Whereas the iPad Professional might have gotten slimmer over time, one factor hasn’t modified a lot since its most up-to-date redesign: the bezels. Whereas they’re not precisely massive, the bezels have mainly stayed the identical since Apple dumped the house button in 2018. However that might be altering—current reviews point out that Apple is engaged on implementing iPad Professional show know-how that would end in slimmer bezels and a fair smaller footprint.
The Elec reviews that Apple is contemplating LX Semicon’s show driver IC (DDI) that makes use of LG Innotek’s chip on movie (CoF). The CoF attaches the DDI to show panels via warmth compression on movie, which delivers the DDI’s information to the show panel. This implementation permits for tighter {hardware} integration, which might then permit for smaller bezels and extra usable display actual property with out having to make the iPad itself larger.
The present iPad Professional makes use of Samsung System LSI’s DDI. The Elec notes that LX Semicon is seeing elevated competitors and Apple is working to diversify its provide chain, so LX Semicon could also be very accommodating to make this deal work.
The report doesn’t make clear when this new know-how will likely be carried out within the iPad Professional. The present M4 iPad Professional was launched in Could 2024, and reviews have said that the following iPad Professional could also be out there on the finish of this yr or in early 2026. So if Apple desires to implement this new DDI for the upcoming cycle, it must decide on it quickly, since manufacturing would begin within the subsequent few months, so this know-how is more likely to debut with the M6 or M7 in 2026.
