Apple M4 Chip With On-Device AI and more

According to Apple, the M4 processor was created specifically for its new display engine, which powers the iPad Pro's (2024) "Tandem OLED" feature.

The M4 chip, the company's most potent Apple Silicon processor to date, was presented by Apple on Tuesday. The newest iPad Pro (2024) models, which were unveiled at the company's "Let Loose" launch event with new "Tandem OLED" panels, are powered by the new chipset, which is based on the company's second-generation 3nm technology. It enhances the performance of on-device AI tasks on the company's new iPad Pro with up to 10 CPU cores and an enhanced neural engine that supports up to 38 trillion operations per second.

The Cupertino business stated that the new M4 chip, which has up to four performance cores and six efficiency cores with enhanced machine learning accelerators, has 28 billion transistors during the iPad Pro (2024) unveiling on Tuesday. It is constructed using Apple's second-generation 3nm technology, and according to the firm, it has a CPU performance that is 1.5 times faster than the M2 chip-powered iPad Pro (2022).

Apple claims that the new GPU delivers the same performance as the M2-powered iPad Pro models while consuming half the power. The new M4 chip also adds hardware-accelerated ray tracing to the iPad Pro, a feature that was added to the company's Mac and MacBook models with the M3 chip last year.

Apple claims that the new M4 chip has enhanced on-device AI performance as well. With its enhanced Neural Engine, capabilities like Visual Look Up and Live Captions are now possible because to its 38 trillion operation capacity. Additionally, according to the business, the M4 chip's Neural Engine is optimized to function with the newest AI-based features available on StaffPad and Final Cut Pro.

The M4 CPU, which Apple claims it designed to power the revolutionary display engine that enables the 'Tandem OLED' technology on the iPad Pro (2024), is the first Apple Silicon chip to appear on a non-Mac computer. The "Ultra Retina XDR Display" on the company's most recent iPad Pro uses two OLED screens to increase brightness. The forthcoming Mac and MacBook models from Apple, which are anticipated to launch in the upcoming months, are also anticipated to run on this processor.