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Tag: processors

Intel launches ‘World’s Fastest Mobile Processor’ featuring 24 cores

Wednesday, January 4, 2023 1:49 pmWednesday, January 4, 20233 Comments

Intel this week announced the Core i9-13980HX, a 24-core 5.6GHz mobile chip that the company says is the “world’s fastest mobile processor”…

NYT: Apple’s M1 Max is ‘the chip that could transform computing’

Thursday, November 11, 2021 8:59 am6 Comments

Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pro models each feature a stunning Liquid Retina XDR display, a wide range of ports for advanced…

Nvidia, SoftBank strike a $40 billion deal for Arm Ltd.

Monday, September 14, 2020 9:29 am21 Comments

NVIDIA agreed to buy SoftBank Group Corp.’s chip division Arm Ltd. for $40 billion, taking control of some of the most widely used…

Apple’s A-series chips vs. Intel Macs

Friday, July 24, 2020 12:02 pm10 Comments

Apple’s Macintosh is phasing out Intel processors in favor of Apple silicon. Here’s a look back at past and current A-series chips versus Intel CPUs…

Nvidia seeks to acquire chip designer ARM Limited from SoftBank

Thursday, July 23, 2020 11:01 am7 Comments

SoftBank’s ARM Limited is attracting takeover interest from Nvidia in what could become the biggest-ever semiconductor deal…

Apple is not planning a bid on SoftBank’s sale of ARM Limited

Thursday, July 23, 2020 9:57 am6 Comments

SoftBank recently approached Apple to gauge Cupertino’s interest in bidding for chip design firm ARM Limited. The two firms had preliminary discussions…

How much is Arm Holdings really worth?

Tuesday, July 14, 2020 9:07 am6 Comments

In 2016, SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son paid $32 billion for the Cambridge UK-based Arm Holdings, a 43% premium over the stock’s price and a multiple…

SoftBank hires Goldman Sachs to explore sale of Arm Holdings

Monday, July 13, 2020 7:41 pmTuesday, July 14, 202013 Comments

SoftBank has hired Goldman Sachs to advise it on a potential IPO or sale of chip designer Arm Holdings which it acquired in 2016 for about $32 billion…

U.S. lawmakers propose $22.8 billion to spur construction of chip factories in America

Wednesday, June 10, 2020 5:43 pmWednesday, June 10, 202022 Comments

U.S. lawmakers want to provide more than $22.8 billion in incentives for semiconductor manufacturers, aiming to spur the construction of chip factories …

Ex-Apple exec being sued by Apple accuses firm of poaching his staff

Friday, February 14, 2020 3:31 pmFriday, February 14, 20203 Comments

A former Apple chip executive who is being sued by the company after he allegedly poached its staff for his new Nuvia server chips startup…

Apple lawsuit tests if an employee can plan rival startup while on payroll

Tuesday, January 21, 2020 2:33 pmTuesday, January 21, 20201 Comment

Nuvia co-founder Gerard Williams III, a former top chip engineer at Apple, has been hit with a breach-of-contract lawsuit that the Cupertino firm filed…

Apple progresses in breach-of-contract lawsuit against Nuvia founder

Monday, January 20, 2020 10:51 am5 Comments

A former top chip engineer at Apple may face a considerable roadblock thanks to a breach-of-contract lawsuit Apple filed against him…

Apple sues former employee over new chip venture

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 10:41 amTuesday, December 10, 20197 Comments

Apple is suing a former employee who started Nuvia, a server chip startup that has hired at least 8 former Apple employees…

NUVIA: Former Apple chip executives found company to take on Intel, AMD

Friday, November 15, 2019 2:57 pm7 Comments

NUVIA Inc was founded by former Apple employees Gerard Williams III, Manu Gulati and John Bruno in early 2019 and is developing a processor code-named Phoenix…

Intel might slash the price of its Core CPUs to counter AMD rivalry

Tuesday, June 25, 2019 1:02 pmTuesday, June 25, 20195 Comments

There’s a rumor doing the rounds that Intel might decide to slash the prices of its Core processors to stick two fingers…

Apple expected to deploy TSMC’s first 5nm ‘A14’ chips in 2020 iPhone

Friday, February 22, 2019 9:56 amFriday, February 22, 20197 Comments

Chipmakers are expected to showcase their new-generation chip solutions for AI and 5G applications…

Intel execs believe that Apple’s ARM-based Macs could come as soon as 2020

Thursday, February 21, 2019 3:33 pmThursday, February 21, 201916 Comments

Apple is widely expected to move its Mac line to custom ARM-based chips…

Apple 2019: Glimpses of next-gen MacBook Pro, MacBook Air seen in Intel roadmap

Friday, December 28, 2018 12:25 pmFriday, December 28, 201810 Comments

The MacBook Pro and MacBook Air should benefit from Intel’s chip makeover in 2019…

Performance shootout: Apple’s new 11-inch iPad Pro vs. 2017’s 10.5-inch iPad Pro

Tuesday, November 13, 2018 5:35 pmTuesday, November 13, 20182 Comments

The new 2018 iPad Pro is a marvel of engineering, with a brilliant new design and a chip so powerful…

Apple iPad Pro’s A12X chip has no real rivals; it delivers performance unseen on Android tablets

Thursday, November 1, 2018 11:10 amTuesday, December 18, 201810 Comments

Apple iPad Pro’s A12X chip is the stuff of Qualcomm and Intel’s worse nightmares…

Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple A-series Macs coming in 2020 or 2021, Apple Car in 2023-2025

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 5:55 pm22 Comments

The shift to ARM in the Mac has been predicted for some time…

Apple still holds the fate of Imagination Technologies one year on

Tuesday, October 9, 2018 4:01 pmTuesday, October 9, 20184 Comments

Imagination is continuing to lose staff to Apple…

MacBooks powered by Apple A-series chips are finally going to happen soon

Tuesday, September 18, 2018 12:24 pm19 Comments

When it came time to introduce the new iPhone chip last week, Apple gave an ample presentation…

Apple A-series-powered Mac idea boosted as ARM claims its chips can out-perform Intel

Thursday, August 16, 2018 2:33 pm13 Comments

It’s long been rumored that Apple is working on Macs powered by custom-designed ARM CPUs…

Apple said to introduce new ‘inexpensive’ Mac notebooks this year

Monday, August 13, 2018 2:02 pmMonday, August 13, 201816 Comments

Quanta’s shipments are expected to rise above 10 million units in the fourth quarter thanks to orders for Apple’s new inexpensive notebooks…

Engadget reviews Apple’s new MacBook Pro: Exactly what you’ve been waiting for

Monday, July 23, 2018 4:30 pmMonday, July 23, 20189 Comments

With the new MacBook Pro, Apple is just trying to keep pace with the rest of the computing industry…

Did Apple just show its hand on future low-end, A-series-powered MacBooks?

Friday, July 13, 2018 4:04 pm8 Comments

Yesterday’s announcements about refreshing the high-end MacBook Pro models effectively gave away Apple’s plans…

Why Apple is winning the silicon race

Thursday, May 31, 2018 10:56 amThursday, May 31, 201816 Comments

Apple has long attracted some of the biggest, brightest silicon talent in the industry…

Apple poaches Intel employees for secret Oregon engineering lab

Thursday, May 31, 2018 10:25 amThursday, May 31, 20183 Comments

Apple has been raiding Intel and other Oregon tech employers for a variety of roles…

How Apple might approach an ARM-based Mac

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 5:32 pmWednesday, May 30, 201812 Comments

Recent reports suggest that Apple may be working on a hybrid Mac…

Pegatron said to assemble Apple’s upcoming ‘ARM-based MacBook’ codenamed ‘Star’

Tuesday, May 29, 2018 12:02 pmTuesday, May 29, 201813 Comments

Pegatron is likely to land orders from Apple to produce an ARM-based MacBook model…

How Apple dethroned Intel as the world’s most innovative chipmaker

Tuesday, May 29, 2018 10:43 amTuesday, May 29, 201811 Comments

Back in 2013, Apple introduced the A7 system on a chip (SoC) as part of its then-flagship smartphone…

Details leak on Intel’s upcoming Ice Lake CPU, 10nm schedule

Wednesday, August 16, 2017 4:00 pmWednesday, August 16, 2017No Comments

Intel has taken the unusual step of releasing (or leaking) information on the company’s next-next-generation processor…

Chinese government-backed fund targets Imagination Technologies for takeover

Monday, July 24, 2017 10:27 amMonday, July 24, 20173 Comments

The troubled British microchip ­designer Imagination Technologies has become a takeover target…

Apple escalates feud, sets up new UK office on Imagination’s doorstep

Monday, July 10, 2017 10:28 amMonday, July 10, 201719 Comments

Apple has raised the stakes in its bitter stand-off with Imagination Technologies by opening…

Apple fires back at Imagination Tech in contract dispute

Friday, July 7, 2017 9:57 am4 Comments

When the iPhone supplier Imagination Technologies Group Plc announced in April that Apple Inc…

Imagination Technologies attacks Apple’s homegrown GPU plans

Wednesday, July 5, 2017 2:25 pmWednesday, July 5, 20176 Comments

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

Thursday, June 22, 2017 3:05 pm8 Comments

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

Thursday, June 22, 2017 9:58 amThursday, June 22, 201717 Comments

Imagination Technologies, the British firm that lost 70 percent of its value after being ditched by Apple…

Apple silicon and Machine Learning

Monday, June 12, 2017 1:01 pmMonday, June 12, 2017No Comments

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

Tuesday, May 30, 2017 11:06 am3 Comments

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

Saturday, May 27, 2017 11:40 amSaturday, May 27, 20177 Comments

Apple Inc. got an early start in artificial intelligence software with the 2011 introduction of Siri…

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