Apple is cranking up the performance of its base model iPad.
What you need to know
Apple has launched a new eighth-generation iPad.
The new iPad features the A12 Bionic chip.
It retails for $329 and preorders begin today.
After finishing up with services at its September event, Apple launched a new, eighth-generation iPad.
The new iPad features an A12 Bionic chip, a 40% faster CPU, and 2X faster graphics performance than its predecessor. The new chip brings features like the Neural Engine, which can muster 5 trillion calculations per second, to the iPad for the first time.
According to Apple, the A12 Bionix will make the iPad two times faster than the top-selling Windows laptop, three times faster than the top-selling Android tablet, and six times faster than the top-selling Chromebook.
The new iPad, just like the seventh generation, supports the first-generation Apple Pencil and the Smart Keyboard.
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