Teardown of Apple's refreshed 21.5" iMac finds LG-built display, soldered & non-upgradeable RAM [u]

Apple's refreshed, entry-evel 21.5-inch iMac desktop has been given the teardown treatment, revealing that its standard-resolution display was manufactured by LG Display, while the Wi-Fi antenna design has been slightly tweaked [corrected].

Neil Hughes 10 years ago 55

Intel profits drop in Q3 on weak PC market, alleviated by higher chip prices, server & IoT markets

Intel profits dropped 6.3 percent year-over-year in the third quarter, impacted by a diminished market for desktop and laptop PCs — though the company was buoyed somewhat by things like higher selling prices for chips, and rising sales in the server market.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 27

Questionable rumor claims Apple's next-gen 'A10' processor could switch to six cores

Apple's next-generation mobile processor may be called the A10 and leap ahead to a six-core architecture, according to a rumor from Chinese microblogging site Weibo.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 159

Intel's Skylake chips can power three 4K monitors simultaneously, launch details in 'couple of weeks'

A launch date for Intel's next-generation Skylake processors should be announced in a "couple of weeks," a senior principal engineer recently revealed at an Intel Developer Forum presentation.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 24

Fossil joins Apple Watch competition with Moto 360-like Android Wear product

Presenting Tuesday at the annual Intel Developer Forum, fashion brand Fossil teased its first competitor to the Apple Watch, a device that will run Google's Android Wear platform.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 66

Intel modems may be in up to half of next-gen iPhone shipments, analyst estimates

Chipmaker Intel may have won as much as half of the orders for modems in Apple's next-generation iPhones shipping this fall, an analyst with Northland Capital Markets claimed on Wednesday.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 20

Leaked Intel Skylake-U roadmap reveals CPUs likely bound for MacBook Air

A set of supposedly leaked specifications for Intel's upcoming Skylake processor lineup made its way to the Web on Tuesday, offering what could be the first peek at what users can expect from Apple's next-generation MacBook Air products.

Mikey Campbell 10 years ago 38

Intel and Micron's new '3D XPoint' memory is 1000x faster, more durable than NAND

Semiconductor technology giants Intel and Micron on Tuesday announced 3D XPoint memory, the fruits of a joint endeavor into non-volatile memory technology the companies claim is the first major breakthrough in the space since the introduction of NAND flash in 1989.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 55

Leaked Intel Skylake info reveals future MacBooks will gain graphics boosts, better battery life

Newly-leaked Intel presentation slides suggest that the company's upcoming Skylake processors could bring important performance and power consumption improvements to future Macs.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 32

Apple partner TSMC to mass produce 10nm chips by early 2017, on pace to beat Intel

The race to make smaller and more efficient mobile processors continues, with iPhone chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. revealing it remains on track to mass produce its first 10-nanometer FinFET processors by early 2017 — a timeframe that would put it ahead of rival Intel.

Neil Hughes 10 years ago 88

Intel announces quad-core mobile Broadwell chips, but Apple likely to stay away

Chip giant Intel on Tuesday finally unveiled new quad-core mobile processors based on its Broadwell architecture — six months after the first Broadwell chips rolled out — but it may be too late to snag Apple's recently updated MacBook Pro.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 20

Rumor: Intel prepping next-gen Skylake chips for August debut, may curtail Broadwell sales

Chip giant Intel is reportedly targeting August of this year for the initial rollout of its next-generation Skylake microarchitecture, a timeline that likely means Apple's high-end Macs will skip the oft-delayed Broadwell line.

Sam Oliver 11 years ago 39

Apple launches new 15-inch MacBook Pro with Force Touch trackpad

Apple on Tuesday issued an update to its 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display, adding faster Intel processors, as well as the new pressure-sensitive Force Touch trackpad.

Neil Hughes 11 years ago 80

Intel to mask billion-dollar mobile losses with new financial reporting structure

With its troubled mobile chip unit hemorrhaging cash — thanks in part to Apple's domination of the smartphone and tablet markets — Intel this week announced that it would no longer report mobile earnings as a separate line item, instead choosing to lump them in with its money-minting PC business.

Sam Oliver 11 years ago 38

Intel & Micron's new 3D flash memory could mean cheaper, larger storage for Apple's Macs, iOS devices

Intel and Micron have announced the launch of a new 3D NAND flash technology, one which could substantially improve the amount of data storage possible in Macs, iPhones, iPads, and numerous other devices.

Roger Fingas 11 years ago 41

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