Apple may shun Intel for custom A-series chips in new Macs within 1-2 years

Mac buyers in 2016 and beyond could have the option of purchasing a machine powered by Apple's A-series processors, which currently sit at the heart of the iPhone and iPad, according to KGI Securities' Ming-Chi Kuo.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 183

Apple Inc., ARM & Qualcomm aggressively poaching IBM's chip designers

As IBM secretly mulls plans to sell off its increasing outdated processor chip fabs in New York and Vermont, a new wave of mobile chip developers—led by Apple, ARM and Qualcomm—are hiring away many of the top chip designers of the once leading firm.

Daniel Eran Dilger 11 years ago 34

Rumor: Apple once again said to be strongly considering ARM-based Macs

Apple's most popular computing devices, from the iPhone and iPad to MacBook Pro and iMac, could all be powered by the same ARM-based processors, if the company were to decide to make such a switch, according to a new report.

Sam Oliver 12 years ago 129

Imagination unveils 192-core mobile GPU potentially bound for future Apple iPhones, iPads

Imagination Technologies, the company whose PowerVR graphics processors are a key component of Apple's iOS devices, unveiled its latest creation on Monday: a 192-core GPU that it claims will produce the most powerful graphics yet in mobile phones and tablets.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 47

Intel CEO says relationship with Apple remains positive, companies are growing 'closer'

Intel Chief Executive Brian Krzanich, who has served as head of the chipmaker for less than one year, was asked on Wednesday about his company's relationship with Apple, and responded that the two parties continue to "grow closer" as time progresses.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 51

Rumor: Apple to shrink A-series chips to 14nm in 2015, TSMC to lead production

A new report out of Taiwan suggests that Apple will not only diversify the supply chain for its next-generation A-series processors, but that the company will also make the leap to a much more advanced fabrication process.

Shane Cole 12 years ago 38

Apple partner ARM acquires graphics software firm Geomerics

In a bid to bolster the graphics capability of its low-power processors, ARM on Friday announced the acquisition of Geomerics, makers of realtime lighting effects technology used in PC and console gaming.

Shane Cole 12 years ago 8

Apple orders for A-series chips expected to contribute up to 10% of TSMC's 2014 revenue

As Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC gets set to ramp up production on its 20-nanometer process fab in January, some analysts believe the company is poised to take a large bite out of rival Samsung's supply contract for Apple's A-series processors.

Shane Cole 12 years ago 5

iPhone Patent Wars: Apple's $1.1 billion ARM injection ignites a mobile patent race

The wholesale appropriation of Apple's Macintosh technology portfolio by Microsoft in the early 1990s had a profound effect upon how the industry began to think about intellectual property and protecting innovation through patent filings.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 73

Galaxy S 4 on steroids: Samsung caught doping in benchmarks

Tipped off by a report from hacker in Luxembourg that accused Samsung of increasing the clock speed of its Android-based Galaxy S 4 specifically, and only, when running certain benchmarks, AnandTech investigated and confirmed that it is indeed cheating to win in performance tests, by design.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 153

Samsung's Galaxy S IV switches to same GPU tech as Apple's A-series chips

Imagination confirmed on Wednesday that Samsung's forthcoming flagship device, the Galaxy S IV, will transition from ARM graphics to Imagination's PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU — the same graphics tech featured in Apple's iPhones and iPads.

Kevin Bostic 13 years ago 45

Apple GPU vendor Imagination buys MIPS, ARM licenses patents

Imagination Technologies, the source of PowerVR GPU cores used in Apple's A-series iOS chips, has acquired MIPS, one of the few remaining CPU architectures outside of Intel, ARM and PowerPC.

Daniel Eran Dilger 13 years ago 23

ARM-based Macs seen as 'inevitable,' but Apple unlikely to switch anytime soon

It's "inevitable" that Apple will merge its Mac and iOS devices at some point, but such a change is not expected to happen for years, in the eyes of one industry watcher.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 95

ARM announces 64-bit Cortex-A50 mobile processors coming in 2014

ARM on Tuesday unveiled new its next-generation of high-performance, power sipping 64-bit chips — CPUs that could power future devices from companies like Apple as soon as 2014.

Slash Lane 13 years ago 42

Rumor: TSMC to build quad-core 20nm chips for Apple by late 2013

Apple's future iOS devices may be powered by custom chips built by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., taking a key component away from rival Samsung, according to a new rumor.

Katie Marsal 13 years ago 66

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