It seems plausible that this will be the chip powering the new iPhone 5S
Tag: A6X
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 moves A6X processor production from Samsung to TSMC; trials begin this quarter
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has been contracted by Apple…
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…
Analyst: Intel will stamp out Apple ARM-based iPhone processors – if Apple switches to x86 chips in iPad
Intel would agree to use Apple’s preferred architecture for the iPhone…
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…
Apple’s next chip architecture transition will be inconvenient, but not the end of the world
It’s been over 3 years since Apple has ensured that their operating system…
What should Apple be doing with ARM – and it’s not Macs
Apple currently benefits from Intel’s best-in-the-world manufacturing technology…
What Apple dumping Intel could mean
If Apple Inc. really dumps Intel Corp. as its provider of chips for the Macintosh…
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…
Analyst: 2 million of those 3 million iPad sold in first weekend were iPad mini units
Apple Inc. said it sold 3 million units of its iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad…
Apple sells three million iPads in three days; double previous first weekend sales record
Apple today announced it has sold three million iPads in just three days…
iPad 4 graphics upgrade a serious horsepower increase; Apple’s A6X is one massive processing machine
Apple’s fourth-generation iPad is hardly an incremental upgrade…
Benchmarks: Apple iPad 4’s A6X beats all comers in GPU performance
Ultimately it looks like the A6X is the SoC that the iPad needed…
Apple debuts 7.9-inch iPad mini; unveils new 4th gen. iPad with 9.7-inch Retina display
Apple today introduced iPad mini, a completely new iPad design…
