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Apple is seemingly testing four next-generation M2 processors on software developed by third-party app makers in at least nine Mac models that are likely to be upcoming laptops and desktops.
Two years ago, the iGiant debuted its homegrown Arm-compatible M1 processor to power computers and iPads; the shift marked a departure from using x86 Intel silicon for its PCs. Instead of purchasing off-the-shelf processors, Apple – which was already designing its own mobile system-on-chips – wanted a custom design for its macOS products.
Now it appears the M1's successor, the M2, is edging closer to launch, judging from developer logs leaked to Bloomberg that signal there is "widespread internal testing" of the chip family at Apple.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 18 2022, @03:08PM
Apple is thoroughly shafting video editors and audio users alike, and has been for over a decade by now. The RAM issue sounds like a sideshow until you realise that what they've actually done is to build a really large cache, and treat it as RAM. They could have had a little less, then add a really huge capacity for lower-speed RAM, and have had a much friendlier environment for complex editing (video as well as audio) tasks. This in addition to the incomparable shitshow that their general treatment of audio has been (which affects video editors as well, of course). It's been their idiotic security chips screwing up audio streams, it's been their inability to deal with really large orchestral libraries (sounds academic? Not for movie composition), it's been their crummy treatment of app developers meaning that where an Apple used to be a flagship environment, you now have a good chance of getting a newer version of your software on Windows...
... when will the hits stop coming? We'll only know when they decide. I wouldn't buy an Apple until I've seen five years of consistent good behaviour from them, because every time it seemed that they might have a clue they backslid immediately.