Could Apple be working on next-generation Mac hardware that would be powered by an in-house designed processor…
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Hello, Apple? It’s Mac. Have you forgotten me?
Apple has continuously been leaving its Mac line dusty and old…
The iPhone’s new A10 Fusion chip should worry Intel
Apple’s latest generation of smartphone processors has basically caught up with Intel’s laptops CPUs…
Apple’s remarkable new A10, S2, W1 chips alter the semiconductor landscape
Apple is very well known for developing its own semiconductor IP when it finds it necessary to improve…
When will Apple put Intel’s Kaby Lake chips inside new Macs?
Claims Intel’s latest Kaby Lake processors may not appear in new Macs until next year…
Apple’s MacBook Pro not likely to sport Intel Kaby Lake processors this year
At today’s Intel Developer Forum, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich and other Intel execs showed off its 7th Generation Core…
Apple A10-powered Macs on the way? Decoding Apple’s WWDC 2016 media invitation
If you think Apple’s been slow with Mac innovation you are not alone…
Why Intel’s problem won’t be Apple’s problem
This week, beleaguered Intel announced that it was laying off 12,000 employees
Apple’s emphasis on security makes ARM-powered Macs ‘inevitable’
Apple will offer Macs equipped with an ARM processor, the same silicon used in the iPhone and iPad…
Intel axes 12,000 employees, 11% of its workforce
Intel expects the program to deliver $750 million in savings this year and annual run rate savings of $1.4 billion by mid-2017…
Moore’s law is dead
Moore’s law has died at the age of 51 after an extended illness…
Mac sales to grow in enterprise with new Apple A-series-powered Mac
A full-fledged Mac OS X running on an Apple A-series processor…
Apple is a semiconductor powerhouse; expect the first ARM-based Macs to appear in 2016
Apple has become one of the largest semiconductor makers in the world…
Intel CEO characterizes relationship with Apple as ‘strong’
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich says…
Five barriers that might keep Apple from moving Macs to custom ARM chips
Shortly after Apple introduced its first custom A4 Application Processor in 2010…
Apple A-series-powered Macs are not only feasible, they may be inevitable
Apple would begin to put its custom ARM-based processors in new Mac OS X systems…
Why Apple dumping Intel processors would be disastrous
Apple will drop Intel processors to better manage the launch cycle…
Why Apple might dump Intel’s x86 for their own A-series chips in future Macs
Such a move is certainly in Apple’s DNA…
KGI: Apple is designing its own processors for Mac
Apple will begin using its own processors for Macs in the next 1-2 years…
With its smartphone business on the wane, Samsung bets $14.7 billion on new chip facility
Samsung Electronics plans to spend $14.7 billion on a new chip facility…
Semiconductor Advisors: Apple’s 64-bit A8 processor exposes Intel’s shortcomings
Apple made some significant design improvements with A8 on top of just the hardware shrink…
Why Apple will switch to ARM-based Apple A-series-powered Macs
Somewhere on Apple’s campus, ARM-based Macs are already running OS X…
Apple’s Macs might be poised for a massive change
Ever since Apple started to make its own processor chips for iPhones and iPads…
Why Apple won’t dump Intel x86 for its own ARM chips in MacBooks and the Mac Pro
Yes, Apple’s newest A7 Cyclone SoC is a beast…
Intel-powered Macs: The end is nigh
When Apple announced its 64-bit A7 processor…
Intel’s Broadwell chips further delayed; not shipping for most Macs until early-mid 2015
Intel’s line of 14-nanometer Broadwell chips have been further delayed…
Apple will never reveal this iPhone 6 secret
Each year, Apple launches a brand new set of iOS-based products…
Apple blows away the competition as usual
Extremely smart design choices that Apple made…
Apple’s 64-bit Cyclone microarchitecture detailed
Concrete information on what Apple’s first 64-bit ARMv8 architecture looks like…
Apple the world’s top semiconductor buyer in 2013 by a large margin
Apple remained the world’s largest buyer of semiconductor chips in 2013…
TSMC, Samsung get orders for Apple’s next-gen 14/16nm A-series chips, sources say
Samsung Electronics has signed a contract for the production of Apple’s…
How Steve Jobs saved Apple’s bacon with an outstretched ARM
The chip designers at ARM Holdings have turned the computing world upside down…
GlobalFoundries to produce Apple A-series chips in Upstate New York fab
GlobalFoundries is preparing to make chips for Apple’s iPhone and iPad…
Will Intel help Apple finally dump Samsung?
Chip giant Intel badly needs to find a new growth driver…
iPad Air’s Apple A7 chip identical to the iPhone’s, but with higher clock speed
For the first time since the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S shared the A5 SoC…
Apple’s revolutionary 64-bit iPhone 5s breaks records to become ‘fastest phone ever tested’
Researchers independently tested the processing speeds and performance…
Samsung to stamp out 30-40% of Apple’s next-gen ‘A8’ chips, South Korean report claims
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will handle the majority…
Is Apple using Intel to fabricate their 64-bit A7 processors?
To get 1 billion transistors on a 102 sq. mm chip would require…
Apple’s A7 processor expected to be 20% more efficient than A6; debut in ‘iPhone 5S’
With each successive iPhone generation, Apple has introduced a new processor design…
New 2013 MacBook Air marks the beginning of end of Apple-Intel partnership
Apple’s new MacBook Air marks the beginning of the end of the decade-long marriage between Apple and Intel…
Apple ramps up iPhone, iPad chip orders, sources say
Apple has stepped up its pace of chip orders indicating the vendor…
RUMOR: Apple buys Taiwan fab to stamp its own chips
Despite all that talk that Apple is striking a deal with TSMC…
