Apple has announced the M2, its next generation of silicon chip, which will feature in both the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro computers.
“Unlike others in the industry who significantly increase power to gain performance, our approach is different,” said Apple SVP of hardware, Johny Srouji.
“We continue to have a relentless focus on power efficient performance. In other words, maximising performance, while minimising power consumption.”
As the stats sheet above shows, this is a mighty powerful 5nm chip, with over 20 billion transistors, 100GB/s of unified memory bandwidth and 24GB of unified memory.
The below graph compares the latest 10-core PC laptop chip to the M2, which “delivers the peak performance of the PC chip while using a quarter of the power”, according to Apple.
The M2 will be first seen in the new MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro.
The Pro doesn’t offer any substantial design updates from the 2021 model, with the 13-inch model supporting 24GB of unified memory, and 50 per cent more bandwidth, plus 20 hours of battery power.
The Air has seen a more impressive redesign, with a flatter aluminium body just 1.25cm thick and 1kg, with the wedge removed.
The screen is larger and brighter, jumping from 13.3 inches to 13.6 inches, but gaining a notch along the way.
A Liquid Retina Display offers pictures that are 25 per cent brighter.
There are also two new colourways: along with the Space Grey and Silver are Straylight and Midnight Blue.
Camerawise, the 1080p camera offers double the low light performance, and twice the resolution.
Pricewise, the MacBook Air starts at RRP $1,899 RRP with the updated MacBook Pro at RRP $1,999.
They will be available from next month.
