It seems plausible that this will be the chip powering the new iPhone 5S
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Apple creating development shop in Orlando, Florida for custom chip design and testing
Apple’s hardware development operations are expanding to the Orlando, Florida…
Rumor: Apple to use Snapdragon SoC processors in upcoming low-cost iPhone
The Snapdragon sounds like perfect candidate to make its way onto Apple’s low-cost iPhone…
Next Intel CEO to guide new business, maybe deal to stamp out Apple processors
Intel’s next CEO is likely to shepherd the top chipmaker into…
Intel opens chip foundry business to outside companies, paving way for potential deal with Apple
Intel Corp has agreed to make chips on behalf of Altera…
TSMC CEO comments signal massive next-gen Apple A-series chip orders
Chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Morris Chang…
Analyst: Apple to use TSMC’s new 16nm FinFET process for ‘breakthrough’ product
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to start making…
Apple granted U.S. system-on-chip patent protecting future A-series processors
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted Apple…
Apple rumors bloom near Malta, NY: New speculation centers on GlobalFoundries as Cupertino’s chip maker
There is no reason GlobalFoundries couldn’t be the company that Apple wants…
New York’s Capital Region may have Apple’s eye; Top-secret talks hint firm is weighing area for new plant
Apple Inc. and worldwide demand for its iPhone and iPad…
Apple hiring ‘dozens’ of former Texas Instruments engineers in Israel
Apple has been expanding its workforce in Israel over the past couple of weeks…
Mac of the Future: the CPU
Imagine a 13-inch Macbook Air with a retina-class display that weighs only a few ounces…
Apple’s processor fab shift from Samsung to TSMC stokes capacity concerns in semiconductor industry
TSMC will start producing chips for Apple’s next iOS devices in 2013…
AMD plans to sell 58-acre Austin, Texas campus to raise cash
AMD expects to sell the 58-acre site for between $150 million and $200 million…
Cringely: Otellini was forced out by Intel board thanks to Apple’s decision to abandon Intel chips
Yes, Otellini was forced out by the board…
Texas Instruments to cut nearly 5% of its workforce
The Dallas company said it expects restructuring charges of $325 million…
Samsung: We did not raise chip fab prices on Apple
A Samsung Electronics official has denied reports…
Will Apple really switch the Mac to Apple designed ARM-based processors?
Such a change would no doubt hurt Intel, already fighting to maintain…
iPad 4 has processing power to spare; benchmarks show plenty of speed; beats Google Nexus 7, Microsoft Surface
Apple surprised us by announcing it was launching a fourth-generation iPa…
Analysts sees Apple designed ARM-based Macs as ‘inevitable,’ eventually
It’s ‘inevitable’ that Apple will merge its Mac and iOS devices…
Apple exploring switch from Intel processors for Macintosh, say sources
Apple Inc. is exploring ways to replace Intel Corp. processors in its Mac personal computers…
Apple gets serious about reducing, eliminating orders from Samsung
Samsung Electronics and Apple have been technology’s oddest bedfellows
Analyst: TSMC to be Apple’s sole 20nm quad-core processor supplier
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. estimated Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co…
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…
New iPad with Lightning connector arriving this year?
Signs of a possible new Lightning connector-touting iPad…
Unknown iPad running on A6-based processor shows up in app analytics log
The device’s processor targets the new ARMv7s architecture that supports the custom A6…
Apple plots course to dump slavish copier Samsung from supply chain; looks to TSMC to stamp out processors
Apple has introduced the iPhone 5 and is preparing to unwrap its iPad mini…
One week with iPhone 5: What’s improved, evolved, and gone sideways
The Apple iPhone continues to be one of the most important devices…
New Geekbench build clocks Apple’s A6 processor at around 1.3GHz
As the initial wave of iPhone 5 reviews hit, it looked like…
Analysis of Apple A6 core reveals exquisite, optimized custom layout done by hand
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’
With its mysterious, Apple-designed A6 processor, the iPhone 5 is unique in the world of smartphones…
AnandTech: The iPhone 5 Performance Preview
Apple’s A6 SoC makes use of a pair of Apple’s own CPU cores that implement the ARMv7 ISA…
Apple A6 die reveals 3-core GPU
The image reveals two 32-bit LPDDR2 memory channels and three GPU cores…
iPhone 5’s A6 SoC SunSpider performance fastest ever recorded on a smartphone
Apple’s iPhone 5’s A6 SoC is the fastest SunSpider test we’ve ever recorded on a smartphone…
Apple’s custom A6 processor the result of years of effort, including a $500 million chip development program
Apple’s A6 processor is the result of years of effort that has its roots in Apple’s…
iPhone 5 benchmark score outperforms every iOS and Android device to date
The iPhone 5’s benchmark score beat out the highest-performing Android devices…
A6 is Apple’s first with custom-designed CPU cores; iPhone 5 memory size and speed revealed
This is a huge deal for Apple. It puts the company in another league…
Photo purports to show A6 CPU in Apple’s next-gen iPhone
A new photo of questionable quality purports to show a new system on a chip…
iPhone 5 rumor roundup: Release date, 4-inch display, Liquidmetal casing, quad-core A6, and much more
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
The latest AMD chip engineer to pop up at Apple is…
Hardware details of Apple’s next-gen iPhone
The processor is an ARM S5L8950X…
