The technology to drive advancements in silicon — designing those chips to be smaller, faster and more powerful — is extraordinarily expensive…
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Apple still holds the fate of Imagination Technologies one year on
Imagination is continuing to lose staff to Apple…
The pros and cons of Apple A-Series MacBooks
Apple wants, and has the resources, to control the design of all of the important semiconductors in its products…
Apple, a semiconductor superpower in the making, looks to build their own ARM-based processors for Macs
Apple is expanding efforts to develop proprietary semiconductors to better compete in artificial intelligence…
Chinese government-backed fund targets Imagination Technologies for takeover
The troubled British microchip designer Imagination Technologies has become a takeover target…
Apple escalates feud, sets up new UK office on Imagination’s doorstep
Apple has raised the stakes in its bitter stand-off with Imagination Technologies by opening…
Apple fires back at Imagination Tech in contract dispute
When the iPhone supplier Imagination Technologies Group Plc announced in April that Apple Inc…
Imagination Technologies attacks Apple’s homegrown GPU plans
Imagination Technologies, the British-based technology firm that has long licensed the GPU tech…
It took just 81 days for this chipmaker to die after Apple dumped them
The British firm that supplied the designs for Apple’s graphics chips is up for sale…
Former Apple supplier Imagination Technologies puts itself up for sale
Imagination Technologies, the British firm that lost 70 percent of its value after being ditched by Apple…
Patrick Moorhead: Apple’s plan to dominate silicon
Before creating my industry analyst and research company, I was fortunate enough to spend over a decade…
Apple embarrasses Intel
A key reason why the pace of Mac hardware updates has slowed in recent years can be placed…
Apple silicon and Machine Learning
When Apple introduced its 64-bit A7 processor in September, 2013, they caught the industry by surprise…
Apple, a prodigious chipmaker, has some major competitive advantages
Along with being one of the world’s biggest consumer electronics makers, Apple…
Why CIO’s must understand Apple’s Neural Engine plan
One day, soon, your Apple iPhone will be able to figure out when you’re going to get sick…
Apple is working on ‘Apple Neural Engine,’ a dedicated chip to power AI directly on devices
Apple Inc. got an early start in artificial intelligence software with the 2011 introduction of Siri…
Imagination Technology starts dispute process with Apple
Imagination Technologies said it had started a ‘dispute resolution procedure’ with Apple…
Why Samsung’s Galaxy S8 can’t go core-to-core with Apple’s iPhone 7
iPhone 7 doesn’t just keep up with the twice-as-many cores in Galaxy S8…
UBS: Imagination likely to see Apple royalties slashed, then cease altogether
UBS analysts predicted that Imagination would become loss-making by fiscal 2019…
Why is Apple’s next-gen Mac Pro taking so long?
So if you take Apple at its word, the next Mac Pro is being developed as we speak…
Cupertino’s custom silicon: On the Apple G-series and the next 20 letters left
Apple has achieved significant advantages through owning its own silicon. But where can it go next?
Without Apple, Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR has no future
At this point, anybody with even a cursory interest in technology stocks has probably heard…
Apple steps up homegrown GPU plans with London hiring spree
Apple is embarking on a hiring spree in London as it ramps up efforts to develop…
Why Apple’s ditching of Imagination is critical for the future of the iPhone – and maybe even the Mac
British company Imagination Tech announced earlier this week that Apple will stop using…
Apple aims for more control, less cost as it accelerates in chip design
In the clearest example yet of the iPhone maker’s determination to take greater control of the core technologies…
Apple could look to buy Imagination Technologies after ditching the chip firm, share price plunge
Apple’s announcement to ditch the graphics chips designed by Imagination Technologies…
Apple supplier Imagination raises prospect of patent infringement lawsuit as shares implode
A small but critical Apple Inc. supplier here is raising the prospect of a patent fight…
Imagination Technologies’ shares collapse after Apple dumps UK chip designer
Shares in chipmaker Imagination Technologies plunged over 60 percent on Monday after the British company…
LG Innotek and Apple developing 3D camera for next-gen iPhone
LG Innotek united forces with Apple to develop a smartphone camera module which enables…
Apple special event predictions: Apple Iris Engine, Smart Button and more
The following is all based on months of legal research. I’ve been working up to this for a good while…
Leaked photos of Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus show Smart Connector, no mute switch
Some sources have described the 5.5 inch model as a separate SKU, an “iPhone 7 Pro,” for which…
Apple granted U.S. patent for dual-camera system
Apple’s iPhone 7 is [rumored] to introduce a dual lens camera system…
Apple is making iPhone 7 the next killer device
Apple is adding some really cool features to the iPhone 7 that will support demand, including dual-lens camera…
Apple patent application reveals new dual camera zoom lens system
Apple has been working on a new zoom lens system for iDevices for some time now…
Leaked components suggest Apple is looking to reinvent iPhone 6s camera
Sometimes even the best-kept secrets can leave a trail of clues…
Inside Apple’s revolutionary next-gen iPhone camera
Apple’s iPhone cameras are pretty great, but they’re about to get even better…
Apple’s LinX acquisition: The Israeli startup that will give iPhones SLR-quality photos
Apple has bought digital photography tech firm LinX Imaging…
Apple buys Israeli 3D/multi-image camera company LinX Computational Imaging
The companies had been discussing an acquisition price of about…
Apple’s focus in Israel: Chip design
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook was in Israel Thursday to visit the company’s new R&D offices…
Apple hires chip design luminary away from Samsung
He brings deep expertise in both PC technology as well as in products known as SoCs…
Apple’s powerful A6 a unique CPU design that’s never been seen before
Apple has developed its own central processing unit based on the chip design technology…