Major Apple supplier TSMC on Tuesday said it would more than triple its planned investment at the Taiwanese chipmaker’s new Arizona plant…
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Apple’s powerhouse M1 Ultra chip is bad news for Intel, AMD, and Nvidia
Apple earlier this month announced M1 Ultra, the next giant leap for Apple silicon and the Mac. Featuring UltraFusion — Apple’s innovative…
Outclassed Samsung partners with AMD in attempt to keep up with Apple Silicon
Outclassed Samsung introduced its first mobile processor powered by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) graphics as the company…
Microsoft hires key Apple engineer to design server chips
Microsoft has lured away veteran semiconductor designer Mike Filippo from Apple as it looks to expand its own server-chips efforts…
Qualcomm CEO: We can have the best chip on the market, thanks to ex-Apple chip architects
Longtime processor suppliers Intel Corp and Advanced Micro Devices have no chips as energy efficient as Apple’s. Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon…
CNN: Apple’s rivals may never be able to catch up to its powerful new chips
Starting today, May 21st, users can get their hands on the all-new powerful M1 iMac, the M1-powered iPad Pro, and the next generation of…
Apple Silicon will lead the way in 5nm chips this year
Counterpoint expects Apple to lead the way as the top customer in 5nm this year (with all orders to TSMC), including Apple Silicon fab…
Apple’s 2021 Mac chips will blow away the fastest PCs
Apple is prepping new Mac chips for introduction as early as 2021 that are aimed at significantly outperforming the fastest PCs…
Why is Apple’s M1 chip so fast?
Real world experience with the new M1 Macs have started trickling in. They are fast. Very, very fast. Developer Erik Engheim explains why…
AMD to buy Apple supplier Xilinx for $35 billion in stock
AMD has agreed to pay $35 billion in stock for Xilinx, the biggest maker of chips called field programmable gate arrays…
Apple set to break out in coronavirus market rally as Dow futures jump on vaccine hopes
Dow futures jumped Tuesday morning, along with S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures, amid continued coronavirus vaccine hopes. The coronavirus stock market rally …
Stock futures jump on Memorial Day as coronavirus stock market rally rolls on
On Monday morning, Dow Jones stock futures rose solidly, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, with U.S. markets closed for Memorial Day…
‘Naked’ investors, not COVID numbers, will determine market performance
Naked investors who went all-in on stocks might sell once they recoup some of their losses, which could lead to a bigger decline in the market…
AMD Macs? Apple’s latest macOS beta code references AMD processors and graphics cards
Are AMD Macs on the horizon? References to upcoming AMD processors, graphics cards and APUs have been spotted in code for macOS 10.15.4 beta 1…
Intel significantly delays its entire server roadmap: Something is seriously wrong
It looks like Intel is not just delaying a single server project, their entire roadmap has just slid significantly…
Intel, AMD, and Microsoft likely hardest hit by new Chinese mandate forbidding international technology
Following the U.S. ban that prohibited domestic companies from supplying equipment to Huawei back in May, the technological Cold War between the U.S. and China…
AMD details Apple’s new 16-inch MacBook Pro’s Radeon Pro 5000M-series GPUs
AMD has revealed the specifications of the new Radeon Pro 5000M-series GPU options available…
Time for Apple to dump the Intel slug for AMD’s powerhouse 7nm chips
Intel has been stuck in a bit of a quagmire as of late…
Intel might slash the price of its Core CPUs to counter AMD rivalry
There’s a rumor doing the rounds that Intel might decide to slash the prices of its Core processors to stick two fingers…
How to fully protect your Mac against Zombieland bug, and how badly the fix affects performance
Want to protect your Mac against the Zombieland (MDS) bug?
These Macs may be unable to be patched for future vulnerabilities similar to ‘ZombieLoad’
Several pre-2011 Macs could still be vulnerable to ‘ZombieLoad’-like security exploits…
How to protect your Mac from Intel CPU’s Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) vulnerabilities
Intel has disclosed vulnerabilities called Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) that apply to desktop and notebook computers with Intel CPUs…
New secret-spilling flaw affects almost every Intel chip since 2011; Apple to release patches today
Security researchers have found a new class of vulnerabilities in Intel chips which…
Winners and Losers of the Apple-Qualcomm detente
The end to a battle between Apple Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. removed a hangover for shareholders…
Why Intel’s smartphone strategy went off the rails yet again
Intel recently scrapped its plans to sell 5G modems for smartphones, shortly after its top customer, Apple…
Why did Intel kill off their modem program?
There is no way to sugar coat Intel’s modem story, it has been a flaming disaster from the start…
Analyst estimates Apple paid up to $6 billion to settle with Qualcomm
Apple probably paid Qualcomm between $5 billion and $6 billion to settle the litigation…
Qualcomm detente is a bitter pill for Tim Cook; clock is ticking on Apple’s own modem
Apple Inc.’s legal surrender this week is a blow for the company’s supply chain strategy…
Qualcomm CEO on Apple settlement: We’re not going to disclose how much the deal is worth
A day after settling a multibillion-dollar battle with Apple, Qualcomm’s CEO…
Here’s what likely happened between Apple, Qualcomm and Intel
On day two of what was expected to be by far the biggest patent or antitrust lawsuit ever heard…
Qualcomm settlement with Apple paves way for Huawei dispute
Qualcomm Inc’s surprise settlement of a prolonged legal fight with Apple Inc paves…
Intel axes 5G modem plans after Apple and Qualcomm settle
Chipmaker Intel conceded on Tuesday it would not release a 5G smartphone modem…
Researchers reveal new ‘Spoiler’ vulnerability in all Intel Core processors
There is no software mitigation that can completely erase this problem…
Apple’s management doesn’t seem to want Nvidia support in macOS, a bad sign for the next-gen Mac Pro
In October 2018, Nvidia issued as public a statement as it ever does…
AMD’s Radeon 7 pushes PC gaming to ‘the bleeding edge’
CES 2019 marks the first time AMD has ever given a keynote at the international trade show…
Apple’s macOS Mojave hints at new, unannounced Vega GPU chips coming to Mac soon
AMD could be extending its lines of Radeon Pro Vega GPUs that could be used in a future Mac refresh…
Intel discloses new ‘Variant 3a’ and ‘Variant 4’ Spectre-like chip flaw vulnerabilities
Intel has released “INTEL-SA-00115,” the latest information on Intel product security or lack thereof…
Germany calls on chip and hardware makers to tackle processor flaws
Germany’s federal cyber agency called on chip and hardware-makers to address new vulnerabilities discovered…
3 things to expect from Apple’s 2019 Mac Pro
In 2019, Apple is expected to release a new Mac computer targeted at professional content creators and other power users…
Apple releases Meltdown patches for older macOS versions
Apple on Tuesday took the next step toward protecting Mac users from recently disclosed security vulnerabilities…
Benchmarked iPhone shows performance took a serious hit at every possible level after Spectre security patch
Apple released iOS 11.2.2 update to address Spectre security issues…
Intel’s Spectre patch is causing reboot problems
Intel is quietly advising some customers to hold off installing patches that address new security flaws affecting virtually all of its processors…
