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Tag: Apple SoC

Google bets a billion dollars on custom silicon in quest to – sort of – chase Apple

Tuesday, January 30, 2018 9:31 amTuesday, January 30, 201833 Comments

Google officially closed its $1.1 billion deal with HTC Corp…

A mysterious unreleased device just smashed the iPhone 7’s benchmark record

Thursday, October 6, 2016 5:04 pm11 Comments

Apple’s A10 Fusion chip crushes the competition, as recent tests have shown, including the brand new Google Pixel and Samsung’s explosive Galaxy Note 7…

Apple’s remarkable new A10, S2, W1 chips alter the semiconductor landscape

Thursday, September 15, 2016 3:55 pmThursday, September 15, 201610 Comments

Apple is very well known for developing its own semiconductor IP when it finds it necessary to improve…

TSMC begins work on 10nm A11 chips for Apple’s 2017 iPhones and iPads

Friday, May 6, 2016 11:34 am3 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has recently begun to tape out the design for Apple’s A11 processor…

Apple building its own GPU

Thursday, December 10, 2015 10:16 am16 Comments

Apple has been quietly working behind the scenes to create its own GPU…

Should Intel and its investors fear Apple’s high-performance A9X chip?

Thursday, November 5, 2015 12:01 pmThursday, November 5, 201530 Comments

There has been plenty of talk over the last several years of Apple potentially replacing Intel inside of some…

Apple’s upcoming ‘A10’ a six-core processor?

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 4:45 pm12 Comments

Apple’s next processor should bear the name ‘A10’ and it may come with as much as six-cores…

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…

Apple’s A9 set to deliver insane levels of performance

Saturday, August 15, 2015 1:38 pmSaturday, August 15, 201540 Comments

Apple may be set to deliver PC-class performance in the next iPhones and iPads…

Apple iPhone 6s with tri-core A9 chip gets benchmarked, beats most Android flagships

Saturday, August 15, 2015 11:12 amSaturday, August 15, 201528 Comments

An alleged Apple iPhone 6s prototype has been spotted…

Apple makes ‘last-minute decision’ to use TSMC to stamp out 30% of next-gen ‘A9’ chips

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 11:23 pmWednesday, April 15, 201513 Comments

Apple is said to have called an audible after partner GlobalFoundries continued to experience poor yield rates…

AnandTech: Apple A8X’s GPU – GXA6850, even better than expected

Wednesday, November 12, 2014 11:08 am11 Comments

Apple’s A8X and its GXA6850 GPU are more powerful than even we first suspected…

TSMC lands order for Apple’s A8X processor bound for 12.9-inch iPad, sources say

Wednesday, October 15, 2014 9:55 amWednesday, October 15, 201421 Comments

The SoC of the A8X will be larger than that of A8’s, which could pose…

Apple’s iPhone 6 line will sport new A8 chip, faster Wi-Fi, improved Touch ID, and NFC

Wednesday, August 6, 2014 6:43 pmThursday, August 28, 201436 Comments

Apple will release two new phones this autumn…

Analyst: Apple’s 5.5-inch iPhone could offer superior hardware vs. 4.7-inch model

Monday, August 4, 2014 1:01 pmMonday, August 4, 20148 Comments

The component makeup of the rumored 5.5-inch and 4.7-inch ‘iPhone 6’ variants will diverge…

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…

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