ʻAʻole e loaʻa i ka polokalamu M2 o Apple ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lanakila nui ma luna o ka M1, wahi a Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Manaʻo ʻia e loaʻa i ka chip ka nui o nā cores CPU, akā hiki ke loaʻa i nā cores GPU hou aʻe.
ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki o ka M2 ma mua o ka M1 i ka hopena o 2020, kākau ʻo Gurman i kahi nūhou kahi i ʻōlelo ai ʻo 9to5Mac. Ua aʻo ʻo ia mai kāna mau kumu i kamaʻāina i nā hoʻolālā a Apple. Ke manaʻo nei ʻo Gurman e loaʻa i ka mea hoʻohana i ʻehā mau cores CPU ikaika a ʻehā, akā me kahi GPU ikaika loa. A laila e loaʻa i ka M2 ʻeiwa a ʻumi paha ʻumi GPU ma kahi o ʻehiku a ʻewalu mau cores GPU.
ʻO ka M2 ka mea hana o kahi MacBook Air i hoʻololi nui ʻia, e kū mai i kēia makahiki. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo MacRumors i ka hopena o Nowemapa i ka makahiki i hala ua loaʻa i ka MacBook Air kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona o ka MacBook Pro. No ka laʻana, ʻoi aku ka lahilahi a me ka māmā o ka Ea ma mua o ke kumu hoʻohālike o kēia manawa a ʻaʻole e hoʻi hou ke ʻano o ka wedge. Wahi a MacRumors, loaʻa ka Air i ka papa kuhikuhi like me ka Pro, akā ʻaʻohe HDMI a i ʻole ka mea heluhelu kāleka hoʻomanaʻo.
ʻO ka hoʻopiʻi e pili ana iā Gurman's M2 he ʻāpana o ka papa inoa o nā wānana no ka hoʻolaha ʻana o Apple 2022, e haʻi hou ana i kahi lono mua e kū mai ana nā hiʻohiʻona iPhone 14 me kahi lua kāmela. Ua wānana pū ʻo ia i ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā hiʻohiʻona Mac Pro hou me M1 Pro a me M1 Max chips, me kahi Mac Pro liʻiliʻi me kahi puʻupuʻu e piʻi i ka 40 CPU cores a me 128 GPU cores. Makemake ʻo Apple e hoʻolaha i ka wā WWDC 2022 e hoʻopau ʻo ia i kāna hoʻololi ʻana mai nā chips Intel i kāna mau chips ponoʻī. Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Apple i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēlā hoʻololi i kāna hālāwai hoʻomohala 2020, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana he ʻelua mau makahiki no nā pūʻulu hou o nā kamepiula āpau o ka hui e moku me nā socs proprietary.
Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo Gurman e hana ana ʻo Apple ma kahi nānā waho e kūʻai i ka hapalua o ke kumukūʻai o ka Pro Display XDR. ʻO ka mana maʻamau o kēlā 32 ″ monitor i kēia manawa he 5500 euros. ʻAʻole hiki iā Gurman ke hōʻike inā e kū mai ka mana haʻahaʻa i kēia makahiki.