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Tag: A5X

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…

Apple’s next-gen iPad mini’s Retina display is ‘amazing,’ says source

Tuesday, February 5, 2013 11:01 amTuesday, February 5, 201317 Comments

Resolution is said to be pegged at 2048 x 1536…

FCC document shows new, smaller Apple TV with A5X chip is coming soon

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 10:24 am15 Comments

Apple is updating its Apple TV…

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…

PC Magazine: Apple’s iPhone 5 is ‘the fastest smartphone we’ve ever tested’

Sunday, September 23, 2012 9:38 amSunday, September 23, 201248 Comments

With its mysterious, Apple-designed A6 processor, the iPhone 5 is unique in the world of smartphones…

AnandTech: The iPhone 5 Performance Preview

Saturday, September 22, 2012 3:58 pm46 Comments

Apple’s A6 SoC makes use of a pair of Apple’s own CPU cores that implement the ARMv7 ISA…

Photo purports to show A6 CPU in Apple’s next-gen iPhone

Thursday, August 30, 2012 3:02 pmThursday, August 30, 201213 Comments

A new photo of questionable quality purports to show a new system on a chip…

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…

iPhone 5 rumor roundup: Release date, 4-inch display, Liquidmetal casing, quad-core A6, and much more

Friday, July 27, 2012 11:00 amFriday, July 27, 201217 Comments

We have peered into the abyss to bring you the latest, hottest iPhone 5 info…

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…

Study: Apple’s iPad dominates tablet web traffic with 94.64% share

Friday, May 4, 2012 5:01 pmFriday, May 4, 201216 Comments

Apple’s revolutionary iPad accounted for 94.64% of all tablet-based traffic…

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…

Apple testing faster A5X-powered iPhone with 1GB of RAM, new iPod touch

Monday, April 9, 2012 1:01 pmMonday, April 9, 201211 Comments

With one iOS device update out of the way for 2012…

ZDNet’s O’Grady: iPad 3 ‘Heatgate’ drama is completely overblown

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 3:42 pm27 Comments

Much has been written about the increase in heat emitted from the iPad…

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 new iPad’s A5X processor trounces Nvidia Tegra 3 in 3D graphics

Sunday, March 18, 2012 1:01 pmSunday, March 18, 201225 Comments

Apple’s claim that the new iPad’s A5X processor outperforms the Nvidia Tegra 3…

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 makes it official: iPad arrives in the US and 9 additional countries at 8am on Friday

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 8:40 amWednesday, March 14, 20127 Comments

Apple today announced the new iPad, the third generation of its category defining mobile device…

Jefferies analyst went to Asia and thought he saw Apple iTV; expects next-gen iPhone with A6 and 4-4.3-inch display

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 3:02 pmTuesday, March 13, 201221 Comments

Signs that Apple may be preparing to begin commercial production of a full-fledged television…

‘iPad HD’ will surpass laptops on key features

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 10:28 am18 Comments

With the iPad HD, it will become crystal clear why Apple’s tablet is the fastest growing ‘PC’ segment…

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…

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