Apple announced an update to the iPad Air after a year and a half of redesigning the tablet on the iPad Pro model, as much of the redesign is still intact, but the new iPad Air model has been updated with a faster M1 processor, which first appeared in Mac computers from Apple, it also supports 5G networks, and the USB-C port is twice as fast with data transfer speeds of up to 10Gbps.
It will be available at a starting price of $ 599 for the Wi-Fi model only, and rises to $ 749 for the Wi-Fi and Cellular version, and it will come with a storage capacity of 64 GB or 256 GB, and the available colors include gray, pink, purple, blue, silver / gold, which Apple calls “Starlight”. Pre-orders open on Friday, and the tablet will be on sale from March 18.
Apple says the iPad Air’s M1 processor, which is also included in the latest iPad Pro, has an eight-core CPU that’s up to 60 percent faster than the A14 Bionic processor found in the last-generation model, and has an eight-core graphics processor. With twice the graphics power of its predecessor.
The front camera has also been updated to use a 12MP sensor (up from 7MP last) and now supports Apple’s Center Stage feature designed to keep you in frame automatically during calls, and the rear camera has a resolution of 12MP, like last.
The new 10.9-inch iPad Air display has 500 nits of brightness and HDR support, but there’s no mention of ProMotion. The iPad Air has horizontal stereo speakers.
Like its predecessor, the new iPad air is compatible with the $129 Apple Pencil, which magnetically attaches to its size, as well as the $299 Magic Keyboard, and will also work with the $179 Smart Keyboard Folio and $79 Smart Folio cases. It uses Touch ID built into its power button as a vital security.
Apple unveils new processor M1 Urtla
Apple unveiled the M1 processor chip, the first of the “Apple Silicon” devices that turned the MacBook Air, Mac Mini, and other computers into portable power units. Last year, the company followed up with the M1 Pro and M1 Max, which provided more performance for the MacBook. Pro measures 14″ and 16″, and now Apple is adding a new member to the M1 Urtla family.
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The M1 Urtla is simply two core chips of the M1 Max together, making it more suitable for intensive creative applications like video editing and 3D rendering. , which allows it to connect multiple chipsets.
Conceptually, it is similar to AMD’s Infinity Fabric, which ensures fast communication between the CPU, GPU and other components.
Apple says the UrtlaFusion thread can handle up to 2.5 terabytes per second of bandwidth, so it shouldn’t lead to any slowdown in performance between the two dead M1 Max, and in total, the M1 Urtla contains 114 billion transistors, and it supports up to 128 GB of unified memory with 800 GB / s of bandwidth.
As you’d expect, its specs are basically what happens when you stack two M1 Max chips: Urtla features a 20-core CPU (16 high performance and 4 high efficiency cores), and a 64-core GPU.
And given that the M1 Urtla will debut in Apple’s new Mac Studio mini-desktop, you don’t have to worry about battery life at all. However, Apple says the Urtla is at least more efficient than the competition, as it uses up to up to less power. 65 percent is a 10-core x86 chip, and of course, Apple didn’t reveal which CPU it was comparing the M1 Urtla to, but the numbers make sense given what we’ve seen of the M1 Max so far.