The explosion caused by the M1 Ultra still resonates, but the gigantic machinery that is Apple never stops. According to 9to5macthe teams of Tim Cook would be preparing a Mac mini, which some rumors saw presented during the event of March 8th.
Apple’s mini PC, code name J473would ship an M2, the future entry-level chip for Mac from the Cupertino giant, designed to replace the M1 which was introduced at the end of 2020, and is based on the architecture of the A14 Bionic.
For its part, the M2 -code name Staten- is an evolution of the A15 Bionic. Like the M1, the M2 would feature eight CPU cores, split into four high-performance cores and four low-power cores. The most powerful hearts are baptized Avalancheand the most economical Blizzardreplacing their equivalents Firestorm and ice storm on the M1s. For the graphics part, Apple would count on 10 hearts.
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According to the sources of 9to5mac, Apple considered for a while the idea of introducing Mac mini equipped with M1 Pro and M1 Max, since a model equipped with an Intel processor always asks to be replaced. The leaders of the Cupertino company would have finally preferred to launch the Mac Studio.
A more muscular Mac mini is not abandoned, however. Apple would plan another model, code name J474, equipped with an M2 Pro, which would be based on 12 CPU cores, eight high performance and four low consumption. In addition to the new architecture, it would therefore be two cores more than for the M1 Pro.
Sources of 9to5mac indicate that at present, Apple does not plan to launch an M2 Max or M2 Ultra. But it is very likely that these plans are still secret. They will certainly be unveiled when the launch of the Apple Silicon Mac Pro approaches.
No launch date is currently known, but one can easily imagine another event in May or June. Apple could take advantage of its WWDC to introduce several updated Macs with the new M2 family.
Source: 9to5mac