The M1 Chip is said to be included in the next iPad Air.

 According to the information given by 9to5Mac, the new iPad Air that Apple is rumored to introduce at tomorrow's "Peek Performance" event might use the same M1 processor as the 2021 iPad Pro. The iPad Pro was the first iPad to acquire Apple's M-series CPU last year, and adding the M1 to the iPad Air would bring it up to speed with current iPad Pro versions as well as the 2020 MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini.

According to all previous speculations regarding the iPad Air, it will be comparable to the iPad mini, with the same A15 CPU and 5G connection. If Apple decides to include the M1 in the iPad Air, it will be quite comparable to the more costly top-of-the-line iPad Pro. The key distinctions between the iPad Air and the iPad Pro lines would be ProMotion display technology (with mini-LED in the 12.9-inch variant) and the LiDAR camera.

The M1 chip has an 8-core CPU and a 7 to 8-core GPU, whereas the A15 chip has a 6-core CPU and 5-core GPU, hence the M1 chip outperforms the A-series processors in terms of speed.

Tomorrow's "Peak Performance" event starts at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time, so we don't have much longer to wait to find out what chip Apple is including in the iPad Air. Here at MacRumors.com and on our MacRumorsLive Twitter feed, we'll have coverage.