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Apple’s three GPU enhancements in M3 and A17 Pro explained
Apple Silicon GPUs get even better thanks to significant improvements to parallel processes in M3 and A17 Pro…
Apple’s hardware engineering chief on Mac Pro’s removal of graphics card support
The new Apple Silicon Mac Pro offers customers six available PCI Express expansion slots for storage, audio, video capture, networking, and…
Behind the scenes of Imagination Technologies’ company-saving deal with Apple
It’s been a very rocky few years for Imagination Technologies. Then, on January 2, 2020, Imagination announced a new, company-saving deal with Apple …
Apple strikes new deal with U.K. chip designer
Apple previously used graphics chips or GPUs in its iPhones and iPads that were designed by Imagination Technologies, but it moved to its own internal chip designs..
AMD Radeon Navi GPUs spied within MacOS Mojave code
Thanks to some MacOS beta programming code, we might have been given a hint…
Apple’s management doesn’t seem to want Nvidia support in macOS, a bad sign for the next-gen Mac Pro
In October 2018, Nvidia issued as public a statement as it ever does…
AMD shows off 7nm next-gen chips at CES, aims at Intel and Nvidia
AMD unveiled its next generation smaller and power-efficient computer chip and a graphics processor, aiming at bigger rivals Intel Corp and Nvidia Corp…
Apple still holds the fate of Imagination Technologies one year on
Imagination is continuing to lose staff to Apple…
Geekbench shootout: Apple’s new 15-inch MacBook Pro (mid 2018) vs. other Macs
How does the 2018 MacBook Pro 15 inch compare to other Macs?
Future Macs could adopt Intel’s new, high-performance discrete GPUs
Intel has confirmed it intends to create its own discrete graphics processing chips by 2020…
Ars Technica reviews Apple’s iMac Pro: It’s MUCH faster
Some high-end professional Mac users are frustrated, and they have been for years…
Macworld reviews Apple’s new iMac Pro: ‘Mac Pro power in the shape of an iMac’
Four years since Apple last shipped a desktop Mac with the word ‘pro’ in the name…
Apple’s iMac Pro has a Thunderbolt 3 storage surprise for you
You can have external Thunderbolt storage connected to your iMac Pro that equals or rivals…
What if Apple’s iMac Pro had TWO Vega GPUs?
With the help of macOS 10.13.3 beta 4, we were able to add a second Vega GPU to the iMac Pro…
Early benchmarks for the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
When an eGPU mad scientist reported getting the RX Vega 64 to work with a Mac…
Chinese government-backed fund targets Imagination Technologies for takeover
The troubled British microchip designer Imagination Technologies has become a takeover target…
Apple escalates feud, sets up new UK office on Imagination’s doorstep
Apple has raised the stakes in its bitter stand-off with Imagination Technologies by opening…
Apple fires back at Imagination Tech in contract dispute
When the iPhone supplier Imagination Technologies Group Plc announced in April that Apple Inc…
Imagination Technologies attacks Apple’s homegrown GPU plans
Imagination Technologies, the British-based technology firm that has long licensed the GPU tech…
It took just 81 days for this chipmaker to die after Apple dumped them
The British firm that supplied the designs for Apple’s graphics chips is up for sale…
Former Apple supplier Imagination Technologies puts itself up for sale
Imagination Technologies, the British firm that lost 70 percent of its value after being ditched by Apple…
Apple silicon and Machine Learning
When Apple introduced its 64-bit A7 processor in September, 2013, they caught the industry by surprise…
Why CIO’s must understand Apple’s Neural Engine plan
One day, soon, your Apple iPhone will be able to figure out when you’re going to get sick…
Apple is working on ‘Apple Neural Engine,’ a dedicated chip to power AI directly on devices
Apple Inc. got an early start in artificial intelligence software with the 2011 introduction of Siri…
Imagination Technology starts dispute process with Apple
Imagination Technologies said it had started a ‘dispute resolution procedure’ with Apple…
Upgrading the GPU in your pre-2013 Mac Pro: Is it worth it?
As computer components get faster and more powerful…
Why Samsung’s Galaxy S8 can’t go core-to-core with Apple’s iPhone 7
iPhone 7 doesn’t just keep up with the twice-as-many cores in Galaxy S8…
UBS: Imagination likely to see Apple royalties slashed, then cease altogether
UBS analysts predicted that Imagination would become loss-making by fiscal 2019…
Why is Apple’s next-gen Mac Pro taking so long?
So if you take Apple at its word, the next Mac Pro is being developed as we speak…
Cupertino’s custom silicon: On the Apple G-series and the next 20 letters left
Apple has achieved significant advantages through owning its own silicon. But where can it go next?
Without Apple, Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR has no future
At this point, anybody with even a cursory interest in technology stocks has probably heard…
Apple steps up homegrown GPU plans with London hiring spree
Apple is embarking on a hiring spree in London as it ramps up efforts to develop…
Why Apple’s ditching of Imagination is critical for the future of the iPhone – and maybe even the Mac
British company Imagination Tech announced earlier this week that Apple will stop using…
Apple aims for more control, less cost as it accelerates in chip design
In the clearest example yet of the iPhone maker’s determination to take greater control of the core technologies…
Apple could look to buy Imagination Technologies after ditching the chip firm, share price plunge
Apple’s announcement to ditch the graphics chips designed by Imagination Technologies…
Apple supplier Imagination raises prospect of patent infringement lawsuit as shares implode
A small but critical Apple Inc. supplier here is raising the prospect of a patent fight…
Imagination Technologies’ shares collapse after Apple dumps UK chip designer
Shares in chipmaker Imagination Technologies plunged over 60 percent on Monday after the British company…
Facebook has no plans to bring Oculus Rift VR to the Mac anytime soon
While so many virtual reality hardware companies have been tasked only with selling…
Apple positions Metal as part of new 3D graphics standard for Web
Apple’s WebKit team on Tuesday proposed a new Community Group at the World Wide Web Consortium…
Boosting GPU performance of Apple’s new MacBook Pro using a GPU expander
All the latest Macs have AMD GPUs. That’s fine…
New Mac Pro imminent? Trio of new AMD GPU references found in latest macOS Sierra beta
Users delving into the latest macOS 10.12.2 beta have discovered strings aligning with potential support…
