Apple has seemingly up to date its tech specs webpage for the most recent M2 iPad Air fashions to point the M2 chip has a 9-core GPU, slightly than 10 cores as beforehand said.
The change was first reported by 9to5Mac. Based mostly on accessible net snapshots, the replace to Apple’s US web site was made throughout the final 10 days. Nevertheless, the equal webpage on a lot of Apple’s regional shops nonetheless lists the M2 iPad Air as having a 10-core GPU.
Apple’s press launch initially asserting the product on its Newsroom additionally mirrors the unique 10-core spec, as does assist documentation for the machine.
Apple has not commented on the change, which, if correct, makes the brand new iPad Air the primary M2-based Apple machine with a 9-core GPU. Because the change went stay on Apple’s website, the going concept is that Apple’s processor yield of 10-core chips was not ample, so it’s utilizing a “binned” model of the 10-core chip with one of many GPU cores disabled. The apply of “binning” is usually used to optimize processor yields and scale back waste.
In all chance, each M2 iPad Air mannequin that Apple has offered features a 9-core GPU, and Apple is solely updating its product info for accuracy. Any real-world efficiency distinction between an M2 iPad Air with a 9-core versus a 10-core GPU would have arguably been unnoticeable to most customers. Even so, some prospects will most likely wish to know why Apple’s advertising and marketing supplies had been mistaken.
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