Apple presented its new flagship chip at WWDC 2022: the M2. Also, the company announced a redesigned MacBook Air that will have that new processor, in addition to having MagSafe charging. Find out more details in this note!
started the Worldwide Developers Conference of Manzana (WWDC), the event that focuses on software for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. This year, the Silicon Valley giant had the attention of many and had been accumulating rumors about what could be presented. One of these revolved around the first chip of its new generation: the M2. So it was. This powerful new processor enables up to 24GB of unified memory and features 18 percent faster speeds than the M1.
after the chips M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max and M1 Ultra, Apple announced the new M2 which, like the first processor, uses the company’s custom Arm silicon. Furthermore, it is based on a full 5nm process with 20 billion transistors, 25 percent more than the M1 original.
With the same consumption as the M1 Apple promises that the M2 it will have a 35 percent faster GPU. This is due, above all, thanks to two more graphics cores compared to the M1leaving a total of 10.
For better performance than M1 Apple is using new performance and efficiency cores in the M2, adding 50 percent memory bandwidth, reaching 100 GB/s, and 24 GB of unified memory. In addition, this new chip has four cores dedicated to high efficiency (with a shared cache of 4 MB) and another four to high performance tasks (with a shared cache of 16 MB).
Regarding the Neural Engine, or neural motor, M2 it still has 16 cores, but can now process 15.8 billion operations per second. In addition, it has a new “media engine” that allows ProRes encoding and decoding and processing of 8K video in H.264 and HEVC, which means that systems running chips M2 they will be able to play multiple 4K and 8K video streams simultaneously.
On the other hand (and after many rumours), Manzana also presented during WWDC 2022 the new one MacBook Airwhich will be the first Mac to get the chip M2. This one comes with a larger 13.6-inch screen, a 1080p FaceTime HD webcam, as well as new microphones and speakers with Dolby Atmos support.
Additionally, it promises 18-hour battery life and features MagSafe charging, two USB-C/Thunderbolt 4 ports, and a headphone jack. It is 11mm thick and weighs less than 1.3kg. It will have a silent design, since it will not include a fan and it will be available in four different colors. this new MacBook Air It will go on sale during the next month and the prices are: 1,519 euros (256 GB) and 1,869 euros (512 GB). The model with the M1 chip will continue to be on sale for 1,219 euros.