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Upgrade to Apple Silicon could usher in lower-cost Macs
JP Morgan expects the first Apple Silicon Macs to significantly drive innovation, cut material costs, and possibly lead to a lower-priced…
Apple silicon-powered Macs could revive the PC chip wars – analysts
Apple on Tuesday is expected to unveil new Apple silicon-powered Macs that replace Intel CPUs, a move that could reignite a race to control…
Nvidia seeks to acquire chip designer ARM Limited from SoftBank
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
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?
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
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…
Apple still holds the fate of Imagination Technologies one year on
Imagination is continuing to lose staff to Apple…
Chinese government-backed fund targets Imagination Technologies for takeover
The troubled British microchip designer Imagination Technologies has become a takeover target…
Apple escalates feud, sets up new UK office on Imagination’s doorstep
Apple has raised the stakes in its bitter stand-off with Imagination Technologies by opening…
Apple fires back at Imagination Tech in contract dispute
When the iPhone supplier Imagination Technologies Group Plc announced in April that Apple Inc…
Imagination Technologies attacks Apple’s homegrown GPU plans
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
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
Imagination Technologies, the British firm that lost 70 percent of its value after being ditched by Apple…
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…
Apple silicon and Machine Learning
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
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
Apple Inc. got an early start in artificial intelligence software with the 2011 introduction of Siri…
Imagination Technology starts dispute process with Apple
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
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
UBS analysts predicted that Imagination would become loss-making by fiscal 2019…
Why is Apple’s next-gen Mac Pro taking so long?
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
Apple has achieved significant advantages through owning its own silicon. But where can it go next?
Without Apple, Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR has no future
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
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
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
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
Apple’s announcement to ditch the graphics chips designed by Imagination Technologies…
Apple supplier Imagination raises prospect of patent infringement lawsuit as shares implode
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
Shares in chipmaker Imagination Technologies plunged over 60 percent on Monday after the British company…
Another reason Apple may make its own Mac chips
Here’s another reason why Apple may consider making its own chips…
Samsung wins Apple A9 chip fab orders for next iPhone, iPad, sources say
Winning this order from Apple will helpSamsung electronics, the world’s second-largest chipmaker rebound…
As Apple slowly weans itself off Samsung parts, new iPhone drives a wedge between Korea and Taiwan
Apple has long accused Samsung, its contractor, of copying its designs…
