First look inside Apple's new iPhone 5 A6 chip appears to show 3 GPUs, 2 CPUs
Apple's new iPhone 5 A6 chip appears to have 3 GPUs, 2 CPUs
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ARM
Daniel Eran Dilger
Samsung to invest $4 billion in Texas iPhone, iPad chip plant
Samsung announced on Tuesday that it plans to spend about $4 billion to renovate its existing chip plant in Austin, Tex., where the company builds Apple's custom processors for the iPhone and iPad.
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Sam Oliver
Intel & Microsoft hope to push iPad's global market share under 50% in 2013
Both Microsoft and Intel are said to have been working closely with PC makers in hopes of pushing Apple's iPad to less than 50 percent of the global tablet market by mid-2013.
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Tim Cook admits Apple may further converge iOS & OS X, Macs could run on ARM CPUs
While he didn't hint at any definitive future plans, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook did admit that all options are on the table for the future of the Mac operating system, including further converging iOS and OS X, as well as potentially running Macs on ARM processors like are found in the iPhone and iPad, or switching iOS to Intel.
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Apple intern's thesis leaks secret project to port Mac OS X to ARM processors
An academic paper written by a former Apple intern who now serves as a Core OS engineer at the company has revealed that it was working on a secret experiment to port Mac OS X Snow Leopard to the ARM architecture.
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Josh Ong
Apple trademarks its patented "macroscalar" code optimization technology
Apple has recently filed for international trademark protections of "macroscalar," its name for various patented optimizations for efficiently executing code on a processor, suggesting it plans to begin commercially promoting its differentiating technology.
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Apple CEO hints at no ARM-based MacBook Air as iPad to "soon satisfy" that niche
After meeting with Apple chief executive Tim Cook and chief financial officer Peter Openheimer, Citi analysts noted a strong iPad outlook leaving little likelihood of an ARM-based MacBook Air, vast growth potential in China, an indistinct future role for Apple TV, and the strength and importance of iCloud.
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Apple's new Israel chip R&D center rumored to open by end of February
Apple is said to have received hundreds of resumes from engineers who are seeking employment at a new research and development center in Israel rumored to open by the end of February.
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AppleInsider Staff
ARM CEO not impressed by Intel's 'Medfield' chips for smartphones, tablets
The chief executive of ARM, which supplies the reference designs for Apple's custom chips found in the iPhone and iPad, has said he doesn't view Intel's newly unveiled smartphone and tablet chips as competitive.
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Katie Marsal
Neil Hughes
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