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Tag: A5

Apple TV 2013: Analysis of a new Apple A5

Friday, March 15, 2013 1:00 pmFriday, March 15, 201310 Comments

The Apple TV is an incredibly relevant device today…

Latest Apple TV units sport die-shrunk Apple A5 chip further suggesting split from Samsung

Monday, March 11, 2013 11:29 amMonday, March 11, 201314 Comments

Apple rolled out a die shrink of the A5 in the third-generation Apple TV…

Rumor: Apple to use Snapdragon SoC processors in upcoming low-cost iPhone

Saturday, March 9, 2013 11:30 amSaturday, March 9, 201319 Comments

The Snapdragon sounds like perfect candidate to make its way onto Apple’s low-cost iPhone…

Texas Instruments to cut nearly 5% of its workforce

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 6:27 pm32 Comments

The Dallas company said it expects restructuring charges of $325 million…

Samsung: We did not raise chip fab prices on Apple

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 1:57 pm19 Comments

A Samsung Electronics official has denied reports…

Analyst: TSMC to be Apple’s sole 20nm quad-core processor supplier

Friday, October 12, 2012 2:39 pmFriday, October 12, 20128 Comments

Citigroup Global Markets Inc. estimated Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co…

Analysis of Apple A6 core reveals exquisite, optimized custom layout done by hand

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 9:00 amTuesday, September 25, 201224 Comments

Over the last week, more and more details of Apple’s custom A6 processor…

Apple, Qualcomm spurned in bids for exclusive TSMC chips

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 9:12 amWednesday, August 29, 201217 Comments

Apple Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. were rebuffed in separate attempts to invest cash…

Samsung to invest $4 billion in Austin mobile chip plant

Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:39 amTuesday, August 21, 201211 Comments

Samsung announced Tuesday that it will invest approximately $4 billion…

Another AMD engineer – a graphics and system-on-a-chip expert – goes to Apple

Friday, July 20, 2012 12:01 pmFriday, July 20, 20122 Comments

The latest AMD chip engineer to pop up at Apple is…

Hardware details of Apple’s next-gen iPhone

Thursday, May 31, 2012 2:09 pmThursday, May 31, 201210 Comments

The processor is an ARM S5L8950X…

Apple’s revised iPad 2 with new 32nm A5 SoC brings even better battery life, cooler operation

Friday, May 4, 2012 9:57 amFriday, May 4, 20125 Comments

What’s different with the $399 iPad 2 is that Apple used it as a vehicle…

Apple silently debuts 32nm A5 in new iPad 2, Apple TV

Thursday, April 12, 2012 10:34 amThursday, April 12, 20125 Comments

The magicians of Cupertino have quietly started shipping iOS devices with 32nm A5 SoCs…

In-Stat: Apple to overtake Intel as top mobile processor company by year end

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 5:48 pm12 Comments

Apple is an iconic consumer electronics company with a string of massively successful products…

Apple’s A5X floorplan

Saturday, March 17, 2012 12:21 pm9 Comments

Today has been pretty exciting. Not only did we confirm the die size…

Apple TV contains custom A5 chip not found in any other Apple product

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 7:03 pmThursday, March 8, 201214 Comments

Apple’s new Apple TV is an interesting device and that’s even before you know…

Next-gen 4G-capable iPad and Apple TV – both powered by dual-core Apple A5X SoC – to be revealed tomorrow, says source

Tuesday, March 6, 2012 5:33 pmTuesday, March 6, 201227 Comments

I’s basically an A5 on steroids…

Apple shares hit all-time record as invites go out for next-gen iPad event

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:30 pm19 Comments

Shares of Apple Inc. (AAPL) shot up $8.00 to $533.76 after Apple began…

New Apple TV will launch alongside iPad 3, sources say

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:01 amTuesday, February 28, 201222 Comments

Apple will launch a new Apple TV alongside the next-generation iPad…

Apple working on enhanced A5X and completely new chip A6 chip

Monday, February 27, 2012 8:41 am6 Comments

Typically, when Apple’s product launched approaches…

Apple’s ‘iPad 3’ rumored to have Siri, dual-core A5X chip, 1080p camera with image stabilization

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 12:15 pmTuesday, February 21, 201223 Comments

A purported ‘iPad 3’ 9.7-inch front glass panel showing a design…

Tim Cook: Apple may further meld iOS and OS X; says Macs could run on ARM chips

Thursday, February 16, 2012 4:01 pmThursday, February 16, 201219 Comments

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook wants to make its Mac more like an iPhone…

Apple to unveil iPad 3 on March 7 with quad-core A6, possible 4G LTE, sources say

Monday, February 13, 2012 6:46 pmMonday, February 13, 201236 Comments

According to sources who have been reliable in the past…

Secret Apple project worked to port Mac OS X to iPad-style ARM processors

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 9:00 amTuesday, February 7, 201218 Comments

While iOS also uses the Darwin kernel, this project involved Mac OS X…

Why Apple’s A5 is so big–and iPhone 4 won’t get Siri

Sunday, February 5, 2012 9:08 am25 Comments

The problem with Android tablets isn’t a lack of maturity…

Entire high-end handset/tablet component market may soon be completely at Apple’s mercy

Thursday, February 2, 2012 9:12 am12 Comments

Apple’s strength is reshaping the entire component market…

Texas Instruments shows OMAP5 reference hardware, claims to be ‘way ahead’ of Apple

Friday, January 13, 2012 9:49 am30 Comments

TI has teased its first practical OMAP5 reference hardware…

Made in the USA: Apple’s powerful A5 processor now in full production at Samsung’s Texas factory

Friday, December 16, 2011 9:07 amFriday, December 16, 201123 Comments

The A5 processor – the brain in the iPhone 4S and iPad 2…

Analyst: Apple has big lead over Intel in mobile chips

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 12:21 pmWednesday, December 14, 20115 Comments

In the brave new world of tablets and smartphones, chip competition…

2012: Apple’s quad-core A6-powered iPhone 5 incinerates Android

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 2:03 pmWednesday, December 7, 201126 Comments

Apple’s 2012 quad-core iPhone 5 promises power and performance no comparable Android device can ever hope to match…

Apple prepping for next-gen ‘A’ processors

Saturday, November 26, 2011 2:57 pm10 Comments

The current A5 processor that is found in the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S utilizes 45-nm…

Apple about to acquire AMD?

Friday, November 11, 2011 12:00 pmFriday, November 11, 201124 Comments

In 2010, it was reported that Apple was testing AMD processors…

10 apps that take advantage of iPhone 4S’ new features, including Siri

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 2:04 pmTuesday, October 25, 20112 Comments

A new iPhone gets you a faster processor, a better camera, enhanced GPS, and Siri…

Apple has 1,000 engineers working on chips

Monday, October 10, 2011 9:53 am14 Comments

Steve Jobs told me he has 1,000 engineers working on chips…

Apple unveils new iPhone 4S with dual-core A5 and Siri intelligent assistant; launches iOS 5 and iCloud

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 2:55 pmTuesday, October 4, 2011128 Comments

Apple today announced iPhone 4S, the most amazing iPhone yet, packed with new features…

An Apple A5-powered iPhone will offer feature faster graphics performance

Monday, October 3, 2011 8:36 am3 Comments

While most of the recent focus has been whether or not the next iPhone…

Analyst: Apple’s next-gen iPhone will look a lot like iPhone 4, not a major redesign

Monday, September 26, 2011 11:39 am12 Comments

Apple will unveil only one iPhone at its forthcoming Oct. 4 event…

RUMOR: Apple’s new iPhone packs double the RAM of iPhone 4, ‘A5’ chip for ‘Assistant’ voice control

Monday, September 26, 2011 9:25 amMonday, September 26, 201123 Comments

If you crack open the casing of the new iPhone, you will find significant upgrades…

Apple sued by Via Technologies over U.S. patents for microprocessors

Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:30 amThursday, September 22, 201115 Comments

Apple Inc., the world’s biggest technology company by value, was sued by Taiwan’s Via Technologies…

Leaked photo shows partially assembled iPhone 4S/5 components with Apple A5 chip

Monday, September 19, 2011 12:00 pmMonday, September 19, 20111 Comment

A new image that has surfaced that appears to show a new iPhone logic board with all chips in place…

TSMC lands contract to produce Apple’s next-gen ‘A6’ and ‘A7’ processors, say sources

Friday, September 16, 2011 11:46 am6 Comments

Apple has recently signed a foundry partnership agreement with TSMC…

TSMC reportedly gearing up for mass production of Apple ‘A6’ processors

Thursday, September 8, 2011 4:20 pmThursday, September 8, 20119 Comments

The A6 chip will be manufactured on TSMC’s 28-nanometer process

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