When Apple first announced the M2 iPad Air during its “Let Loose” event, it advertised the device as having a 10-core GPU. This was incorrect, as the tablet has only a 9-core GPU. According to Apple, these specs were a mix-up, and other performance ...
Apple Says iPad Air Performance Details Are Accurate Despite 9-Core GPU Mistake
Though Apple mistakenly listed the M2 chip in the iPad Air as having a 10-core GPU instead of a 9-core GPU, the performance claims that it ...
Apple downgraded the iPad Air M2 and didn’t tell buyers
Apple initially stated that the latest iPad Air M2 features a 10-core GPU, but that turned out to be false. The company quietly upgraded its website to reflect that 2024’s iPad Air actually packs a ...
Apple to downgrade GPU power for M2-powered iPad Air
In the case of the M2 iPad Air, it seems likely that Apple is using binned versions of the 10-core GPU chips, where one core is disabled. This would mean that the 9-core GPU iPad Air units are ...
Deals: iPad Air prices are falling, multiple Snapdragon X laptops go on pre-order
They are part of Microsoft's AI-focused Copilot+ program, but are also interesting for the Oryon CPU cores that were designed by Qualcomm rather than ARM.
Best Buy’s $400 discount on Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Air ends June 2
Best Buy's blowout deal on the M2 15-inch MacBook Air knocks $400 off a loaded configuration with 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD.
Apple’s new M2 iPad Air has a nine-core GPU, despite original claims to the contrary
Apple has quietly changed the M2 iPad Air's listed GPU core count from 10 cores to nine cores, and Metal benchmark testing suggests that the nine-core spec is accurate. The M2 iPad Air was originally announced as having a 10-core GPU in its initial press ...