors to the self-developed Arm-based Apple Silicon processors has been one year, the appearance of M1 Pro and M1 Max symbolized that the plan has taken a big step forward.
According to the latest report, supply chain practitioners revealed that the development of Apple’s M2 series processors is nearly complete and will be mass-produced using TSMC’s 4nm process and that Apple Silicon will be upgraded every 18 months in the future.
Moreover, Apple’s M1 Pro and M1 Max are currently mass-produced by TSMC’s 5nm, which is currently Apple’s strongest and most functional Mac processor. Both chips use M1X’s 10-core processor architecture. The biggest difference is the number of GPU cores is different.
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In addition, according to industry news, Apple will re-adjust the naming of the Mac series of personal computers in 2022, hoping to more accurately match the M2 series processor classification, and clearly make product differentiation and market segmentation. This wants to better adapt to the current three levels of Apple’s Apple Silicon product line: M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Max.
Furthermore, Apple’s Mac series PC product line after 2022 will be adjusted to six series:
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Notebook products will be divided into MacBook equipped with M2 processor, and MacBook Pro equipped with M2 Pro and M2 Max;
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All-in-one products will be divided into iMac equipped with M2 processor, and iMac Pro equipped with M2 Pro and M2 Max;
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The strongest desktop platform products (desktops) include Mac mini equipped with an M2 processor, and Mac Pro equipped with M2 Pro and M2 Max.
ODM industry players pointed out that Apple will change all Mac series to self-developed Apple Silicon in 2022. The M2 series processor and Mac series product line will be more clearly matched, which will help accelerate the generational conversion of the product line.
The development of Apple’s M2 series processors is nearing completion and is expected to be launched in the second half of 2022. M2 Pro and M2 Max are expected to be launched in the first half of 2023.
According to sources in the supply chain, Apple will first launch the M2 processor code-named Staten in the second half of 2022, and then launch the new M2X processor architecture code-named Rhodes in the first half of 2023, and release the M2 Pro and M2 Pro according to the different graphics cores.
Two processors such as M2 Max. Apple’s M2 series processors all use the 4nm process, and will be updated to the M3 series processors after 18 months, and are expected to be mass-produced using TSMC’s 3nm process.
As for the new iPhone 14 that Apple will launch in the second half of 2022, according to industry sources, Apple will launch two A16 Bionic processors, both of which will have a 6-core processor architecture, but they will be differentiated according to the number of GPU cores. Supports 5G dual-band and new-generation LPDDR5, WiFi 6E, and other technical specifications, all of which will use TSMC’s 4nm process to film.
