Apple CPU architect for iPhone, iPad departs for AMD AMD announced on Wednesday that it has hired Jim Keller, who was previously a director in Apple's mobile platform architecture group where he worked on Apple's custom chips for devices like the iPhone and iPad. AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 29
Rumor: Apple's iPhone 5 to sport new A8 processor, Qualcomm baseband Apple's forthcoming fifth-generation iPhone will sport a new, faster custom processor dubbed the A8, as well as a baseband processor from Qualcomm, according to a new report. Slash Lane 15 years ago 89
NYT confirms Apple purchase of chipmaker Intrinsity Confirming a rumor from early April, The New York Times on Tuesday reported that Apple purchased Intrinsity, a privately owned ARM chip design firm. Sam Oliver 16 years ago 16
iPad's Apple A4 CPU is feature-stripped ARM Cortex-A8 - report Though early reports and speculation suggested Apple's custom A4 system-on-a-chip found inside the iPad was based on the more advanced, dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 architecture, one new report says the processor actually "just isn't anything to write home about." Sam Oliver 16 years ago 167
Custom Apple A4 iPad chip estimated to be $1 billion investment In bypassing a traditional chip maker like Intel and creating its own custom ARM-based processor for the iPad, Apple has likely incurred an investment of about $1 billion, a new report suggests. Sam Oliver 16 years ago 134
iPad's custom Apple A4 processor includes ARM-based CPU, GPU Details of Apple's custom-built processor inside the newly unveiled iPad are beginning to surface, with a report stating the system-on-a-chip includes an ARM Cortex-A9-based CPU accompanied by a GPU. AppleInsider Staff 16 years ago 198
ARM shows possibly iPhone-bound multicore mobile processor ARM is demonstrating the first working example of a multicore processor that may dramatically speed up smartphones. Meanwhile, Apple is looking for iPhone engineers that can write multithreaded code that may take advantage of ARM's breakthrough. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 31
