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Tag: Apple processors

Apple will never reveal this iPhone 6 secret

Thursday, July 3, 2014 2:05 pm15 Comments

Each year, Apple launches a brand new set of iOS-based products…

Why Apple’s dazzling 64-bit A7 SoC demolishes the competition

Thursday, April 17, 2014 2:28 pmFriday, April 18, 201429 Comments

Apple produced a chip so much more powerful than its rivals…

Apple prepping A8-powered MacBook Air for 2014 release?

Wednesday, February 19, 2014 2:32 pmWednesday, February 19, 201434 Comments

Apple heaping praise on its own A7 was not just an iPad Air promo…

Apple to dump Samsung, work with Intel on future 10nm A-series processors?

Friday, February 14, 2014 1:29 pmFriday, February 14, 201424 Comments

Apple and Intel could possibly work together on a future 10 nm processor…

ARM acquires graphics software firm Geomerics

Friday, December 13, 2013 1:01 pmFriday, December 13, 20135 Comments

In a bid to bolster the graphics capability of its efficient mobile processors…

iPad Air’s Apple A7 chip identical to the iPhone’s, but with higher clock speed

Wednesday, October 30, 2013 10:44 am12 Comments

For the first time since the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S shared the A5 SoC…

Apple’s revolutionary 64-bit iPhone 5s’ graphics are insane; competitors blown away (with benchmarks)

Monday, October 28, 2013 9:29 amMonday, October 28, 201328 Comments

When the news broke regarding Apple’s drive to double the speed of the iPhone…

Qualcomm exec who dissed Apple’s 64-bit A7 chip as ‘marketing gimmick’ quietly reassigned, removed from company website

Friday, October 25, 2013 11:51 amFriday, October 25, 201337 Comments

A Qualcomm executive who publicly dissed Apple’s 64-bit A7 chip has been…

Apple vs. Microsoft: Significance of the October 22 showdown

Monday, October 21, 2013 2:00 pmMonday, October 21, 201319 Comments

On October 22, Microsoft’s Nokia will be hosting a media event…

Apple does something amazing

Monday, October 21, 2013 12:17 pmMonday, October 21, 201343 Comments

Apple’s processor design team truly is best in class…

Apple’s revolutionary 64-bit iPhone 5s breaks records to become ‘fastest phone ever tested’

Thursday, October 17, 2013 12:17 pm21 Comments

Researchers independently tested the processing speeds and performance…

Apple’s astonishing 64-bit A7 leaves Android iPhone wannabes in the dust

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 1:32 pmWednesday, October 16, 201320 Comments

There are immediate implications in the smartphone wars and broader, industry shaking implication…

Qualcomm backpedals from exec’s ‘marketing gimmick’ comment about Apple’s 64-bit iPhone 5s

Wednesday, October 9, 2013 10:30 am23 Comments

Apple supplier Qualcomm has backed away from statements made by a senior executive…

Apple’s 64-bit A7 already powering advanced new audio, video features in apps and games

Friday, October 4, 2013 11:29 amFriday, October 4, 201316 Comments

The A7 isn’t just faster than the previous A6; it’s faster than…

Outclassed, 32-bit antique dealer Qualcomm calls Apple’s 64-bit A7 chip a ‘marketing gimmick’

Thursday, October 3, 2013 10:04 amThursday, October 3, 201348 Comments

Apple’s 64-bit A7 processor in the iPhone 5s…

Apple takes the high-end with their 64-bit A7; leaves rivals to scrap for survival in low-end

Wednesday, October 2, 2013 5:25 pmWednesday, October 2, 201331 Comments

The most significant part of Apple’s launch of the iPhone 5s and 5c…

Apple’s 64-bit A7 is no gimmick: New iPhone 5s offers major performance leap

Wednesday, September 25, 2013 11:45 amWednesday, September 25, 201318 Comments

When Apple announced the iPhone 5s would be the world’s first 64-bit smartphone…

The world’s first 64-bit smartphone is just the beginning, Apple’s A7 chip paves the way for Apple’s long-term future

Wednesday, September 11, 2013 12:05 pm24 Comments

Apple injected a lot of marketing hyperbole into its claims about the wonders of 64-bit computing…

Bob Mansfield’s new role at Apple is to focus on chips

Saturday, August 3, 2013 12:02 pmSaturday, August 3, 20139 Comments

Apple executive Bob Mansfield’s unexplained departure from Apple’s leadership team…

Analyst: Apple better off focusing on chip process development rather than fabrication

Monday, July 15, 2013 2:31 pmMonday, July 15, 201316 Comments

For Apple to build its own full-fledged chip production facility…

Samsung inks deal to resume stamping Apple A-series processors from 2015, South Korean report claims

Monday, July 15, 2013 9:11 amMonday, July 15, 201329 Comments

Samsung Electronics will supply mobile application processor (AP) to Apple Inc…

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…

Apple’s prototype iPhone 5S based on new Apple A7 processor

Monday, June 24, 2013 4:32 pmMonday, June 24, 20132 Comments

Last week, we shared a pair of photos of Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5S…

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…

Apple TV 2013: Analysis of a new Apple A5

Friday, March 15, 2013 1:00 pmFriday, March 15, 201310 Comments

The Apple TV is an incredibly relevant device today…

Intel opens chip foundry business to outside companies, paving way for potential deal with Apple

Tuesday, February 26, 2013 8:36 am12 Comments

Intel Corp has agreed to make chips on behalf of Altera…

Apple moves A6X processor production from Samsung to TSMC; trials begin this quarter

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 9:58 amFriday, January 4, 201316 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has been contracted by Apple…

Apple granted U.S. system-on-chip patent protecting future A-series processors

Tuesday, December 18, 2012 9:29 am5 Comments

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted Apple…

Apple dumped ARM’s designs in iPhone and iPad, but hardly anyone noticed

Tuesday, December 4, 2012 7:32 pm7 Comments

After years of using off-the-shelf ARM-designed cores…

Analyst: Intel will stamp out Apple ARM-based iPhone processors – if Apple switches to x86 chips in iPad

Friday, November 30, 2012 3:02 pmFriday, November 30, 201235 Comments

Intel would agree to use Apple’s preferred architecture for the iPhone…

Cringely: Otellini was forced out by Intel board thanks to Apple’s decision to abandon Intel chips

Tuesday, November 20, 2012 12:32 pm57 Comments

Yes, Otellini was forced out by the board…

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…

Apple plots course to dump slavish copier Samsung from supply chain; looks to TSMC to stamp out processors

Thursday, October 4, 2012 10:30 amThursday, October 4, 201236 Comments

Apple has introduced the iPhone 5 and is preparing to unwrap its iPad mini…

Apple TV contains custom A5 chip not found in any other Apple product

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 7:03 pmThursday, March 8, 201214 Comments

Apple’s new Apple TV is an interesting device and that’s even before you know…

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…

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