According to Chinese website MyDrivers, Apple's 2018 iPad Pro models will feature with octa-core processors, based on Taiwanese supplier TSMC's improved 7nm manufacturing process. The chip tentatively named “A11X Bionic is an enhanced version of the A11 Bionic processor in the iPhone 8 and iPhone X series.
The report, citing sources within Apple's supply chain, which claims the eight cores in the tentatively named A11X Bionic chip will include three high-performance "Monsoon" cores and five energy-efficient "Mistral" cores. The A11X chip reportedly to feature with TSMC's integrated fan-out wafer level packaging, or InFO WLP for short.
The upcoming A11X Bionic chip will also benefit from TSMC’s seven-nanometer process technology versus the ten-nanometer process technology used to fabricate the A11 Bionic silicon. The chip will as well presumably include a next-generation M11 coprocessor and neural engine for artificial intelligence tasks, such Face ID for 2018 iPad models.
The eight-core processor should unsurprisingly result in CPU performance improvements on next-gen of iPad Pro models, which means A12 chip is an enhanced version of A11X chip. The current 10.5-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models equipped with an A10X Fusion chip that based on TSCM's 10nm fabrication process.
KGI's Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that in addition to gaining Face ID, 2018 iPad Pro models are expected to have an iPhone X form factor with slimmer bezels and no Home button. However, the tablets will reportedly continue to have LCD displays due to yield rates.
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