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The iPad Air 2, with a tri-core CPU, is almost as fast as a modern PC
2014-10-22 15:32:59| Extremetech
This morning, the first reviews of the iPad Air 2 started to roll off the presses. If you want me to save you 10 minutes, here's a summary: The iPad Air 2 is a thinner and lighter version of its predecessor, the first iPad Air. Yes, the camera is better -- but it's still not as good as the iPhone 5S or 6. Yes, it now has a Touch ID sensor, which will utterly blow your mind -- and yes, the new "bonded" display feels like you're touching the pixels. What interests me the most, however, is that the iPad Air 2 is powered by the A8X SoC -- a chip with three billion transistors, and a tri-core CPU that gets uncomfortably close to laptop levels of performance, and a decent GPU to boot.
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