Computex 2024 | Frore Systems makes iPad Pro 12.9 faster with Airjet and shows industrial reference design

Frore Systems is making progress in various areas. At Computex Taipei, the company presented new solutions in consumer electronics and professional sectors. The latter are very advanced.

In the consumer environment, however, Frore Systems shows its own conversion. To this end, the company has taken on the last-generation iPad Pro 12.9. It is, therefore, not yet the 5 mm thin model of the current generation.

The iPad Pro was fitted with two Airjet Mini Slim. This actively cools Apple's tablet and, according to Frore Systems, reduces the temperatures on the display and back by 6 and 5 degrees Celsius to 39.5 and 41.5 °C respectively.

Frore Systems had to remove the speakers for the conversion. However, as the company showed, there would certainly be room to reposition them. After notebooks, SSDs, and smartphones, the Californian company is now showing that even iPads can be accelerated.

However, the initial results are not so clear. Although the CPU power increases significantly from 9 to 14 watts, at least in 3DMark this can only be translated into an 11 percent increase in performance. The problem, according to Frore Systems, is that an increase in performance requires corresponding tests that exhaust the thermal load. A Geekbench, for example, would run for too short a time. The conversion is only a few weeks old, as Frore Systems stated.

Of course, the additional power also has disadvantages, especially regarding battery life. The additional cooling alone costs two watts - one watt per each Airjet Mini Slim. However, the Airjets can be turned down, for example when the iPad is cool anyway. The now more powerful SoC is likely to be more serious, as it takes its toll when it is used to its full capacity.