Yesterday, at an event called “Unleashed,” Apple unveiled a new series of products, the most prominent of which was the “M4” chip, which it described as “terribly powerful,” and a group of “iPad” devices. to “Apple Pencil Pro” style. According to the company, the company focused a lot on artificial intelligence, which is an area of special performance of the new chip.
Super chip
Apple on Tuesday revealed the next generation of its processors, which is the “M4” processor for the new “iPad Pro” devices, and which has a new “Neural Engine” chip that makes it, according to the company, “the most powerful chip for artificial intelligence,” because its capacity reaches… 38 trillion operations per second.
Although this power exceeds the “A11 Bionic” chip launched by the company in 2017 by 60 times, it is still slightly less than the “Snapdragon X Elite” processor. However, Apple confirms that the new M4 processor is able to achieve the same performance as the latest personal computer chips, but using only a quarter of the power.
The “M4” processor is made using the second generation 3nm technology. it is 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 rendering, mesh shading, and ray tracing, and provides a new rendering engine with four times the rendering speed compared to the M2 processor.
Apple did not reveal during its event the number of NPU processor cores in the new M4 chip. It is worth noting that all “M” series processors since the launch of the “M1” (except for the M1 Ultra and M2 Ultra) have the same number of NPU processor cores, that is 16 processor cores increase gradually with each generation, which means that the performance of the processor improves.
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 won’t get the latest Apple chips, which could reduce costs and differentiate it from the iPad Pro.” But, “M2“Almost 50 percent faster than”M1Apple says the tablet is about three times faster than the iPad Air, which runs on…A14 BionicFrom 2020.
Perhaps more importantly, the company introduced the iPad Air with a 13-inch screen for the first time. This means that there are two different types, since the 11-inch device is still there. So, the iPad Air and iPad Pro now have the same display sizes.
Apple says the 13-inch model has about 30 percent more screen area than the 11-inch model.
The smaller model starts at $599 (the same original cost as the previous generation Air), while the 13-inch version is priced at $799. Both will be available next week, with pre-orders opening today. In a welcome decision, Apple has also doubled the basic storage capacity of the iPad Air to 128 GB.
One of the other updates is less obvious, but it should be a nice change for some people, as Apple has moved the front camera to the horizontal edge of the screen. This means that the user must be positioned in the middle of the frame when making a video call. The placement of the front camera on the iPad has been one of the most problematic things for years, and it’s good 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, similar to the iPad Air, so the iPad Pro is available in 13-inch and 11-inch sizes with a new design, more powerful internal components, and a thinner shape than ever before.
It also comes with a big screen update that everyone has been waiting for: Apple has switched to supporting iPad Pro devices with OLED screens in all sizes, giving provide a perfect hook, richer color saturation, and better contrast for the flagship iPad.
I also changed the position of the front camera, so that it is in the correct position (horizontal) for better video calls.
New keyboard and pen
The company also introduced an updated 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, and costs $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 thanks to pressure and curvature sensing technology that is similar to writing on paper.
The pen also features new gestures, such as pushing or rotating the pen to control tools and brushes more easily, as well as 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 can be found if lost using Apple’s “Find for” application.
