How Apple's $1 billion Intel modem purchase happened

The swift change in fortunes for Intel's modem business in the months following Qualcomm's settlement with Apple may have taken some by surprise, but the processor producer has gone through quite the journey in the process. AppleInsider details how Intel's modem arm prospered then became an acquisition target.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 21

Apple buys Intel modem business in $1B deal

Apple has signed a deal to acquire the majority of Intel's cellular modem patents, intellectual property and key personnel in a deal valued at $1 billion, furthering the tech giant's plans to take ownership of iPhone's communications stack.

Mike Wuerthele 6 years ago 62

Why Apple's Macs can now ditch Intel x86 and shift to ARM

In 2005, Steve Jobs announced that Apple would transition Macs to use PC-standard Intel x86 processors. Fifteen years later, Apple appears poised to make another CPU shift that could prove to be far more significant in the future of technology. Here's why.

Daniel Eran Dilger 6 years ago 75

Apple in 'advanced talks' to buy Intel's mobile modem business

Apple is allegedly in "advanced talks" to pick up Intel's smartphone modem business, ready to pay $1 billion or more for associated patents and workers.

Roger Fingas 6 years ago 34

Intel takes wireless patents off sale, enters exclusive talks with potential buyer

Having only put them on sale in June, Intel has allegedly withdrawn 8,500 wireless patents from offer while it enters exclusive talks with a possible buyer.

Roger Fingas 6 years ago 10

Intel cellular IP and modem patents head to auction

Following April's announcement it was planning to leave the 5G smartphone modem business, Intel is said to be preparing to hold an auction for its cellular wireless intellectual property, which reportedly includes a portfolio of 8,500 assets that will be put up for sale.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 9

Apple reportedly in negotiations to buy key piece of Intel's smartphone modem business

Apple is reportedly in talks to buy a key section of Intel's smartphone modem business, a division that effectively shut down after Apple and Qualcomm settled their worldwide legal dispute in April.

Mikey Campbell 6 years ago 12

Intel's first 'Ice Lake' 10-nanometer processors aimed at notebooks are shipping soon

Intel has started to ship 10-nanometer 10th-generation Core processors, the chip producer confirmed at Computex, with the first wave of processors consisting of variants meant for mobile computing in notebooks, rather than desktop versions.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 21

Honey I Shrunk the Chips: How die shrinks help make processors more powerful

As companies like Intel and TSMC plan future processors and chip designs that use extremely small scale production processes, AppleInsider takes a moment to explain what die shrinking is, how it can benefit everyone involved, and how it's now an extremely difficult feat to perform.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 22

Benchmarking the eight-core 2019 MacBook Pro with Vega 20 graphics

Apple latest and greatest 2019 MacBook Pro with 8-core i9 processor and Radeon Pro Vega 20 graphics is on our test bench, so let's see how fast it really is.

Andrew O'Hara 7 years ago 16

Eight-core 2019 15-inch MacBook Pro crushes mid-2018 model in benchmarks

An initial benchmark of Apple's updated 15-inch MacBook Pro with an eight-core processor indicates the 2019 revision of the highest-specification model offers considerable improvements on the 2018 equivalent, especially in multi-core performance.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 24

Apple updates 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros with new Intel chips, enhanced butterfly keyboard

Apple has announced a new crop of MacBook Pro models with Intel's newest 8th and 9th generation Core processors and is addressing concerns with its ultra slim butterfly keyboards with new enhancements to substantially reduce issues users may experience with stuck or unresponsive keys.

Daniel Eran Dilger 7 years ago 120

Podcast

Huawei under pressure, pushing down on Intel, ZombieLoad and more on the AppleInsider Podcast

Victor Marks 7 years ago 5

Apple says these Macs may not be patched for future vulnerabilities similar to 'ZombieLoad'

Several pre-2011 Macs could still be vulnerable to "ZombieLoad"-like security exploits, and Apple can't fix that because Intel won't release the necessary microcode updates.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 2

Why that 40% performance hit for full 'ZombieLoad' mitigations probably won't affect you

Tuesday's revelation of the existence of the "ZombieLoad" vulnerability and the subsequent patching of the issue in macOS has led some users to be angry about the potential 40% reduction in system performance for their Mac. While significant, that impact will really only impact a small percentage of Mac owners, while the vast majority of complainants are upset at something they just don't need to endure.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 25

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