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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…
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…
Component manufacturing drives Apple’s U.S. job creation
In 2018, Apple spent $60 billion with 9,000 American component suppliers and companies…
II-VI Inc. to acquire Apple supplier Finisar for $3.2 billion
Under the terms of the merger agreement, which has been unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies…
Patrick Moorhead: Apple’s plan to dominate silicon
Before creating my industry analyst and research company, I was fortunate enough to spend over a decade…
TSMC begins work on 10nm A11 chips for Apple’s 2017 iPhones and iPads
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has recently begun to tape out the design for Apple’s A11 processor…
Moore’s law is dead
Moore’s law has died at the age of 51 after an extended illness…
IBM announces world’s most powerful computer chips
IBM said on Thursday that it had made working versions of ultradense computer chips…
Apple inks multi-billion dollar chip fabrication deal with Samsung, sources say
From 2016, Samsung will supply 80 percent of APs used in Apple devices…
TSMC targets record revenue as high-end smartphones demand more chips
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd. targets record revenue…
Apple the world’s top semiconductor buyer in 2013 by a large margin
Apple remained the world’s largest buyer of semiconductor chips in 2013…
Will Intel help Apple finally dump Samsung?
Chip giant Intel badly needs to find a new growth driver…
Apple’s next move revealed?
Apple is a silicon powerhouse…
RUMOR: Apple buys Taiwan fab to stamp its own chips
Despite all that talk that Apple is striking a deal with TSMC…
Samsung is about to experience the ‘Apple tsunami’
According to a new report from Asia today…
Apple to buy chips from TSMC as it attempts to extricate itself from dependency on Samsung
In the past year, Apple executives have expressed concern that their dependence on Samsung…
Cringely: Otellini was forced out by Intel board thanks to Apple’s decision to abandon Intel chips
Yes, Otellini was forced out by the board…
Intel CEO Paul Otellini to retire in May
Intel Corporation today announced that the company’s president and CEO, Paul Otellini…
Texas Instruments to cut nearly 5% of its workforce
The Dallas company said it expects restructuring charges of $325 million…
Apple’s next chip architecture transition will be inconvenient, but not the end of the world
It’s been over 3 years since Apple has ensured that their operating system…
What should Apple be doing with ARM – and it’s not Macs
Apple currently benefits from Intel’s best-in-the-world manufacturing technology…
Samsung reportedly delays new semiconductor plant after losing Apple orders, sources say
Samsung Electronics is likely to put off the construction of a new logic fabrication…
Will Apple really switch the Mac to Apple designed ARM-based processors?
Such a change would no doubt hurt Intel, already fighting to maintain…
Apple exploring switch from Intel processors for Macintosh, say sources
Apple Inc. is exploring ways to replace Intel Corp. processors in its Mac personal computers…
Apple is world’s biggest chip buyer, by far; purchases 50% more than its nearest rival, Samsung
Apple is thy far he biggest buyer of microprocessors today…
Gartner: Apple became the world’s #1 semiconductor buyer in 2011
Apple gained a much greater share of the smartphone market…
Gartner: Apple became world’s top semiconductor buyer in 2011
Apple led the market in 2011…
Led by Apple’s iPhone and iPad, sales of wireless semiconductors to top PCs in 2011
Sales of CPUs, memory and other semiconductors will be greater for wireless…
