Back in August 2024, Patently Apple posted a report titled "Industry Tend: Micro Cooling Fan on-a-chip for Mobile Devices." Today we're learning that Frore Systems will showcase an iPad Pro integrated with their AirJet solid-state active cooling solution at CES 2025 that they claim could boost iPad Pro performance by 53% in sustained CPU and AI solution which could completely change the iPad experience."

Frore Systems officially announced that it has demonstrated the massive increase in iPad performance possible with AirJet solid-state active cooling chips in Apple’s iPad Pro. The proof-of-concept iPad Pro, upgraded with AirJet, achieves an incredible 53% increase in sustained CPU & AI performance – potentially a complete game changer for iPad users. Frore Systems will be showcasing the upgraded iPad Pro in January at CES2025.

Frore Systems achieved the 53% performance boost in the iPad Pro, increasing sustained CPU and AI performance from 7.5 Watts to a massive 11.5 Watts, by adding two AirJet chips inside the device – gaining a full 4 Watts of performance increase.  The iPad Pro upgraded with AirJet also remains silent, dustproof, and is water-resistant.  And if you thought an iPad couldn’t get any cooler, think again - with the AirJet upgrade, when running at 7.5 Watts, the device skin temperature is 4 degrees cooler. That’s really cool performance! 

The additional 4 Watts of CPU and AI performance make a massive difference to the user experience, bringing powerful new levels of capability to:

* Gamers playing immersive high-performance games, like Genshin Impact, Call of Duty, and Minecraft, will be blown away by the increased frame rate for smoother and vivid imagery.

* Creatives will experience more responsive drawing and painting with apps like Procreate and Adobe Fresco Photo and video editing with powerful apps like Luma Fusion and Affinity Photo.

* Musicians can create that next Grammy Award winning music faster than ever, recording, mixing, and mastering with apps like GarageBand and Cubasis.

* Content creators enter a new era of productivity, with high-speed master editing of high-resolution movies or videos with professional-level tools like Final Cut Pro – say farewell to painfully slow renders forever.

"Pro Tablets have traditionally been built using repurposed Smartphone CPUs, but Apple has revolutionized the product category by introducing Apple Silicon M-series, purpose built for the MacBook product line, into Pro Tablets.” said Dr.Seshu Madhavapeddy, founder and CEO of Frore Systems. “But the realized performance in the iPad Pro is severely limited because it is constrained by heat. Noisy, bulky fans have never been a good fit for the ultra-thin Pro Tablets.  AirJet solid-state active cooling chips, which are silent and a mere 2.65 mm thick, now change the game.  The iPad Pro upgraded with AirJet realizes the same sustained CPU and AI performance as the 15” MacBook Air.”

See the iPad Pro upgraded with AirJet in action at CES2025, together with a range of commercially available products, manufactured by Frore Systems’ customers and featuring AirJet solid-state active cooling. Frore Systems will be demonstrating many more proof-of-concept devices upgraded with AirJet chips and, AirJet PAKs, which are plug-and-play solid-state active cooling modules targeting Industrial and Smart Cities Edge AI devices and delivering uncompromising AI performance in industrial grade casings that are ultra compact, light, silent, vibration free, dustproof and water-resistant."   

With two of Frore's largest partners being Qualcomm and Intel, it's a little odd that they'll be using an iPad Pro for their demonstration at CES and not a Samsung Galaxy tablet. Will Apple use this or another cooling solution later this year? While only time will tell, a boost in performance as outlined by Frore Systems would be greatly appreciated by iPad Pro customers and likely provide Apple with a needed boost in iPad Pro sales.