Apple plans to provide the iPad Pro with AI functions with the new M4 chip

Apple plans to integrate an M4 chip into the iPad Pro tablet instead of waiting for Mac computers to debut this model of its own processor, thus making the leap into the new era of artificial intelligence (AI) even before its annual event. developers (WWDC 2024).

The event that Apple will hold on May 7 will allow you to discover the new tablet models, including an iPad Pro with an OLED panel and an iPad Air with a 12.9-inch screen, as well as new accessories, with new Apple Pencil and Magic Keyboard .

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With one week left before this event, the technology company would have made a change that would allow it to enter the new era of AI before the arrival of Mac computers, which are expected at the end of the year.

The iPad Pro tablet, instead of running on an M3 chip, would integrate an M4 processor, equipped with a new neural engine, designed to power applications with AI, as shared by Apple analyst and Bloomberg journalist, Mark Gurman, in your ‘Power On’ newsletter.

This foray into AI devices would precede the official and more detailed explanation of the company’s strategy with this technology within the framework of WWDC 2024, which will be held in June, and would allow for having available a team equipped with the necessary support to take advantage of the new AI capabilities coming later with iPadOS 18.