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Redesigned MacBook Pro Models With 10-Core Apple Silicon Chip Said to Launch as Early as This Summer
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I think the laptops that are slated to release this summer will have your traditional LED-LCD IPS displays, whereas the MicroLED-equipped MBPs will be out next year, I think.Different rumors every hour. First the 'books are delayed until early next year.
Then they will be out before year's end but severely limited.
Now they could arrive in summer.
It's save to say - we just don't know.
It's twice the number of high performance cores, which bodes well.
Additionally the design TDP will be higher, which will allow higher clocks - or Apple will go for power savings for battery life gains.
Surprised it's only 2 efficiency cores, I would have thought they would have stuck 4 in - they're small enough.
Idle thought - there's a single 5nm 8+2 core chiplet design. MacBook Pro "M2" uses 1 (+ I/O+GPU die). MacPro will use 2 or 4 (16+4, 32+8) - from the other story - I was assuming a 16+4 chiplet here, but no reason it's not 8+2. Small and cheap-as-chips, and very high yield. Option for 16+4 core MBP and iMacs with two chiplets.
(note that I believe Apple will stick with a monolithic design for MBP / M2, this is just an idle thought).
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Wake me up when said "MagPlug" can return the TB3/USB4 ports that will be lost to accomodate those single-purpose ports.
The irony of this post is amusing.
"Welcome back to common sense give us those dedicated single use ports".
"What do you mean it's not the single use port I personally have use for?"
Here's the question: can LED LCDs fit in the newly design chassis ? Or is miniLED critical to getting it to fit in the smaller bezels?
Even memory isn't user-serviceable any more, how would you eject the core as a way to <insert convenient plot device>
I'm really hoping they dump TouchID and add FaceID soon.
Regarding the HDMI port rumour, IMO this is likely, because of the business use of MBPs, and most businesses have just about got around to adding a HDMI adapter for screen sharing in meeting rooms, never mind USB-C displayport. It's a minor barrier sure, it's easy to say 'just add a dongle' but we're talking about dinosaur enterprise businesses here. Also people on the road can't assume the correct setup at their destination.
Don’t hold your breath waiting. PC gaming for any OS has been on a downward slope for some time, and Apple’s insistence about using Metal is probably a deal breaker for most games.
You dumbasses, that’s 8 high performance cores and two efficiency, M1 has 4 high performance and 4 efficiency cores…
Yeah I do have to wonder how the QoS will work with just 2 efficiency cores, maybe 2 of the high performance cores will pick up some of those tasks and just be less energy efficient at them but on the flip side finish the tasks faster.
arstechnica.com
Apple’s M1 is a fast CPU—but M1 Macs feel even faster due to QoS
Howard Oakley did an excellent deep dive on M1 scheduling and performance.
arstechnica.com
see at apple, well:Thanks for explanation.
“We’re very simple people at Apple. We focus on making the world’s best products and enriching people’s lives.” ~ Tim Cook
that is very possible
get a 13" and put one of those growth reflex-blue purple pill atop the RAM drive on the logic board
and watch that grow an inch or 2.
i think 10 cores is fine. 2 efficiency cores and 8 performance cores. i assume this would double the performance while keeping idle/light workloads more efficient as well?
i really do hope for 16/32 cores in the GPU department since the m1 was lacking there. double the core means double the performance, right? if you look back at the m1 macbook air, it costs $50 to go from 7 GPU cores to 8 GPU cores. at this rate, it'll cost 16x50 = $900 for the 32 core option over the 16??? darn. i guess i'll have to stick with 16 then. and hopefully the 16 core option isn't too pricy either.
i really do hope for 16/32 cores in the GPU department since the m1 was lacking there. double the core means double the performance, right? if you look back at the m1 macbook air, it costs $50 to go from 7 GPU cores to 8 GPU cores. at this rate, it'll cost 16x50 = $900 for the 32 core option over the 16??? darn. i guess i'll have to stick with 16 then. and hopefully the 16 core option isn't too pricy either.
This is what we'll be getting in a 29.5" or bigger iMac too. I extrapolated some gaming benchmarks for M2 and it will be impressive (1260p is for iMac 24"):
- M1 GPU 8 cores: Borderlands 3 1080p Ultra 22 fps - medium 30 fps (1260p 19-26, 1440p 15-23)
- M2 GPU 16 cores 1440p 30-46 fps, 32 cores 1440p 60-92 fps
- M1 GPU 8 cores: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided 1080p Ultra 24 fps (1260p 20, 1440p 18)
- M2 GPU 16 cores 1440p 36 fps, 32 cores 72 fps
- M1 GPU 8 cores: Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p Medium 24 fps (1260p 20, 1440p 18)
- M2 GPU 16 cores 1440p 36 fps, 32 cores 72 fps
- M1 GPU 8 cores: Metro Exodus 1080p medium 25-45 fps (1260p 21-38, 1440p 19-35)
- M2 GPU 16 1440p 38-70 fps, 32 cores 76-140 fps
- M1 GPU 8 cores: Borderlands 3 1080p Ultra 22 fps - medium 30 fps (1260p 19-26, 1440p 15-23)
- M2 GPU 16 cores 1440p 30-46 fps, 32 cores 1440p 60-92 fps
- M1 GPU 8 cores: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided 1080p Ultra 24 fps (1260p 20, 1440p 18)
- M2 GPU 16 cores 1440p 36 fps, 32 cores 72 fps
- M1 GPU 8 cores: Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p Medium 24 fps (1260p 20, 1440p 18)
- M2 GPU 16 cores 1440p 36 fps, 32 cores 72 fps
- M1 GPU 8 cores: Metro Exodus 1080p medium 25-45 fps (1260p 21-38, 1440p 19-35)
- M2 GPU 16 1440p 38-70 fps, 32 cores 76-140 fps
A larger iMac would make a lot of sense and they could brand it as Retina 6K and charge a premium for it.
And yeah, Gurman has one of the best track records amongst all the leakers. Apple adding ports back just seems hard to believe, especially since they are considering things like a portless iPhone. But I do hope this holds up. Apple has felt very careless towards their users lately (no lossless audio on AirPods Max, discontinuing HomePod without a real replacement, discontinuing the iMac Pro without a replacement, discontinuing Space Grey mouse and keyboard, and more). A proper 14”/16” MBP redesign would be a welcome surprise.