Bloomberg:

Chip engineers at the Cupertino, California-based technology giant are working on several successors to the M1 custom chip, Apple’s first Mac main processor that debuted in November. If they live up to expectations, they will significantly outpace the performance of the latest machines running Intel chips, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named because the plans aren’t yet public.

And:

Intel’s shares slid 1.7% in early trading in New York Monday after the news.

My gut is to be skeptical that Apple can build a chip that can take on a PC with a discrete GPU. But the M1 has definitely under promised and over delivered, crushing all my expectations.

And:

Apple engineers are also developing more ambitious graphics processors. Today’s M1 processors are offered with a custom Apple graphics engine that comes in either 7- or 8-core variations. For its future high-end laptops and mid-range desktops, Apple is testing 16-core and 32-core graphics parts.

Skeptical, but also skeptical of my skepticism. Could we see future mid-priced Macs that beat high-end gaming PCs with high-end GPU cards? With the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, the CPU performance (especially showing off in single core benchmarks) is astounding, the GPU performance still less than a home built PC with a moderately high end GPU.

High hopes for the Mac’s future. Looking forward to the next Mac reveal.