Mobile Chip Expert, a well-known chip supply chain tipster, said that Apple‘s long-rumored AR/VR headset will be equipped with an M2 chip and a Bora coprocessor chip. He said that both chips are foundry by TSMC, and mass production is expected at the end of the fourth quarter of 2022.
Last week, it was reported that the development of Apple’s M2 processor is nearing completion and will be based on TSMC’s 4nm process. In the future, Apple’s self-developed chips will be upgraded every 18 months.
It is expected that in the second half of 2022, Apple will be the first to launch the M2 chip (codenamed Staten), and in the first half of 2023, it will launch a new M2X chip (codenamed Rhodes), and release two chips such as M2 pro and M2 Max according to different graphics cores.
In addition, M2 Staten will still use an 8-core design, but the main frequency will be higher. The number of GPU cores will increase from 7 or 8 to 9 or 10 in the M1, so its CPU and graphics performance will be improved compared to the M1, making it more suitable for GPU-demanding platforms.
