Yet again, Microsoft is trying to follow Apple’s lead and is assembling an in-house “Microsoft Silicon” team to build new custom ARM chips…
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Apple plans ‘regular cadence’ of Mac updates, thanks to Apple Silicon
Apple execs discuss about the impact of the M chips in Macs so far, how they see Apple Silicon developing over time, with a bit about gaming…
Apple owns dominant 62% revenue share of tablet applications processors
The global tablet applications processor (AP) market grew 12 percent to $3 billion in the calendar year 2021 and is dominated by Apple with…
Apple’s A16 chip said to stick to 5nm process; M2 will make leap to 3nm
Apple’s chip plans for its upcoming A16 and M2 chips, as well as the “final” variant in the M1 family of chips…
Apple expected to unveil the world’s most powerful MacBook Pro models ever
Apple is widely expected by analysts and company observers to unveil new MacBook Pro computers, the world’s most powerful ever, at an event…
Ming-Chi Kuo: New MacBook Air powered by next-gen Apple Silicon coming in Q3 2022
Uber-analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple’s new MacBook Air with next-gen Apple Silicon, possibly the unannounced “M2” is scheduled to…
Apple reportedly prepping Mac Pro version with Intel Ice Lake Xeon W-3300 CPUs
Apple might be using Intel’s next-gen Xeon W-3300 Ice Lake workstation CPUs to power a Mac Pro version said to be coming this year…
Apple Silicon upgrades in Macs expected to push beleaguered Intel’s chip market share to new low
In June 2020, Apple announced the upgrade of the Macintosh to its world-class custom Apple Silicon to deliver industry-leading performance…
Apple’s M1 MacBook Air: 8GB of RAM is plenty
For other than all-day, heads-down Pro users, ZDNet’s Robin Harris found that 8GB of RAM is plenty for most Apple’s M1 MacBook Air users…
Apple Silicon hardware support merged into Linux 5.13
Asahi Linux has merged initial support for Apple Silicon hardware into the Linux system-on-chip (SoC) tree, where it will hopefully make it…
Adobe releases Premiere Pro public beta for Apple Silicon M1 Macs
Adobe has been hard at work on a version of Premiere Pro that will run natively on Apple’s new Apple Silicon based M1 processor…
Apple supplier TSMC on track for volume production of 3nm chips next year
Apple’s main chip supplier TSMC is on track to begin risk production of a 3nm fabrication process in the second half of this year, when…
Under pressure from Apple Silicon, beleaguered Intel stoops to selective benchmark claims
Using cherry-picked benchmarks, beleaguered Intel has resorted to claiming that its line of big, hot, slow, inefficient processors can best…
Beleaguered Intel tumbles after new CEO doubles down on internal chip manufacturing
Intel shares tumbled after the incoming CEO pledged to regain the company’s long-lost lead in chip manufacturing, countering…
Incoming CEO of Intel: We have to be better than ‘lifestyle company’ Apple at making CPUs
Intel’s new CEO, Pat Gelsinger is already trying to rally the maker of hot, slow x86 chips after being thoroughly embarrassed by Apple …
Beleaguered Intel ousts CEO Bob Swan
Beleaguered Intel ousted its CEO Wednesday in a surprise move that pivots the semiconductor giant closer to its engineering roots after…
Apple supplier TSMC plans to bury feckless Intel with spending blitz of up to $28 billion
TSMC will invest up to $28B, a staggering sum aimed at constructing a plant in Arizona to serve Apple and expanding its lead over Intel and…
Intel previews new ‘Alder Lake’ chips that look to emulate Apple Silicon approach
Intel at CES offered a preview of its next chip release, the hybrid Alder Lake chipsets, which will use an approach similar to Apple Silicon…
Apple Silicon will lead the way in 5nm chips this year
Counterpoint expects Apple to lead the way as the top customer in 5nm this year (with all orders to TSMC), including Apple Silicon fab…
Apple Silicon-powered 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro releases expected to boost CPU market share
Apple is expected to release new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with Apple Silicon SoCs this year, driving further growth in CPU …
Beleaguered Intel has few good options as investor demands break-up
Activist investor Daniel Loeb wants Intel to consider splitting its chip manufacturing operations from its chip design and development…
Third Point urges snail-like Intel to explore strategic alternatives as market share deteriorates
Third Point, the hedge fund led by Dan Loeb, is urging snail-like Intel’s board of directors to hire an investment adviser to explore…
Apple’s 2021 Mac chips will blow away the fastest PCs
Apple is prepping new Mac chips for introduction as early as 2021 that are aimed at significantly outperforming the fastest PCs…
Dumping Intel for M1 in MacBooks saves Apple some $2.5 billion per year
Sumit Gupta, VP, IBM’s AI Strategy, has done the math and estimates that Apple’s move to dump Intel for the M1 in new M1 MacBooks …
TechCrunch reviews Apple’s M1 MacBook Pro: ‘Makes Intel’s chips obsolete’
Apple last week unveiled the M1. Now, the M1 MacBook Pro reviews are arriving. It looks like Apple has indeed made Intel’s chips obsolete …
Apple’s M1 GPU destroys GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in new graphics benchmark
A new GFXBench 5.0 submission for Apple’s M1 GPU exhibits its dominance over standalone graphics cards such as the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti…
Microsoft releasing new Office for Apple M1 Macs beta
Today Microsoft announced that it will launch a new Universal build of its Mac Office 2019 beta today that supports Apple’s new M1 Macs …
Why Apple is dumping Intel
Apple is dumping Intel CPUs from Macintosh. On Tuesday, Apple announced the new M1, the most powerful chip it has ever created and…
Apple dumps Intel x86 in Macs for M1 with the world’s fastest CPU core
Apple on Tuesday unveiled M1, the most powerful chip it has ever created. Apple’s M1 features the world’s fastest CPU core…
Apple’s M1 Macs emulate some apps faster than Intel-based Macs can run them natively
Apple’s M1, found in Macs such as the company’s Mac mini, MacBook Air, and 13-inch MacBook Pro, is the most powerful chip it has ever…
Apple unveils new M1-powered MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini
Apple today introduced a new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini powered by the revolutionary M1, the first in a family of chips…
Apple unleashes the insanely powerful M1
Apple today announced M1, the most powerful chip it has ever created and the first chip designed specifically for the Mac. M1 is optimized…
