Yesterday, during an event called “Unleashed”, Apple unveiled a new series of products, the most notable of which is the “M4” chip, which is “incredibly powerful” and the “iPod” group of devices. “Apple Pencil Pro”. The company also focused heavily on artificial intelligence, which is an area of unique performance for the new chip, the company said.
Super chip
Apple on Tuesday unveiled its next generation of processors, the “M4” processor for the new “iPad Pro” devices, which the company said is equipped with a new “Neural Engine” chip. An incredibly powerful chip for artificial intelligence,” when its capacity reaches… 38 trillion operations per second.
Although this power is 60 times higher than the “A11 Bionic” chip that the company introduced in 2017, it is slightly less than the “Snapdragon X Elite” processor. However, Apple confirms that the new M4 processor is capable of achieving the same performance as the latest personal computer chips, but using only a quarter of the power.
The “M4” processor is manufactured using second-generation 3nm technology and features a 10-core central processing unit (CPU), split between 4 high-performance cores and 6 energy-saving cores. It’s 50 percent more powerful than the “M2” processor found in previous iPad Pro devices.
In addition, the M4 chip’s 10-core GPU supports dynamic caching, mesh shading and ray tracing, and offers a new rendering engine that delivers four times the rendering speed compared to the M2 processor.
Apple did not disclose the number of NPU processor cores in the new M4 chip during its event. All “M” series processors since the introduction of the “M1” (except for the M1 Ultra and M2 Ultra) have the same number of NPU processor cores, however, the power of the NPU increases progressively with each processor generation, meaning the processor’s performance improves to perform calculations faster.
The new iPad Air
The company also unveiled a new version of the iPad Air for the first time in more than two years. The new model has a chip”M2“So it doesn’t get the latest Apple chips, which could cut costs and differentiate it from the iPad Pro. However, “M2“Almost 50 percent faster”M1Apple claims the tablet is about three times faster than the iPad AirA14 BionicUntil 2020.
Perhaps most importantly, the company introduced the iPad Air with a 13-inch screen for the first time. This means that there are two different variants, as the 11-inch device is still available. So, iPad Air and iPad Pro now have the same display size.
Apple says the 13-inch model has about 30 percent more screen real estate than the 11-inch model.
The smaller model starts at $599 (the same original price as the previous generation Air), while the 13-inch version costs $799. Both will be available next week, with pre-orders opening today. In a welcome move, Apple has doubled the base storage capacity of the iPad Air to 128GB.
One of the other updates is less noticeable, but Apple has moved the front-facing camera to the horizontal edge of the screen, which should be a nice change for some. That means the user must be in the middle of the frame while making a video call. Placing the front camera on the iPad has been one of the most troublesome things for years, and it’s nice to see Apple finally fixing the situation.
“iPad Pro”
Apple also showed the long-awaited updates to the new generation iPad Pro. The new tablets also have two size options like the iPad Air, so the iPad Pro is available in 13-inch and 11-inch sizes with a new design, more powerful internals and a slimmer form than before.
It also comes with a big screen upgrade that everyone has been waiting for: Apple has switched to supporting iPad Pro devices in both sizes with OLED screens, which deliver perfect blacks, rich color saturation and improved contrast for mainstream iPads.
I also changed the position of the front camera so that it is in the right position (horizontal) for better video calls.
New keyboard and pen
The company introduced an upgraded Magic Keyboard with an aluminum palm rest and a larger trackpad with haptic feedback. The new keyboard comes in two sizes — one for the 11-inch Pro and the other for the 13-inch model — and in two colors, black and silver, priced at $299 and $349.
Apple announced its new smart stylus, the Apple Pencil Pro, priced at $129. This pen enhances the drawing and note-taking experience with pressure- and curve-sensing technology that mimics writing on paper.
The pen also features new gestures such as pressing or rotating the pen to more easily control tools and brushes, in addition to haptic feedback that gives the user a more realistic feel. For added convenience, the pen magnetically attaches to the iPad for charging and storage, and if it’s lost you can find it using Apple’s “Find For” app.
