[CNMO News] This year, Apple launched a variety of self-developed chips in the M1 series, and Apple has gained more initiative in the computer market. After the M1 series, Apple's M2 series of self-developed chips has new news.
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On December 20, according to supply chain news, the development of Apple's M2 series self-developed chips has been nearly completed, and it will use TSMC's 4-nanometer process, and Apple Silicon will be upgraded every 18 months in the future.
At present, many mobile phone chips are using 4 nanometer process, Qualcomm's new generation mobile phone mobile platform Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 uses Samsung's 4-nanometer process, while Tianji 9000 uses TSMC's 4-nanometer process. Overall, the 4nm process allows chips to perform better than the previous generation. The M2 series of self-developed chips adopts a 4-nanometer process, and the performance will be greatly improved compared with the M1 series using a 5-nanometer process.
If there is no accident, the new MacBook Pro and iPad Pro will be on the M2 series of self-developed chips next year, and their performance will not be as amazing as the M1 series, which is worth looking forward to.
In fact, not only computer chips, Apple is developing more types of chips to get rid of dependence on third-party suppliers. On December 17, foreign media said that Apple is forming more chip teams to develop 5G modem chips and wireless semiconductors.
![The Apple M2 processor will use the TSMC 4nm process[fig]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)