Apple announces a new M2 update to Apple silicon at WWDC22

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Apple has today announced the next generation of its Apple silicon, with the M2 chip’s debut during today’s WWDC22 event.

The new second-generation hardware comes built on a 5nm manufacturing process and features 20 billion transistors. Apple says we can expect up to 100GB/s of bandwidth which is 50% more than the current M1 chip, the chip that started the Apple silicon transition.

The chips themselves come with an 8-core CPU — four of which are performance with a larger cache than before. Apple expects 18% better performance vs. power usage results compared to the M1 chips while 10 GPU cores represent a doubling of the previous M1 part. That, in, turn, means 25% improved graphics performance at the same power level as the M1 and 25% improved performance when working at its maximum power output.

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Video creators will enjoy the ability to handle multiple 4K and 8K streams at once, with a high bandwidth video decoder supporting 8K encoding and decoding.

The first machine to make use of the new M2 chip is the updated MacBook Air , a device that Apple says is its best-selling laptop currently. There’s no doubt that it will also make its way to all of the newest best MacBooks on the market.

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