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Tag: Apple A9X

TSMC has never been so dominant as Apple orders boost profit

Tuesday, November 8, 2016 10:28 amTuesday, November 8, 20167 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is on a roll…

Analysts see strong iPhone 7 sales as A-seies chip fab TSMC sets new profit and sales records

Thursday, October 13, 2016 10:32 am6 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) raised its forecast for 2016 revenue after setting new profit and sales records…

Hello, Apple? It’s Mac. Have you forgotten me?

Thursday, September 22, 2016 2:28 pmThursday, September 22, 201640 Comments

Apple has continuously been leaving its Mac line dusty and old…

The iPhone’s new A10 Fusion chip should worry Intel

Friday, September 16, 2016 11:26 amFriday, September 16, 201619 Comments

Apple’s latest generation of smartphone processors has basically caught up with Intel’s laptops CPUs…

Apple A10-powered Macs on the way? Decoding Apple’s WWDC 2016 media invitation

Thursday, June 2, 2016 1:30 pmThursday, June 2, 201655 Comments

If you think Apple’s been slow with Mac innovation you are not alone…

AnandTech reviews Apple’s 9.7-inch iPad Pro: ‘Clearly the best standard-sized tablet on the market’

Wednesday, June 1, 2016 5:33 pmWednesday, June 1, 20167 Comments

Apple is now in a bit of an awkward situation, as there’s no way for someone to actually buy an iPad with the absolute best specs for every component…

Why Intel’s problem won’t be Apple’s problem

Friday, April 22, 2016 1:03 pm49 Comments

This week, beleaguered Intel announced that it was laying off 12,000 employees

Apple’s emphasis on security makes ARM-powered Macs ‘inevitable’

Thursday, April 21, 2016 9:42 am27 Comments

Apple will offer Macs equipped with an ARM processor, the same silicon used in the iPhone and iPad…

Apple’s 9.7-inch iPad Pro vs. 12.9-inch iPad Pro

Friday, March 25, 2016 9:57 amFriday, March 25, 201626 Comments

Apple has now unveiled the iPad Pro 9.7 giving the Pro range far wider appeal while retaining compatibility…

Apple’s new 4-inch iPhone and next-gen iPad Air to be powered by state-of-the-art A9 and A9x chips

Thursday, February 18, 2016 12:01 pmThursday, February 18, 201612 Comments

In March, Apple intends to announce an updated iPad and smaller-screen iPhone featuring the latest A9x and A9 chips…

What we know about Apple’s iPad Air 3

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 1:25 pmWednesday, February 10, 20165 Comments

Apple is expected to lift the curtain on the new iPad Air 3 come March…

Speed Test: iPad Pro vs. every other iPad model ever made

Monday, December 7, 2015 12:55 pmMonday, December 7, 20156 Comments

Apple’s powerful iPad Pro features groundbreaking performance with the new 64-bit A9X chip that rivals most portable PCs…

Analyst: iPad Pro and Apple Pencil hit by production issues

Thursday, November 19, 2015 9:35 am9 Comments

Apple is seeing less than satisfactory output of iPad Pro’s massive 12.9-inch display…

Why Apple won’t add a third core to their A10 chip next year

Friday, November 13, 2015 4:02 pmFriday, November 13, 20155 Comments

What’s interesting is that even though last year’s A8X chip found inside the iPad Air 2 employed a triple-core CPU design…

Why Apple’s new iPad Pro makes Mac users feel weird

Thursday, November 12, 2015 4:24 pmThursday, November 12, 201524 Comments

I’m typing this on a top-of-the-line 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display…

Apple’s new iPad Pro is faster and more affordable than beleaguered Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4

Thursday, November 12, 2015 2:37 pmThursday, November 12, 201522 Comments

Beleaguered Microsoft’s Surface Pro is offered in three processor tiers, each with different storage options…

Superior Silicon: How Apple is beating chipmakers at their own game

Thursday, October 29, 2015 10:31 am18 Comments

Apple’s A-series-powered mobile devices are blisteringly quick. They rarely hesitate, handle multiple apps with ease, and play games…

Samsung vs. TSMC: Comparing the battery life of two Apple A9 processors

Monday, October 12, 2015 5:30 pmMonday, October 12, 201534 Comments

Apple is sourcing an important system component, the Apple A9 system-on-a-chip, from both Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor…

How to find out if your iPhone 6s or 6s Plus has the good TSMC or crappy Samsung chip

Friday, October 9, 2015 3:45 pm35 Comments

Reports and videos floating around the Internet seem to indicate that there might be a significant battery life difference…

Analyzing Apple’s statement on TSMC- and Samsung-stamped A9 chips

Friday, October 9, 2015 11:22 amFriday, October 9, 201538 Comments

Since we first learned that the A9 SoC in Apple’s iPhone 6s lineup is dual sourced…

Apple may have made a huge mistake in having Samsung stamp inferior A9 chips

Friday, October 9, 2015 10:03 amFriday, October 9, 201528 Comments

Apple’s A9 is manufactured in TSMC’s 16-nanometer FinFET Plus manufacturing process while the other is built in a Samsung 14-nanometer process…

Apple claims iPhone 6s/Plus’ A9 battery performance only varies 2-3% between TSMC and Samsung variants in ‘real-world usage’

Thursday, October 8, 2015 5:19 pmThursday, October 8, 201524 Comments

Apple has addressed the spate of chatter about differences in performance between A9 chips…

Chipgate: Did you get the good A9 or the crap A9 in your iPhone 6s/Plus?

Thursday, October 8, 2015 4:16 pmThursday, October 8, 201562 Comments

With the release of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, it has come to light that Apple is splitting the manufacture of its A9 processor…

TSMC set to oust Samsung for future Apple chip fabrication

Monday, September 28, 2015 3:55 pmMonday, September 28, 201511 Comments

Despite a late start in TSMC’s 16 nm FinFET process, TSMC appears to have captured…

iPad Pro runs full-sized side-by-side apps; keyboard and stylus sold separately

Tuesday, September 8, 2015 8:25 am19 Comments

The base model of iPad Pro will likely ship with 64GB of storage…

Samsung stole trade secrets from TSMC to win Apple A9 stamping deal

Wednesday, August 26, 2015 4:29 pmWednesday, August 26, 201519 Comments

Today, Taiwan’s highest court ruled in favor of TSMC…

Intel Inside Apple’s iPad Pro?

Monday, August 24, 2015 10:30 am16 Comments

Apple’s iPad Pro will go into commercial production next month or by October…

New details about next iPhone and iPad’s ‘A9’ chip emerge

Monday, August 17, 2015 1:58 pmMonday, August 17, 20156 Comments

The Apple-designed ‘A9’ chip said to power the next-gen iPhones and iPads…

Apple is a semiconductor powerhouse; expect the first ARM-based Macs to appear in 2016

Tuesday, March 31, 2015 2:35 pmTuesday, March 31, 201538 Comments

Apple has become one of the largest semiconductor makers in the world…

Samsung has already lost to Apple in smartphones

Thursday, January 29, 2015 3:01 pmThursday, January 29, 201515 Comments

Apple’s greater profitability affords it the capital needed to fuel…

Apple’s blowout quarter predicted very accurately by same analyst who predicts ARM-based Macs

Wednesday, January 28, 2015 1:01 pmWednesday, January 28, 201533 Comments

Apple’s stunning iPhone sales in the December quarter took almost everyone by surprise…

Bernstein: Samsung gets Apple’s next-gen iPhone chip business; TSMC gets iPad, ‘iPad Pro,’ and ‘iPhone 6c’

Friday, November 21, 2014 11:26 amFriday, November 21, 20147 Comments

Bernstein believes Apple will likely introduce a larger iPad…

Apple inks multi-billion dollar chip fabrication deal with Samsung, sources say

Monday, November 17, 2014 3:55 pmMonday, November 17, 201426 Comments

From 2016, Samsung will supply 80 percent of APs used in Apple devices…

RUMOR: Apple buys Taiwan fab to stamp its own chips

Saturday, July 13, 2013 9:37 pmSaturday, July 13, 201383 Comments

Despite all that talk that Apple is striking a deal with TSMC…

Apple to buy chips from TSMC as it attempts to extricate itself from dependency on Samsung

Monday, July 1, 2013 5:16 pm34 Comments

In the past year, Apple executives have expressed concern that their dependence on Samsung…

TSMC wins three-year deal to supply Apple with A8, A9, and A9X chips, say sources

Monday, June 24, 2013 11:01 amMonday, June 24, 20134 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and…

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