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creemail said:

This means that ARM has almost caught x86. We can expect the A11X to be significantly greater in performance over the A11. I would guess and say at least 40-50% improved. In which this sets the stage for the A12, A12X, then to the A13/A13X (2020), in which Apple will rename the processors differently. My guess by 2020 we should expect at least 6500-7500 single core with a multiscore of 45,000-50,000. This is bound to happen...

5x in just two years sounds pretty optimistic, even with how impressive they've been. Say they manage another 80% MP boost every year, we're more like at ~3x at 30K multicore if it manages very good scaling, but we've more often seen one year with a big boost, one year with a minor boost, alternatively. 

Now, this is all without active cooling so far, so if we're talking about a clamshell or desktop with active cooling on top of their already impressive uArch designs maybe. I wonder what a Xeon W equivalent A series would look like...

Hopefully they can decouple themselves from Intels blunders and delays and really distinguish themselves that way. Look at everyone pooh poohing the 16GB limit because Intel doesn't support LPDDR4, while A series chips have for a few years, yet Apple gets the blame for it. And the fully Apple GPU will be just as interesting.

Question is then if they can avoid falling behind with such blunders on their own, but their A series execution has been excellent year over year. 

Does it poll the pencil at 240Hz like the Pro (even the OG pre-ProMotion)? And by extension, finger input at 120? 

This page hasn't updated 

https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/DeviceInformation/Reference/iOSDeviceCompatibility/Displays/Displays.html

Looks like beta 6 was the final build, no update available here. Hm. I still had a few niggling bugs. 

Have a few questions about it that probably won't be answered till reviews, but...

Is the display laminated? Using the pencil without lamination would probably feel weird 
Is the antireflective coating back? 
What is the touch and pencil sample rate? 
Will the Crayon share the same Pencil sample rates/is it active/what does it miss out on for the price?