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Tag: processors

Why Apple dumping Intel processors would be disastrous

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 8:03 pm48 Comments

Apple will drop Intel processors to better manage the launch cycle…

Why Apple might dump Intel’s x86 for their own A-series chips in future Macs

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 6:01 pmWednesday, January 14, 201532 Comments

Such a move is certainly in Apple’s DNA…

KGI: Apple is designing its own processors for Mac

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 12:29 pmWednesday, January 14, 201534 Comments

Apple will begin using its own processors for Macs in the next 1-2 years…

Apple’s rumored 12-inch MacBook Air may aggressively target mobility via USB 3.1 Type-C

Saturday, January 10, 2015 10:19 am27 Comments

An ultra-thin MacBook Air that drops nearly all of its physical ports for a single audio jack and USB 3.1 Type-C connector…

Intel’s Broadwell chip will allow Apple to finally go Retina with MacBook Air

Friday, January 9, 2015 5:35 pmFriday, January 9, 201518 Comments

The new Core processors and graphics chipsets that Intel launched on Monday…

GlobalFoundries could stamp out Apple A9 processors in upstate New York

Thursday, December 11, 2014 9:25 amThursday, December 11, 20143 Comments

Globalfoundries is striving to be among Apple’s major contract chipmakers…

Bernstein: Samsung gets Apple’s next-gen iPhone chip business; TSMC gets iPad, ‘iPad Pro,’ and ‘iPhone 6c’

Friday, November 21, 2014 11:26 amFriday, November 21, 20147 Comments

Bernstein believes Apple will likely introduce a larger iPad…

ARM, TSMC announce plans for 64-bit ARM-based processors on 10FinFET tech

Thursday, October 2, 2014 1:28 pmThursday, October 2, 20147 Comments

ARM and TSMC have announced a new multi-year agreement in order to develop…

Semiconductor Advisors: Apple’s 64-bit A8 processor exposes Intel’s shortcomings

Wednesday, September 17, 2014 6:27 pmWednesday, September 17, 201434 Comments

Apple made some significant design improvements with A8 on top of just the hardware shrink…

Why Apple will switch to ARM-based Apple A-series-powered Macs

Wednesday, August 27, 2014 12:57 pmWednesday, August 27, 201473 Comments

Somewhere on Apple’s campus, ARM-based Macs are already running OS X…

Apple’s Macs might be poised for a massive change

Friday, August 8, 2014 2:01 pmFriday, August 8, 201442 Comments

Ever since Apple started to make its own processor chips for iPhones and iPads…

Why Apple won’t dump Intel x86 for its own ARM chips in MacBooks and the Mac Pro

Tuesday, August 5, 2014 12:01 pmTuesday, August 5, 201441 Comments

Yes, Apple’s newest A7 Cyclone SoC is a beast…

Bernstein: Why Apple Will Leave TSMC Next Year

Monday, August 4, 2014 3:01 pmMonday, August 4, 20148 Comments

Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co….

Intel-powered Macs: The end is nigh

Monday, August 4, 2014 2:00 pmMonday, August 4, 201454 Comments

When Apple announced its 64-bit A7 processor…

Apple’s new Mac updates: Worth the bother?

Thursday, July 31, 2014 1:28 pmThursday, July 31, 201421 Comments

Apple is between a rock and a hard place and it’s all Intel’s fault…

Intel’s Broadwell chips further delayed; not shipping for most Macs until early-mid 2015

Wednesday, July 9, 2014 11:00 amWednesday, July 9, 201426 Comments

Intel’s line of 14-nanometer Broadwell chips have been further delayed…

Samsung/Globalfoundries, TSMC fight to land Apple A9 processor orders

Tuesday, July 1, 2014 8:56 am9 Comments

The Samsung Electronics and Globalfoundries team reportedly…

Apple will inevitably drop Intel for their own A-series processors in the Mac

Thursday, June 26, 2014 12:01 pmThursday, June 26, 201445 Comments

It is inevitable…

TSMC targets record revenue as high-end smartphones demand more chips

Thursday, April 17, 2014 3:58 pmThursday, April 17, 20141 Comment

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd. targets record revenue…

Faster next-gen Haswell chips due soon, could appear in upgraded Macs

Thursday, April 10, 2014 5:05 pmThursday, April 10, 201422 Comments

Intel will launch its Core ‘Haswell’ Refresh line of processors soon…

Bluefin: TSMC pushing forward on 20nm Apple A-series processors for next-gen iPhones, iPads

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 5:37 pm12 Comments

Apple‘s path from Samsung Electronics to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing…

TSMC capacity booked to the end of 3Q14

Friday, April 4, 2014 1:27 pmFriday, April 4, 20142 Comments

The production capacity of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company…

Why doesn’t Apple buy AMD?

Thursday, April 3, 2014 2:02 pmThursday, April 3, 201412 Comments

Among investors in Advanced Micro Devices, there is a pretty continual discussion…

Apple blows away the competition as usual

Tuesday, April 1, 2014 1:32 pmTuesday, April 1, 201416 Comments

Extremely smart design choices that Apple made…

Apple’s 64-bit Cyclone microarchitecture detailed

Monday, March 31, 2014 8:38 am5 Comments

Concrete information on what Apple’s first 64-bit ARMv8 architecture looks like…

What does Intel’s chip delay mean for current and future Mac users?

Wednesday, February 26, 2014 4:24 pmWednesday, February 26, 201418 Comments

Intel’s new Broadwell processor will be delayed until 2015…

Apple has good reasons to stick with Imagination

Sunday, February 16, 2014 8:32 amSunday, February 16, 201419 Comments

Apple has become probably the finest mobile silicon powerhouse…

Apple’s A7 processor targeted in new patent lawsuit

Monday, February 3, 2014 11:29 amMonday, February 3, 201413 Comments

The patent infringement lawsuit concerns Apple’s newest A7 processor and the products that it powers…

How Steve Jobs saved Apple’s bacon with an outstretched ARM

Wednesday, November 27, 2013 3:15 pmWednesday, November 27, 201317 Comments

The chip designers at ARM Holdings have turned the computing world upside down…

iPhone, iPad also-rans struggle to realize Apple’s 64-bit mobile computing achievement

Friday, November 22, 2013 1:01 pmFriday, November 22, 201323 Comments

Intel is readying a 64-bit Bay Trail Atom platform for Android…

Apple’s 64-bit ARM business on track to replicate now-hapless Intel’s x86 model

Tuesday, November 19, 2013 11:02 am25 Comments

While most analysts continue to focus on the battle between Apple…

Apple needs to kick its nasty Samsung habit

Wednesday, November 13, 2013 5:32 pmWednesday, November 13, 201315 Comments

Apple’s products are undoubtedly well thought out, well crafted, and highly innovative…

GlobalFoundries to produce Apple A-series chips in Upstate New York fab

Monday, November 11, 2013 6:39 pm23 Comments

GlobalFoundries is preparing to make chips for Apple’s iPhone and iPad…

Samsung to stamp out 30-40% of Apple’s next-gen ‘A8’ chips, South Korean report claims

Tuesday, October 1, 2013 8:55 amTuesday, October 1, 201322 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will handle the majority…

Is Apple using Intel to fabricate their 64-bit A7 processors?

Monday, September 16, 2013 10:30 amMonday, September 16, 201327 Comments

To get 1 billion transistors on a 102 sq. mm chip would require…

After its disastrous Exynos 5 Octa, Samsung may have lost Apple’s 64-bit A7 powerhouse to TSMC

Saturday, September 14, 2013 10:14 amSaturday, September 14, 201353 Comments

Apple has long been expected to move its A-series chip production…

Apple’s new iPhone 5s is the world’s first and only 64-bit smartphone – and it will be king of the hill for quite some time

Friday, September 13, 2013 3:02 pmFriday, September 13, 201326 Comments

One of the flagship features of Apple’s new iPhone 5s…

Apple leaps ahead with game-changing 64-bit A7 processor

Friday, September 13, 2013 1:34 pm37 Comments

Because Apple controls iOS, with their new 64-bit A7 processor…

Haswell-powered MacBook Pros reportedly to ship in September

Friday, August 23, 2013 1:02 pmFriday, August 23, 201310 Comments

Haswell’s such an incredible boon to battery life…

Apple’s A7 processor expected to be 20% more efficient than A6; debut in ‘iPhone 5S’

Friday, August 16, 2013 10:29 amFriday, August 16, 201318 Comments

With each successive iPhone generation, Apple has introduced a new processor design…

iOS 7 beta code reveals Apple’s upcoming A7 processor to contain Samsung components

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 9:02 pm24 Comments

It seems plausible that this will be the chip powering the new iPhone 5S

New 2013 MacBook Air marks the beginning of end of Apple-Intel partnership

Thursday, July 18, 2013 3:01 pmThursday, July 18, 201324 Comments

Apple’s new MacBook Air marks the beginning of the end of the decade-long marriage between Apple and Intel…

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