The iPad Pro has become something of a
workhorse in recent years, ofering professionals
an alternative to a laptop with cutting-edge
capabilities and software. At this year’s Spring
Loaded event, Apple supercharged its lagship
tablet with the M1 chip and Thunderbolt
support, unlocking even greater opportunities
for creatives in need of an all-in-one machine.
BRINGING THE POWER
OF THE MAC TO iPADThough this year’s iPad Pro refresh didn’t quite
get the same level of attention as the all-
new iMac, which received its biggest design
overhaul since its inception 22 years ago, it’s an
impressive upgrade all the same. Following on
from the success of the MacBook Air, MacBook
Pro, and Mac mini, which were supercharged
with an M1 chip last year, Apple has decided
to bring the power of its custom silicon
technology to the iPad, which it says “takes
the industry-leading performance of iPad Pro
to an entirely new level.” For the irst time, the
iPad Pro features an 8-core CPU design and the
world’s fastest CPU cores in low-power silicon,
ofering up to 50% faster CPU performance
than the A12Z Bionic chip the M1 replaces,
and an 8-core GPU ofers 40% faster GPU
performance than the previous generation.
It’s this powerful combination of technology
and performance that helps to widen the iPad
Pro’s lead as the fastest device of its kind, and
with next-generation 16-core Neural Engine,
an advanced image signal processor, a high-
bandwidth memory architecture with up to
16GB of memory, two times faster storage, and
up to 2TB capacity, the iPad Pro is blazing.