After buying Intel’s 5G modem business earlier this year, Apple is wasting no time building its own 5G modem for the iPhone..
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Apple reportedly shelves ‘Walkie-Talkie’ feature allowing iPhone-to-iPhone communication sans Wi-Fi or cellular
Apple has shelved a “walkie-talkie” feature that would’ve allowed iPhone users to communicate with each other in areas without cellular coverage, such as while skiing or hiking…
Geekbench leak reveals Intel’s work on an 18-core Cascade Lake-X CPU
Bound for Apple’s powerful Mac Pro workstation?
Intel’s 10th-gen Ice Lake chips likely to dramatically boost Mac video processing
Intel yesterday announced its 10th-generation Ice Lake chips, likely to see their Apple debut in next year’s MacBook Pro models…
Intel reveals new 10th-Gen Core processors suitable for Apple’s MacBook Air and base 13-Inch MacBook Pro
Intel today introduced its first 10th-generation Core processors, codenamed Ice Lake….
Apple lost the 5G battle, but it paid Intel $1 billion to win the war
Apple agreed to use Qualcomm modems for the next six years, but now that they’re acquired Intel’s modem business…
Apple to acquire the majority of Intel’s smartphone modem business for $1 billion
Apple and Intel have signed an agreement for Apple to acquire the majority of Intel’s smartphone modem business. Approximately 2,200 Intel employees will join Apple, along with intellectual property, equipment and leases….
Apple’s forthcoming 16-inch MacBook Pro sets the table for ARM-based MacBooks
A 16-inch MacBook Pro with reduced bezels and possibly a new keyboard design is coming in October…
Rumored Intel sale of modem business to Apple weighs on Qualcomm stock
A possible deal between Intel Corp. and Apple Inc. over smartphone modems pressured shares of Qualcomm Inc…
Apple buying Intel’s 5G modem business is all about defense
Apple’s interest in acquiring Intel’s 5G modem business is not really “news,” but the likely reason for such a purchase…
What buying Intel’s modem business could mean for Apple
Apple’s impending acquisition of Intel’s modem business has several key implications…
Apple in advanced talks to acquire Intel’s modem business for $1 billion or more
Apple Inc. is in advanced talks to buy Intel Corp.’s smartphone-modem chip business…
Time for Apple to dump the Intel slug for AMD’s powerhouse 7nm chips
Intel has been stuck in a bit of a quagmire as of late…
Intel pulls mobile patents sale, enters exclusive talks with ‘unnamed buyer’
Apple partner Intel has put 8,500 mobile patents up for sale, only to withdraw them due to purchase talks with one bidder…
Intel to auction off its cellular wireless connectivity patent portfolio
In what looks set to become one of the highest profile patent sales in years, Intel has put its IP relating to cellular wireless connectivity on the auction block…
Intel’s Lisa Pearce: GPU integer scaling graphics support coming
Intel has been engaging with the community quite extensively in the run up to the Gen 11 graphics launch…
Intel might slash the price of its Core CPUs to counter AMD rivalry
There’s a rumor doing the rounds that Intel might decide to slash the prices of its Core processors to stick two fingers…
U.S. FTC objects to Qualcomm submission of internal Apple documents in antitrust case
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday objected to a move by mobile chip supplier Qualcomm Inc to introduce internal Apple Inc documents…
Apple unleashes its bait-and-switch trick on Intel or something
After years of developing technology with a supplier, the iPhone maker pulls the plug on the collaboration…
Apple reportedly looking to acquire Intel’s German smartphone modem business
Apple is looking to bolster the development of its own 5G chip through the acquisition of Intel’s German smartphone modem business…
U.S. judge rules Qualcomm practices violate antitrust law
Qualcomm Inc unlawfully suppressed competition in the market for cellphone chips…
How to fully protect your Mac against Zombieland bug, and how badly the fix affects performance
Want to protect your Mac against the Zombieland (MDS) bug?
These Macs may be unable to be patched for future vulnerabilities similar to ‘ZombieLoad’
Several pre-2011 Macs could still be vulnerable to ‘ZombieLoad’-like security exploits…
How to protect your Mac from Intel CPU’s Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) vulnerabilities
Intel has disclosed vulnerabilities called Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) that apply to desktop and notebook computers with Intel CPUs…
Behind the Intel-Apple modem divorce
Johny Srouji, the Apple executive in charge of building chips for the company’s devices…
New secret-spilling flaw affects almost every Intel chip since 2011; Apple to release patches today
Security researchers have found a new class of vulnerabilities in Intel chips which…
Frustrated Apple CEO Tim Cook reveals disappointing MacBook Pro delay
Mac fans hoping for new hardware this year have been given one possible explanation for the delay…
Qualcomm effectively granted Apple a late-payment discount worth billions of dollars
After Apple, its contract manufacturers and Qualcomm settled their antitrust and contradict dispute…
Apple’s Mac sales impinged by Intel CPU ‘constraints’
Apple crowed over its best three months ever for its services biz, including things like Apple TV and Apple Pay…
Apple’s 5G modem project lead Ruben Caballero has left the company
Rubén Caballero, a lead for Apple’s nascent 5G modem project, has left the company…
Apple poached Intel 5G leader weeks before settlement with Qualcomm
Apple poached the lead developer of Intel’s 5G smartphone technology just weeks before…
Apple mulled buying Intel’s 5G business; showing openness to big deals
Apple Inc. held talks with Intel Corp. about acquiring parts of its smartphone-modem chip business…
Intel admits Apple-Qualcomm settlement led to it dropping 5G modem
Intel Corp. lowered its financial expectations for the year and reported its first decline…
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple’s 5G iPhone coming in 2020 with bigger battery, modem chips from Qualcomm and Samsung
Apple could release iPhones in 2020 equipped with 5G modems…
Winners and Losers of the Apple-Qualcomm detente
The end to a battle between Apple Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. removed a hangover for shareholders…
Performance shootout: Apple’s Intel vs. ARM systems
There have been some comments questioning the meaning of the performance benchmarks…
Why Intel’s smartphone strategy went off the rails yet again
Intel recently scrapped its plans to sell 5G modems for smartphones, shortly after its top customer, Apple…
Why did Intel kill off their modem program?
There is no way to sugar coat Intel’s modem story, it has been a flaming disaster from the start…
Analyst estimates Apple paid up to $6 billion to settle with Qualcomm
Apple probably paid Qualcomm between $5 billion and $6 billion to settle the litigation…
Qualcomm detente is a bitter pill for Tim Cook; clock is ticking on Apple’s own modem
Apple Inc.’s legal surrender this week is a blow for the company’s supply chain strategy…
Qualcomm CEO on Apple settlement: We’re not going to disclose how much the deal is worth
A day after settling a multibillion-dollar battle with Apple, Qualcomm’s CEO…
Here’s what likely happened between Apple, Qualcomm and Intel
On day two of what was expected to be by far the biggest patent or antitrust lawsuit ever heard…
