For example, back in April Nikkei Asia reportedly heard from sources that a new chipset called the M2 had entered production, which (if true) would mean those chips would be ready to ship in Apple products by the end of this year. Now, it's possible that this leak is true and refers to the afore-mentioned improved M1X chips we expect to see in the long-rumored 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro refreshes, since those are still expected to debut in late 2021. However, we've heard enough corroborating leaks and rumors to believe that there is a separate M2 chip, and that it's significantly different from the M1X mentioned above. These renders, created by Devam Jangra, give us an idea of what a new M2-powered MacBook Air with thinner bezels and an iMac-like array of color options might look like (Image credit: Devam Jangra/YouTube)Īnd while you might assume a chip called the M2 would be better in every way than one branded the M1X, rumors suggest that in fact the M2 could be slightly less beefy. One of Bloomberg's most recent reports claims Apple will ship new MacBook Airs early next year in a bunch of new colors, each sporting an M2 chip with 9-10 GPU cores but just 8 CPU cores. While these chips will still be faster and more performant than the current M1, there's good reason to suspect they'll be slightly less speedy than the M1X chips we expect to see powering new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros later this year. Leaks and rumors over the past six months have painted a hazy, shifting picture of what to expect from the next generation of Apple silicon. The ongoing chip shortage has likely thrown a wrench into Apple's production pipeline, making it even more difficult to predict when and what hardware the company will release next. Still, it's safe to assume that we will see a more powerful version of the M1 chip debuting sometime later this year or early next. The recent leaks suggesting we'll see an M1X chipset in new MacBook Pros later this year, with an M2 chip appearing in new MacBook Airs in 2022, seem quite credible.

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