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Tag: processors

Imagination Technology starts dispute process with Apple

Thursday, May 4, 2017 10:56 amThursday, May 4, 201710 Comments

Imagination Technologies said it had started a ‘dispute resolution procedure’ with Apple…

Why Samsung’s Galaxy S8 can’t go core-to-core with Apple’s iPhone 7

Friday, April 21, 2017 4:31 pm11 Comments

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

Wednesday, April 19, 2017 11:25 amWednesday, April 19, 20173 Comments

UBS analysts predicted that Imagination would become loss-making by fiscal 2019…

Why is Apple’s next-gen Mac Pro taking so long?

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 11:34 am27 Comments

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

Thursday, April 13, 2017 11:28 amThursday, April 13, 20173 Comments

Apple has achieved significant advantages through owning its own silicon. But where can it go next?

Without Apple, Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR has no future

Monday, April 10, 2017 5:30 pmMonday, April 10, 201710 Comments

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

Sunday, April 9, 2017 11:38 am16 Comments

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

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 11:28 amWednesday, April 5, 201710 Comments

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

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 10:44 amWednesday, April 5, 20173 Comments

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

Tuesday, April 4, 2017 1:58 pmTuesday, April 4, 201713 Comments

Apple’s announcement to ditch the graphics chips designed by Imagination Technologies…

Apple supplier Imagination raises prospect of patent infringement lawsuit as shares implode

Monday, April 3, 2017 12:03 pmMonday, April 3, 20171 Comment

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

Monday, April 3, 2017 10:25 amMonday, April 3, 20178 Comments

Shares in chipmaker Imagination Technologies plunged over 60 percent on Monday after the British company…

Will Apple put AMD processors in Macs?

Monday, February 27, 2017 11:34 amTuesday, May 30, 201730 Comments

Apple’s Mac design philosophy change hasn’t been lost on the company’s pro users…

AMD’s Ryzen processor overclocked, notches new Cinebench world record

Friday, February 24, 2017 3:37 pm5 Comments

Earlier this week, AMD officially revealed the first three desktop processors from its new Ryzen family…

As Microsoft and Qualcomm work on ARM-based PCs, the stage is set for Apple A-series Macs

Friday, December 9, 2016 9:58 amFriday, December 9, 201619 Comments

Qualcomm today announced that it is working with Microsoft to bring support for Windows 10…

Apple could transition to ARM chips in Macs, but probably won’t

Wednesday, November 23, 2016 5:30 pmWednesday, November 23, 201643 Comments

With every release of a new iPhone powered by another cutting-edge processor designed by Apple…

Will Apple’s next-gen iPads be faster than Macs?

Tuesday, October 4, 2016 4:26 pmTuesday, October 4, 201633 Comments

Apple has added support for an ARM chip to macOS Sierra, igniting another wave of speculation…

macOS Sierra code suggests Apple could dump Intel processors in Macs for Apple A-series chips

Friday, September 30, 2016 12:55 pmFriday, September 30, 201643 Comments

Could Apple be working on next-generation Mac hardware that would be powered by an in-house designed processor…

Hello, Apple? It’s Mac. Have you forgotten me?

Thursday, September 22, 2016 2:28 pmThursday, September 22, 201640 Comments

Apple has continuously been leaving its Mac line dusty and old…

The iPhone’s new A10 Fusion chip should worry Intel

Friday, September 16, 2016 11:26 amFriday, September 16, 201619 Comments

Apple’s latest generation of smartphone processors has basically caught up with Intel’s laptops CPUs…

When will Apple put Intel’s Kaby Lake chips inside new Macs?

Wednesday, August 17, 2016 4:00 pmWednesday, August 17, 201628 Comments

Claims Intel’s latest Kaby Lake processors may not appear in new Macs until next year…

Apple’s MacBook Pro not likely to sport Intel Kaby Lake processors this year

Tuesday, August 16, 2016 4:55 pmTuesday, August 16, 201622 Comments

At today’s Intel Developer Forum, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich and other Intel execs showed off its 7th Generation Core…

Apple A10-powered Macs on the way? Decoding Apple’s WWDC 2016 media invitation

Thursday, June 2, 2016 1:30 pmThursday, June 2, 201655 Comments

If you think Apple’s been slow with Mac innovation you are not alone…

TSMC begins work on 10nm A11 chips for Apple’s 2017 iPhones and iPads

Friday, May 6, 2016 11:34 am3 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has recently begun to tape out the design for Apple’s A11 processor…

Why Intel’s problem won’t be Apple’s problem

Friday, April 22, 2016 1:03 pm49 Comments

This week, beleaguered Intel announced that it was laying off 12,000 employees

Apple’s emphasis on security makes ARM-powered Macs ‘inevitable’

Thursday, April 21, 2016 9:42 am27 Comments

Apple will offer Macs equipped with an ARM processor, the same silicon used in the iPhone and iPad…

Intel axes 12,000 employees, 11% of its workforce

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 4:27 pmTuesday, April 19, 201626 Comments

Intel expects the program to deliver $750 million in savings this year and annual run rate savings of $1.4 billion by mid-2017…

Why Apple won’t add a third core to their A10 chip next year

Friday, November 13, 2015 4:02 pmFriday, November 13, 20155 Comments

What’s interesting is that even though last year’s A8X chip found inside the iPad Air 2 employed a triple-core CPU design…

Alphabet Inc.’s Google looks to copy Apple yet again

Friday, November 6, 2015 8:56 amFriday, November 6, 201517 Comments

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is apparently looking at ways to exert more control, Apple-style, of Android smartphones by…

Should Intel and its investors fear Apple’s high-performance A9X chip?

Thursday, November 5, 2015 12:01 pmThursday, November 5, 201530 Comments

There has been plenty of talk over the last several years of Apple potentially replacing Intel inside of some…

Superior Silicon: How Apple is beating chipmakers at their own game

Thursday, October 29, 2015 10:31 am18 Comments

Apple’s A-series-powered mobile devices are blisteringly quick. They rarely hesitate, handle multiple apps with ease, and play games…

Mac sales to grow in enterprise with new Apple A-series-powered Mac

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 9:03 pm73 Comments

A full-fledged Mac OS X running on an Apple A-series processor…

Apple unlikely to dump Intel for AMD in the MacBook

Wednesday, July 22, 2015 4:55 pmWednesday, July 22, 201513 Comments

Apple might enlist the semi-custom design services of struggling chipmaker…

GlobalFoundries to make next-gen Apple chips in Malta, New York

Saturday, April 4, 2015 5:12 pm12 Comments

Apple has awarded the contract for its next-generation A9 chips…

Samsung wins Apple A9 chip fab orders for next iPhone, iPad, sources say

Friday, April 3, 2015 8:30 amFriday, April 3, 201536 Comments

Winning this order from Apple will helpSamsung electronics, the world’s second-largest chipmaker rebound…

Apple is a semiconductor powerhouse; expect the first ARM-based Macs to appear in 2016

Tuesday, March 31, 2015 2:35 pmTuesday, March 31, 201538 Comments

Apple has become one of the largest semiconductor makers in the world…

TSMC says to invest additional $16 billion in advanced chip factory

Friday, February 6, 2015 8:30 amFriday, February 6, 20155 Comments

TSMC, the world’s top contract chip maker, said on Friday…

After eating Intel’s mobile lunch, Apple could next devour Qualcomm’s Baseband Processor business

Tuesday, January 20, 2015 12:02 pmTuesday, January 20, 201511 Comments

Eliminating Qualcomm by creating a custom, in-house baseband chip…

Intel CEO characterizes relationship with Apple as ‘strong’

Friday, January 16, 2015 2:30 pmFriday, January 16, 20159 Comments

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich says…

Five barriers that might keep Apple from moving Macs to custom ARM chips

Friday, January 16, 2015 11:27 am12 Comments

Shortly after Apple introduced its first custom A4 Application Processor in 2010…

Samsung and GlobalFoundries reportedly win majority of Apple A9 chip orders

Friday, January 16, 2015 10:25 amFriday, January 16, 20156 Comments

Samsung Electronics and Globalfoundries have secured…

Apple A-series-powered Macs are not only feasible, they may be inevitable

Thursday, January 15, 2015 1:28 pmFriday, January 16, 201521 Comments

Apple would begin to put its custom ARM-based processors in new Mac OS X systems…

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