ARM posts record profits with help from Apple's iPhone, iPad successes
Bolstered by record sales of Apple's iPhone and iPad, chip designer ARM Holdings announced its highest ever annual revenue and earnings Tuesday.
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ARM
Josh Ong
Apple to pack ultrafast, dual core SGX543 graphics into iPad 2, iPhone 5
Apple's next generation iPad and iPhone, both due the first half of this year, will pack a new version of the company's custom A4 chip, with dual, faster graphics cores capable of supporting a Retina Display iPad and potentially bringing 1080p HD support to iOS devices, including Apple TV.
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Daniel Eran Dilger
Intel and NVIDIA settle patent dispute with 6-year $1.5B deal
Intel and NVIDIA have announced a six-year $1.5 billion cross-licensing agreement that resolves a lengthy patent dispute between the two companies and could lead to close integration of NVIDIA GPUs with Intel's processors.
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Briefly: Apple shareholder proposal, VLC app removed, Intel tablets
Apple is opposing a shareholder proposal advocating a CEO succession plan for the company, while the VLC media player iOS app has reportedly been removed from the App Store over a licensing disagreement. Meanwhile, an Intel executive has revealed that his company tried unsuccessfully for a long time to get Microsoft to build a tablet operating system.
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AppleInsider Staff
Apple to expand CPU design group beyond iPad A4
Apple is seeking to hire engineers to design a new CPU micro-architecture, expanding upon its acquisitions of two fabless chip design companies and the release of its new A4 application processor used in the iPad and iPhone 4.
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Intel bullish after garnering 35 tablet design wins
Intel CEO Paul Otellini announced Wednesday that his company has resumed stock buy-backs and won 35 agreements from manufacturers to put its chips into new tablet models, which are set to compete with Apple's iPad next year.
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ARM CEO not worried about Intel tablet PC threat
The chief executive at ARM, whose CPU designs are used in Apple's iPad, affirmed the continued growth of the tablet PC market, while dismissing concerns that Intel tablets will pose a competitive threat to the company.
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Steve Jobs: iTunes LP, Extra coming to iOS Apple TV
After its transition into an iOS device, Apple TV lost the ability to display iTunes LP and Extras, but support is on the way according to an email attributed to Apple's chief executive.
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Intel hopes to court developers with iPhone app conversion tool
Intel is currently developing a tool to aid developers in porting iPhone applications to Intel-based devices in hopes of increasing development for and interest in Intel processors.
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Katie Marsal
Sam Oliver
Kasper Jade
Neil Hughes
