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Benchmarks prove M1 iPad Air 5 matches performance of iPad Pro, runs at full 3.2 GHz
The M1 powering the new iPad Air 5 matches the performance of the M1 iPad Pro at it runs at the full 3.2 GHz clock speed…
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple A16 exclusive to iPhone 14 Pro models; iPhone 14 to stick with A15 chip
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today tweeted that Apple plans to keep iPhone 14 models on the current A15 Bionic with A16 going into iPhone 14 Pro …
Ming-Chi Kuo: No new Mac Pro, iMac Pro, or high-end Mac mini until 2023
Uber-analyst Ming-Chi Kuo tweeted on Friday that Apple will not launch a new high-end Mac mini until 2023, as with the Mac Pro and…
Apple’s 4nm M2 chip is on track to launch this year
Apple’s M2 SoC will likely see a launch later this year in an updated family of Macs. It will be fabricated using TSMC’s 4nm process…
What fills the gap left by Apple’s 27-inch iMac discontinuation?
Apple on Tuesday discontinued the 27-inch iMac, leaving the 24-inch machine as the only iMac option. So what fills that gap…
Ming-Chi Kuo: 27-inch Apple display, new Mac mini coming this year; no iMac Pro or Mac Pro until 2023
TF International Securities’ Apple uber-analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today tweeted his predictions for Apple’s new desktop products, a Mac mini …
Apple preps Macs with M2 and super-powered M1 Max chips
As Apple continues eliminating Intel-handicapped Macs from its lineup, the company is said to be prepping Macs with super-powered M1 Max …
More ‘realityOS’ references discovered ahead of Apple’s AR/VR headset
Developers are seeing more references to “realityOS” – the operating system that the headset will run – Within Apple’s code, as the rumored…
SoftBank kills sale of Arm Ltd. to Nvidia over regulatory hurdles; will IPO instead
SoftBank has killed its attempt to sell Arm Ltd. to U.S. chipmaker Nvidia valued at up to $80 billion over regulatory hurdles and will IPO …
Apple’s new secret weapon: The indomitable Macintosh
Apple’s earnings report from its most recent holiday quarter was record-breaking across several metrics, but Macintosh sales are exploding!
Apple remained No.1 in semiconductor spending in 2021
Apple remained at the top of the semiconductor spending customer ranking in 2021. Apple increased its spending on memory by 36.8% and…
The sneaky way COVID-19 helped Apple
Obviously, due to the various and sundry COVID-19 responses around the world, rational and irrational, more people worked from home…
Outclassed Samsung partners with AMD in attempt to keep up with Apple Silicon
Outclassed Samsung introduced its first mobile processor powered by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) graphics as the company…
Apple supplier TSMC profit rises 16.4%; sees multi-year growth ahead; to boost chip spending in 2022
Taiwan-based major Apple supplier TSMC expects strong growth to accelerate in coming years due to booming semiconductor demand…
Microsoft hires key Apple engineer to design server chips
Microsoft has lured away veteran semiconductor designer Mike Filippo from Apple as it looks to expand its own server-chips efforts…
Apple Silicon designer Jeff Wilcox leaves Apple to rejoin Intel
Apple Silicon leader and T2 security processor developer Jeff Wilcox has left Apple to rejoin Intel and oversee architecture for all Intel…
Intel claims its new Core i9 processor is faster than Apple’s M1 Max
Intel on Tuesday announced the 12th generation of its mobile processors focused on laptops and smaller computers. According to Intel…
Apple’s forthcoming AR/VR headset said to have three displays
Display Supply Chain Consultants published a paper with 10 predictions for the display industry in 2022, which includes Apple’s AR/VR headset…
Apple expected to finish transition from Intel to Apple Silicon as early as June with bevy of new pro Macs
Apple has a bevy of new professional-class Macs in the pipeline which are based on the Apple Silicon M1 Pro and M1 Max chips that are…
Apple ditched Intel in 2021, and it’s really paying off
Apple, in the process of dumping Intel of out their Mac lineup, launched two more M1-based Apple Silicon Macs in 2021, including an all-new…
Ming-Chi Kuo moves his Apple AR/VR headset launch date from Q2 to Q4 2022
Apple uber-analyst Ming Chi Kuo has moved his target launch date for Apple’s long-awaited VR and AR headset from Q2 to Q4 2022…
Apple reportedly to update Apple Silicon chips in 18-month cycle
Apple plans to update its Apple silicon chips on an 18-month cysle, compared to the annual upgrade cycle of macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and…
Apple preps five new Macs for 2022, including powerhouse Apple Silicon Mac Pro
Apple is working on five new Macs for launch in 2022, including an all-new powerhouse Apple Silicon Mac Pro …
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple AR headset with Mac-level computing power coming in 2022
Apple’s widely expected augmented reality (AR) headset project is poised to appear late next year with the first device to offer Mac-level…
Apple said to begin using custom 5G iPhone modem in 2023
TSMC’s 4-nanometer chip technology wil be used to produce Apple’s custom 5G modems as the Cupertino Colossus removes Qualcomm from…
Why you can’t natively slum it with Windows on your Apple Silicon Mac – yet
You can’t natively pollute your Apple Silicon Mac with Windows because Qualcomm has an exclusivity deal with Microsoft for Windows on ARM…
Apple’s M1 Pro vs. M1 Max: Real-world performance test
The entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M1 Pro chip is pitted against the high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro with an M1 Max chip to see…
iPhone 14 likely won’t feature 3nm chips due to TSMC production challenges
TSMC is struggling in its transition to 3nm manufacturing, meaning that Apple’s “iPhone 14” likely won’t feature 3nm chips …
Former Windows chief: Apple’s M1 Pro and M1 Max is ‘mind-blowing’
When you look at M1 Pro/Max today it is tempting to think of this in terms of performance, but performance per watt AND integrated graphics…
Apple’s M1 Max GPU beats $6,000 AMD Radeon Pro W6900X in Affinity benchmark
Apple Silicon chips are proving to be extremely powerful, as a new benchmark test run with Affinity Photo’s tool shows that the M1 Max’s GPU
Mac sales post 11% growth ahead of new Apple Silicon MacBook Pro models
Ahead of the just-announced Apple Silicon MacBook Pro models, Apple’s Mac sales grew 11% YoY in Q3 2021 powered by M1 Mac…
Apple unveils 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro with game-changing M1 Pro and M1 Max
Apple today unveiled the completely reimagined MacBook Pro powered by the all-new M1 Pro and M1 Max — the first pro chips designed…
M1 Pro and M1 Max: The most powerful chips Apple has ever built
Apple today announced M1 Pro and M1 Max, the next breakthrough chips for the Mac. Scaling up M1’s transformational architecture, M1 Pro…
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…
Leakproof: Apple’s all-new MacBook Pro models are coming Oct. 18 and the design remains shrouded in secrecy
Nobody outside of Apple, or the company’s assemblers, seem to know much about the new design of the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro models…
Chip shortages are killing smartphone makers; Apple ‘the most resilient and least affected’
Counterpoint Research said, “Samsung, Oppo, Xiaomi have all been affected, but Apple seems to be the most resilient and least affected…
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 iPhone has averaged 133% performance increases every four years
People often get caught up in year-over-year performance improvements, but while there is a small percentage of Apple iPhone customers…
Apple’s Macs, iPads, and iPhones could boast 3nm chips next year
2022 Macs, iPads, and iPhones may feature chips built on the 3nm process, as TSMC, Apple’s chip fabricator, is planning to begin…
TSMC reports gas contamination at key chip plant supplying Apple; no ‘obvious impact’ on operations
Apple’s chip supplier TSMC said on Friday that some of its production lines in southern Taiwan were hit by a contamination of gases…
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…
