Despite all that talk that Apple is striking a deal with TSMC…
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Apple buys into chip fab, plans to build its own silicon, report claims
Apple may move beyond designing silicon and actually build its own mobile chips…
Samsung is about to experience the ‘Apple tsunami’
According to a new report from Asia today…
Why Apple just made a huge mistake by signing with TSMC
What began as a rumor is now news: Apple plans to sever…
Apple to buy chips from TSMC as it attempts to extricate itself from dependency on Samsung
In the past year, Apple executives have expressed concern that their dependence on Samsung…
How long before Apple dumps Intel from MacBook Air?
Apple is preparing to swoop in and make its own…
TSMC wins three-year deal to supply Apple with A8, A9, and A9X chips, say sources
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and…
Should Apple buy Intel?
Getting rid of Samsung as a processor supplier and, at the same time…
Intel’s first quarter result offer more evidence of Windows PC decline
Intel reported another decline in chip sales for Windows PCs…
All not so rosy on the Samsung front
By this time next year things could get much worse for Samsung…
ARM’s CEO Warren East to step down after 12 years
Warren East, who led ARM Holdings from start-up to near monopoly…
Apple TV 2013: Analysis of a new Apple A5
The Apple TV is an incredibly relevant device today…
Is Intel’s Haswell a has-been?
Haswell is beginning to look DOA…
Latest Apple TV units sport die-shrunk Apple A5 chip further suggesting split from Samsung
Apple rolled out a die shrink of the A5 in the third-generation Apple TV…
TSMC CEO comments signal massive next-gen Apple A-series chip orders
Chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Morris Chang…
Analyst: Apple to use TSMC’s new 16nm FinFET process for ‘breakthrough’ product
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to start making…
As Apple finally begins to bail, Samsung looks to sell chips and displays to Chinese, other emerging phone makers
Samsung Electronics Co is looking to supply chips to more Chinese and other…
Apple moves A6X processor production from Samsung to TSMC; trials begin this quarter
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has been contracted by Apple…
With billions at stake, Oregon dukes it out with New York over Apple’s massive ‘Project Azalea’ chip fab
Officials in New York have been actively pursuing…
Apple hiring ‘dozens’ of former Texas Instruments engineers in Israel
Apple has been expanding its workforce in Israel over the past couple of weeks…
Cringely: Otellini was forced out by Intel board thanks to Apple’s decision to abandon Intel chips
Yes, Otellini was forced out by the board…
Intel CEO Paul Otellini to retire in May
Intel Corporation today announced that the company’s president and CEO, Paul Otellini…
Samsung: We did not raise chip fab prices on Apple
A Samsung Electronics official has denied reports…
Apple’s next chip architecture transition will be inconvenient, but not the end of the world
It’s been over 3 years since Apple has ensured that their operating system…
What should Apple be doing with ARM – and it’s not Macs
Apple currently benefits from Intel’s best-in-the-world manufacturing technology…
Samsung reportedly delays new semiconductor plant after losing Apple orders, sources say
Samsung Electronics is likely to put off the construction of a new logic fabrication…
Amazon said in talks to buy Texas Instruments mobile chip arm
Amazon.Com Inc is in advanced talks to buy the supplier of chips for its Kindle…
Apple gets serious about reducing, eliminating orders from Samsung
Samsung Electronics and Apple have been technology’s oddest bedfellows
New Geekbench build clocks Apple’s A6 processor at around 1.3GHz
As the initial wave of iPhone 5 reviews hit, it looked like…
Analysis of Apple A6 core reveals exquisite, optimized custom layout done by hand
Over the last week, more and more details of Apple’s custom A6 processor…
Chip shortages may constrain smartphone launches
A wave of new smartphones and other mobile devices is expected to hit the market…
Apple, Qualcomm spurned in bids for exclusive TSMC chips
Apple Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. were rebuffed in separate attempts to invest cash…
Samsung to invest $4 billion in Austin mobile chip plant
Samsung announced Tuesday that it will invest approximately $4 billion…
Will Apple make the switch to ARM’s new ‘Mali’ GPU for future iOS devices?
To date, Apple has been using Imagination Technologies GPU for iOS devices…
Apple is world’s biggest chip buyer, by far; purchases 50% more than its nearest rival, Samsung
Apple is thy far he biggest buyer of microprocessors today…
Gartner: Apple became the world’s #1 semiconductor buyer in 2011
Apple gained a much greater share of the smartphone market…
In-Stat: Apple to overtake Intel as top mobile processor company by year end
Apple is an iconic consumer electronics company with a string of massively successful products…
Apple TV contains custom A5 chip not found in any other Apple product
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
Typically, when Apple’s product launched approaches…
Why Apple’s A5 is so big–and iPhone 4 won’t get Siri
The problem with Android tablets isn’t a lack of maturity…
Apple prepping for next-gen ‘A’ processors
The current A5 processor that is found in the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S utilizes 45-nm…
RUMOR: Apple switching from AMD to NVIDIA for next-gen MacBook Pro discrete graphics chips
Apple will be transitioning back to NVIDIA from AMD as its graphics chip supplier…
