4 Macworld • January 2022

NEWS

T

he M1 Pro and M1 Max

might still have that new-

chip smell, but that’s not

stopping Apple from moving

ahead with the next generation of its

desktop processors. And according to

a new report by The Information, the

future is bright for Apple silicon.

Apple makes its current chips

in partnership with TSMC, with the

The M1 Pro and M1 Max could be the slow ones. Roman Loyola reports

Apple’s next chips could

have 40 cores and

mind-blowing speeds

M1 series being based on a 5nm

process with a single die. The next

generation of chips – presumably the

M2, M2 Pro, and M2 Max – will use an

enhanced 5nm process, according to

The Information. That likely refers to

TSMC’s N4P node, which represents

a small 6 per cent die shrink and a 10

per cent performance boost over the

current node, according to reports.