Apple’s new A8 processor in the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus is the fastest, most powerful processor born from the Mothership, but when it comes time to power Apple’s 12.9-inch iPad early next year, Apple reportedly plans to give it a power boost in the form of a modified A8X processor reports TechNewsTW.
Apple created “X” variants of its A5 and A6 processors in the past to power the iPad, but an A7X processor was never launched for the iPad Air when it was released last year, as Apple chose to just use the same A7 chip in the iPhone 5s and iPad Mini.
The new A8X processor will supposedly be manufactured with the help of TSMC and will make it’s debut in the long-rumored 12.9-inch iPad Pro that is expected to compete with large enterprise-focused tablets like the Microsoft Surface Pro 3.
The report also suggests that the iPad Air 2 will sport 2GB of RAM, larger speaker grills and a smaller camera lens that will be moved to a slightly different location. The device will also be slightly thinner and borrow from the iPhone 6 design. Apple is rumored to announce the big ass iPad next year, but with an other Apple event rumored to be coming next month, we might see it a little bit earlier than expected.
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4 responses to “Special A8X processor could power Apple’s jumbo iPad”
Unless it’s running Mac OS, I’m not interested.
agreed, iOS won’t scale well to a large screen form factor. The iPad alone is proof of this. Apple and developers are much too lazy to take advantage of the large display
LOL! That won’t be able to compete with the Surface Pro 3. The Surface Pro 3 is running high-end Intel Core processors, up to 8GB of RAM, with more powerful graphics, and is running a full OS.
Even still, OSX is not optimized for touch, and neither is the UI. Then again the Windows desktop doesn’t have a UI conducive to touch. That’s why they include a digital ink pen.
I just don’t see the need for an iPad 12.x inch version. If they were to create a bundled keyboard version, maybe, but given the drop in ipad sales this seems like a real stretch.