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Lokhu kuwa, kuzothatha iminyaka emibili kusukela i-Apple yethula isizukulwane sokuqala se-Apple Silicon chip kumakhompyutha ayo e-Mac. Yaqanjwa ngokuthi i-M1 futhi maningi amathuba okuthi sizobona ozongena esikhundleni sayo ungakapheli unyaka. Amanoveli asekwindla ahlonyiswe ngawo ama-MacBook Pros awayifaki esikhundleni, kodwa ayangezelela. Ngakho-ke nakhu konke esikwaziyo nge-chip ye-M2 kuze kube manje.  

I-Apple M1 iwuhlelo olubizwa nge-chip, oluchazwa ngesifinyezo esithi SoC. Isekelwe ekwakhiweni kwe-ARM futhi yaklanywa i-Apple njengeyunithi yokucubungula emaphakathi, noma i-CPU, kanye nephrosesa yezithombe, noma i-GPU, ehloselwe kakhulu amakhompyutha ayo. Nokho, manje sesingakwazi ukuyibona naku-iPad Pro. I-chip entsha iphawula ushintsho lwesithathu lwenkampani ekwakhiweni kwesethi yemiyalo esetshenziswa kumakhompiyutha, eminyakeni eyi-14 ngemuva kokuba i-Apple isuke ku-PowerPC iye ku-Intel. Lokhu kwenzeka ngoNovemba 2020, lapho inkampani yethula i-13" MacBook Pro, MacBook Air ne-Mac mini nge-M1 chip.

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Entwasahlobo, sibone i-iMac engu-24 ″ ene-chip efanayo, kwathi ekwindla, kwafika i-duo ye-MacBook Pros enosayizi wokubonisa ongu-14-intshi no-16-intshi. Kodwa-ke, lokhu kwaletha ukuthuthuka okuphawulekayo, lapho i-chip ye-M1 inikezwa isiteketiso se-Pro ne-Max. Ngakho-ke maningi amathuba okuthi kulo nyaka i-Apple izoqhamuka nesizukulwane sesibili se-chip yayo eyisisekelo, okufanele ibe negama elithi M2.

I-M1 Pro inamakhora e-CPU afika kwangu-10 kuze kufike ku-16 GPU cores, kuyilapho i-M1 Max ine-CPU engu-10-core kanye namacores afika kwangu-32 GPU. Ngisho noma i-M2 bese ingena esikhundleni se-chip ye-M1, ngeke ibe namandla njengalezi zinto ezimbili eziqanjiwe ezitholakala ku-MacBook Pro. Kuze kube manje, i-M2 kulindeleke ukuthi ibe ne-CPU engu-8-core njenge-M1, kodwa ngesivinini esikhulayo nokusebenza kahle. Esikhundleni se-GPU engu-7- noma 8-core, ama-GPU angu-9 no-10 angeza. Uhla lwama-chips kufanele futhi luqondiswe kubathengi esikhundleni sochwepheshe, futhi ngenxa yalokho luzogxila kakhulu ekusebenzeni kahle kwamandla. Ngakho-ke, ukukhuthazela kwama-MacBooks kungandiswa.

I-M1 ingangezwa ngenani eliphakeme elingu-16 GB we-RAM, kuyilapho i-M1 Pro isekela kufika ku-32 GB kanye ne-M1 Max kufika ku-64 GB. Kodwa mancane amathuba okuthi i-M2 izosekela kufika ku-32 GB we-RAM, okungase kungadingeki ku-Mac "eyisisekelo".

Izinsiza ezihleliwe 

Alukho usuku olwaziwayo ukuthi i-Apple kufanele isethulele nini umkhiqizo wayo omusha kithi. Kucatshangwa ukuthi izobamba umcimbi wasentwasahlobo ngoMashi, lapho kungase kuvele khona iMacBook Air eklanywe kabusha, efanekiselwa i-iMac engu-24 ″, okungenzeka ukuthi isivele iqukethe i-chip entsha. Kungase futhi kube eyokuqala eyi-13" MacBook Pro, noma i-Mac mini, noma i-iPad Pro, nakuba lokho kunethuba elincane kakhulu. Ubusha buzoba nengqondo ngenguqulo enkulu ye-iMac.

Njengoba i-Apple kufanele futhi isibonise isizukulwane sesithathu i-iPhone SE kanye ne-iPad Pro entsha kulesi sikhathi, kungenzeka ukuthi amakhompyutha ngeke atholakale nhlobo futhi ngeke siwabone kuze kube yikota yesi-3 yonyaka. Lokhu kungenzeka futhi ngoba, noma ngabe inqubo yokukhiqiza ihlala kuma-nanometers ayi-3, i-Apple izosebenzisa isizukulwane esisha senqubo ye-TSMC ye-N5P, okuwuhlobo lwayo oluthuthukisiwe (kodwa ukukhiqizwa akufanele kuqale kuze kube yikota yesibili). Le nqubo entsha kuthiwa iletha ukusebenza okwengeziwe okungaba ngu-4% nokusebenza kahle okwengeziwe okungaba ngu-11% uma kuqhathaniswa nenqubo evamile engu-22nm esetshenziselwa i-A5, M15, M1 Pro ne-M1 Max. Akufanele silindele ama-M1 Pro kanye ne-M2 Max chips kuze kube ngu-2. 

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