Apple Announces New iPad Air: First Device with Advanced A14 Bionic SoC

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Apple has announced a new iPad Air for 2020. There’s nothing too exciting here in terms of aesthetics (as you might expect, it looks like a tablet), but this happens to be the first model housing Apple’s latest cutting-edge SoC, the A14 Bionic. According to Apple, this multi-core chip (5 nm, TSMC) offers up to 40 percent better CPU performance than its predecessor. Its four-core graphics architecture also grants a 30 percent boost in graphics performance.



The new iPad Air will be available next month in silver, space gray, rose gold, green, and sky blue finishes. Pricing starts at $599 for the lower-tier model, which includes 64 GB of storage and basic Wi-Fi connectivity.









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Cupertino, California — Apple today introduced an all-new iPad Air — the most powerful...

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[Brian_B]

Hint at ARM laptop performance, maybe?

 

[Auer]

5nm, Poor Intel...