Apple still makes Macs with Intel chips, but nobody really wants them. They’re the past, not the future. Even Apple’s entry-leve M1 chip runs…
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While blasting Macs in ads, Intel wants to win Apple’s foundry business
New Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says he’s already approached Apple CEO Tim Cook in an effort to begin repairing the frayed relationship between…
Intel to spend up to $20 billion on U.S. chip plants in Arizona
Intel plans to spend as much as $20 billion to build two chip fabs in Arizona and to open up its fabs to outside customers…
Apple dominates tablet applications processor market revenue share
After five consecutive years of shipment decline, the tablet applications processor market returned to growth in 2020, with Apple dominating…
Adobe: Photoshop on Apple’s M1 runs 50% faster than 2019 Intel-hobbled MacBook
This week, Adobe updated Photoshop with native support for Apple’s M1 Macs. Photoshop runs 50% faster on an M1 MacBook…
Intel ordered to pay $2.18 billion to VLSI for patent infringement
Intel Corp. has been ordered to pay $2.18 billion to VLSI Technology after losing a patent-infringement trial over technology related to chip…
Under pressure from Apple Silicon, beleaguered Intel stoops to selective benchmark claims
Using cherry-picked benchmarks, beleaguered Intel has resorted to claiming that its line of big, hot, slow, inefficient processors can best…
Beleaguered Intel tumbles after new CEO doubles down on internal chip manufacturing
Intel shares tumbled after the incoming CEO pledged to regain the company’s long-lost lead in chip manufacturing, countering…
Incoming CEO of Intel: We have to be better than ‘lifestyle company’ Apple at making CPUs
Intel’s new CEO, Pat Gelsinger is already trying to rally the maker of hot, slow x86 chips after being thoroughly embarrassed by Apple …
Beleaguered Intel ousts CEO Bob Swan
Beleaguered Intel ousted its CEO Wednesday in a surprise move that pivots the semiconductor giant closer to its engineering roots after…
Apple supplier TSMC plans to bury feckless Intel with spending blitz of up to $28 billion
TSMC will invest up to $28B, a staggering sum aimed at constructing a plant in Arizona to serve Apple and expanding its lead over Intel and…
M1 benchmarks prove Apple Silicon outclasses nearly all Intel Macs
Apple in Nov. introduced a new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini powered by the revolutionary M1 which easily outclasses Intel …
Intel previews new ‘Alder Lake’ chips that look to emulate Apple Silicon approach
Intel at CES offered a preview of its next chip release, the hybrid Alder Lake chipsets, which will use an approach similar to Apple Silicon…
Apple Silicon-powered 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro releases expected to boost CPU market share
Apple is expected to release new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with Apple Silicon SoCs this year, driving further growth in CPU …
Beleaguered Intel has few good options as investor demands break-up
Activist investor Daniel Loeb wants Intel to consider splitting its chip manufacturing operations from its chip design and development…
Third Point urges snail-like Intel to explore strategic alternatives as market share deteriorates
Third Point, the hedge fund led by Dan Loeb, is urging snail-like Intel’s board of directors to hire an investment adviser to explore…
Apple has begun developing their own cellular modem; Qualcomm shares drop
Apple has begun building their own internal cellular modem for future devices, a move that would replace components from Qualcomm…
Apple’s 2021 Mac chips will blow away the fastest PCs
Apple is prepping new Mac chips for introduction as early as 2021 that are aimed at significantly outperforming the fastest PCs…
Why is Apple’s M1 chip so fast?
Real world experience with the new M1 Macs have started trickling in. They are fast. Very, very fast. Developer Erik Engheim explains why…
Developer runs ARM Windows virtualized on Apple M1 Mac, finds it ‘pretty snappy’
A developer has found a method to enable the first virtualization of Windows 10 on ARM running successfully on an Apple M1 Mac and finds…
Foxconn finally fires up Wisconsin factory hailed by President Trump
Breathing life into a factory hailed by President Trump, Foxconn plans to assemble key components for Google servers at its Wisconsin factory…
The Verge reviews Apple’s M1 MacBook Air: ‘Performs like a pro-level laptop’
Apple’s M1 MacBook Air was unveiled last week. With the M1 chip, MacBook Air speeds through everything from editing family photos…
TechCrunch reviews Apple’s M1 MacBook Pro: ‘Makes Intel’s chips obsolete’
Apple last week unveiled the M1. Now, the M1 MacBook Pro reviews are arriving. It looks like Apple has indeed made Intel’s chips obsolete …
Apple to unveil Macs powered by Apple silicon today
Apple on Tuesday is expected to introduce Mac computers with its own central processing unit chips, marking the beginning of the Cupertino…
Upgrade to Apple Silicon could usher in lower-cost Macs
JP Morgan expects the first Apple Silicon Macs to significantly drive innovation, cut material costs, and possibly lead to a lower-priced…
Apple silicon-powered Macs could revive the PC chip wars – analysts
Apple on Tuesday is expected to unveil new Apple silicon-powered Macs that replace Intel CPUs, a move that could reignite a race to control…
Investors seek Big Tech safety as presidential election hangs in the balance
The United States’ “Big Tech” names – Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Facebook — led gainers on Wall Street on Wednesday…
AMD to buy Apple supplier Xilinx for $35 billion in stock
AMD has agreed to pay $35 billion in stock for Xilinx, the biggest maker of chips called field programmable gate arrays…
Apple’s T2 chip has an unfixable vulnerability that could allow root access
A cybersecurity researcher claims that Apple macOS devices with Intel processors and a T2 chip are vulnerable to an unfixable exploit tha…
Intel hacked, stolen chip data released in 20GB dump
Intel has been hacked and the hacker has released 20GB of stolen confidential chip engineering data, potentially leading to new zero-day…
New Intel iMac rumored to arrive as soon as this week
A pair of new rumors over this past weekend claimed to offer additional details on Apple’s plans to release a new iMac as soon as this week…
Tech drags Wall St lower as U.S.-China tensions and COVID-19 cases mount
Wall Street’s main indexes dropped on Friday as U.S.-China tensions and fears over mounting COVID-19 cases weighed on investor sentiment…
Intel delays 7-nanometer chips by six months
Intel announced in its second quarter earnings report on Thursday the delay of the rollout of its 7-nanometer CPUs by six months…
Should you buy a new Mac now or wait for Apple silicon?
Naturally, those in the market for a a new Mac are wondering whether it’s smart to buy a new Mac now or to wait for Apple silicon Macs…
Apple silicon Macs are the death knell for Wintel
Apple silicon Macs are the death knell for Wintel. Apple wouldn’t be making the move to Apple silicon-powered Macs if they could not make Macs that are…
Apple Silicon Macs will continue to support Thunderbolt
Apple is promising the company will still support Intel’s Thunderbolt USB-C connectivity standard on new Apple silicon computers, despite dumping Intel…
Intel reveals new details about Thunderbolt 4
Today, Intel revealed new details about Thunderbolt 4, the next generation of its universal cable connectivity solution, delivering increased minimum…
Unreleased iMac appears in Geekbench results with 10-core Intel i9 CPU, Radeon Pro 5300 GPU
GeekBench benchmarks for an unreleased iMac sporting a 10th-generation Core i9 Intel Comet Lake-S chip and an AMD Radeon Pro 5300 graphics card…
Former Intel engineer: Skylake problems pushed Apple to move Mac to Apple silicon
The “bad quality assurance of Skylake” was responsible for Apple finally making the decision to ditch Intel and focus on its own ARM-based processors…
Former Apple executive Jim Keller resigns from top chip design role at Intel
Intel on Thursday said that top chip designer Jim Keller has resigned for personal reasons. Keller’s resignation is effective immediately but he will act…
Apple backs Harvard on use of race in college admissions
Edward Blum, an opponent of affirmative action who seeks to stop the university from using race as a criterion in college admissions …
Intel’s top-end 28W Ice Lake CPUs may be an Apple Mac exclusive
Tthere’s some evidence that Intel may have reserved an entire lineup of parts exclusively for Apple to use in Macs. Ever since Apple switched from…
