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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…

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 next-gen 64-bit A8 processor said to top 2 GHz, remain dual-core

Friday, July 11, 2014 12:58 pmFriday, July 11, 20148 Comments

Besides a larger display, Apple’s upcoming iPhone 6…

Apple will never reveal this iPhone 6 secret

Thursday, July 3, 2014 2:05 pm15 Comments

Each year, Apple launches a brand new set of iOS-based products…

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…

Jeffries: Apple prepping Apple ‘A’ series ARM-based Macs

Tuesday, May 27, 2014 4:02 pmTuesday, May 27, 201445 Comments

Apple is going to move from x86 to the ARM instruction set architecture…

Google’s ‘Project Tango’ phone uses Apple’s PrimeSense technology

Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:28 amThursday, April 17, 20144 Comments

Earlier this year, Google unveiled ‘Project Tango,’ an experimental smartphone…

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…

As Apple cuts out patent infringer Samsung, Korean copier plans to reduce U.S. chip production

Wednesday, March 26, 2014 11:31 amWednesday, March 26, 201411 Comments

Samsung Electronics plans to reduce processor chip production and investment…

Imagination unveils 192-core mobile GPU; could appear in future Apple iPhones, iPads

Monday, February 24, 2014 11:55 am6 Comments

PowerVR graphics processors are a key component of Apple’s iOS devices…

Apple prepping A8-powered MacBook Air for 2014 release?

Wednesday, February 19, 2014 2:32 pmWednesday, February 19, 201434 Comments

Apple heaping praise on its own A7 was not just an iPad Air promo…

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…

The Apple / ARM disruption of the microprocessor industry (Intel) gains momentum

Tuesday, February 11, 2014 4:28 pmTuesday, February 11, 201423 Comments

Apple’s A7 points the way to a more efficient computing platform than Intel…

Imagination Technologies extends its multi-year licensing agreement with Apple; shares surge

Thursday, February 6, 2014 11:12 am1 Comment

magination Technologies Group has announced that Apple has extended…

TSMC to produce Touch ID sensors for next-gen iPhone, 20nm Apple A-series chips

Tuesday, January 14, 2014 8:56 amTuesday, January 14, 20143 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will begin producing…

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…

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…

Apple’s next move revealed?

Monday, October 28, 2013 3:02 pmMonday, October 28, 201324 Comments

Apple is a silicon powerhouse…

Apple’s revolutionary 64-bit iPhone 5s breaks records to become ‘fastest phone ever tested’

Thursday, October 17, 2013 12:17 pm21 Comments

Researchers independently tested the processing speeds and performance…

Android phone assemblers hope to have fingerprint sensors sometime next year

Thursday, October 3, 2013 12:00 pmThursday, October 3, 201339 Comments

Apple’s latest iPhone model features a revolutionary fingerprint sensor, called Touch ID…

Analyst: The iPhone 5c customer is currently in an Android phone contract and will steadily move to Apple over the next year

Monday, September 23, 2013 6:09 pm37 Comments

The results underscore how Apple has upended the global technology industry…

Massive sales of ‘boring’ new iPhones stun skeptics; Apple could overtake Android in the U.S. by 2015

Monday, September 23, 2013 4:38 pm62 Comments

Apple smashed expectations by selling a record-breaking 9 million new iPhones over the weekend…

German hacker group claims to have cracked Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint scanner

Monday, September 23, 2013 12:07 am123 Comments

A group of German hackers claimed to have cracked the iPhone fingerprint…

Cracker of Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint recognition to win booze, cash, and bitcoins

Saturday, September 21, 2013 5:07 pmMonday, September 23, 201363 Comments

The first hacker to crack the fingerprint scanner on Apple’s newly released iPhone 5s…

How soon until Apple’s Touch ID comes to iPad and Mac?

Saturday, September 21, 2013 2:02 pmSaturday, September 21, 201327 Comments

With the iPhone 5s, Apple has introduced the first, functional, mainstream fingerprint ID sensor…

Apple’s iPhone 5s’ A7 chip is a benchmarking beast

Friday, September 20, 2013 1:26 pmFriday, September 20, 201317 Comments

The Apple A7 is a benchmark beast, and Apple accomplished this…

Hackers eager to try cracking iPhone 5s Touch ID fingerprint recognition

Thursday, September 19, 2013 4:32 pmThursday, September 19, 201324 Comments

Hackers are gearing up for Friday’s release of the iPhone 5S…

Security researcher: Apple iPhone 5s Touch ID is truly better security

Thursday, September 19, 2013 4:05 pmThursday, September 19, 201316 Comments

When Apple introduced the iPhone 5s earlier this month…

Apple iPhone 5s reviews are universally positive, many crown iPhone 5s the best smartphone

Thursday, September 19, 2013 1:33 pmThursday, September 19, 201314 Comments

The reviews are universally positive, with many calling Apple’s iPhone 5s smartphone the best in class…

iPhone 5s Touch ID iPhone fingerprint scanner earns praise

Thursday, September 19, 2013 11:58 amThursday, September 19, 201318 Comments

It’s genuinely awesome…

AnandTech reviews iPhone 5s: Apple’s 64-bit A7 is seriously impressive

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 10:42 am17 Comments

The iPhone 5s is quite possibly the biggest S-update we’ve ever seen from Apple…

Samsung: Uh, someday our phones will have 64-bit processors, too

Thursday, September 12, 2013 5:01 pmThursday, September 12, 201360 Comments

The Android operating system would need to be updated first…

Hands on with the new 64-bit A7-powered iPhone 5s with new M7, camera features & Touch ID

Thursday, September 12, 2013 4:01 pmThursday, September 12, 20136 Comments

The new iPhone 5s joins the previously considered iPhone 5c…

64-bit ARM chips in iPhone 5s serve up taste of Intel-free future for Apple

Thursday, September 12, 2013 10:00 amThursday, September 12, 201341 Comments

By far the most the most important new thing that was announced at Apple’s media event…

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

Apple exploring U.S.-based chipmaking deal with Globalfoundries

Saturday, July 13, 2013 12:00 pmSaturday, July 13, 201328 Comments

Apple is exploring a possible deal with chipmaker Globalfoundries…

Sharp to ramp iPhone 5S Retina display production in June; Japan Display and LG Display already underway

Tuesday, May 7, 2013 11:03 pmTuesday, May 7, 201321 Comments

Apple supplier Sharp is ready to ramp up display manufacture for the next-generation iPhone…

Imagination Tech warns on profit on licence deal delays

Thursday, May 2, 2013 8:36 amThursday, May 2, 20134 Comments

Imagination Technologies said annual profit would miss forecasts due to delays…

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