The 2020 iPad Pro received

the start of a year-long (and counting) pandemic, back in mid-March 2020. It's likely due for an upgrade soon, maybe at next week's Apple event. But what can it increase make a difference this year? Think processors and accessories, supported recent reports that the hardware could get a replacement chip and a Thunderbolt port, and possibly a display boost too. But, what is going to be possible within the middle of a chip and display shortage?

That 2020 mode l did not have much of a processor bump, and looked nearly an equivalent

because the model from 2018. It did introduce some new tech and accessories, though it had been

the primary Apple product to possess a depth-sensing lidar sensor, and Apple introduced a trackpad-enabled Magic Keyboard case (that costs the maximum amount as an entry-level iPad).

Apple's recent Macs got massive performance boosts from Apple's M1 processors, which already desire advanced versions of the chips that were already with in the iPad Pro.

2021 looks like an ideal time to offer

the profession al line processor boosts, and that is exactly what recent reports have indicated. But it's unclear whether the iPad Pro will get the M1 that recent Macs have used, or a special custom processor, like an A14X.subsequentiPads could also improve how accessories connect, possibly evolving the USB-C port to feature Thunderbolt speed and connectivity. Display upgrades also seem overdue, and Mini LED looks like a lock for a minimum of the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, consistent with

the newest report from Bloomberg... if supplies aren't limited.