This is the brain of Apple’s new devices – digi.no

Yesterday’s Apple press conference brought a lot of new products. And that tradition is build these also on new technologies under the hood.

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Both the new iPhone model and the absolutely fresh iPad Pro builds on A9 processor, which is the third generation of 64-bit chips from Apple.

64-bit processors on mobile was first introduced by the company along with iPhone 5S, and has since been further developed.

The new A9 is available in two variants. «Usual» A9 which will exist in iPhone 6S models, and A9X, for iPad Pro.

Both prevented with something Apple calls a new transistor architecture, which probably means 14 nm FinFET -process.

The company claims that A9 used in new iPhone is 70 percent faster than last year’s A8 and the graphics performance is up to 90 percent faster. These are significant numbers, and in that resolution on the screens of the new phones is unchanged compared with last year, this performance actually used directly on making applications and games faster. In other words highlighted.

Apple has been getting steadily better optimize graphics performance the last time, also on the software side, especially through the so-called Metal interface that gives developers more direct access to the hardware.

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A9 chip also has a new M9 processor. It is the latest version of the company’s “motion processor” and it is this that enables digital assistant Siri will now be able to listen for commands all the time. Siri must be awakened with “Hey, Siri” first.

It is also claimed that the A9 is more energy efficient. It is already confirmed that at least the smaller iPhone 6S-model will have less battery than the previous year (status on iPhone 6S Plus is yet unconfirmed). At the same time the battery life being more or less equal.

The more adult version of the chip, A9X, found in iPad Pro, will again give the tablet a massive increase in performance. Here Apple said that it is 80 percent faster than A8X contained in last year’s iPad Air 2. The graphics will be twice as fast than A8X. Meanwhile, Apple points out that processor performance is 22 times higher than the original iPad version from 2010, while graphics performance is 360 times better. It is certainly remarkable how fast things are moving.

The new iPad has a much larger screen with a higher resolution than any of the previous models, so it probably needs all the power it can get.

Apple actually says A9X is more powerful than 80 percent of notebook PCs, although it is a little unclear what specific categories of notebook PCs they mean.

It is anyway very interesting to see specific test results when the new devices actually available in stores.