Apple's new Thunderbolt cable sports internal firmware, transceivers
A teardown of Apple's just-released $49 Thunderbolt cable has revealed an "active cable" with transceiver chips on each end.
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Intel
Josh Ong
Supply of Apple's white MacBook severely constrained ahead of Lion debut
Availability of Apple's current $999 white MacBook, built with hardware that is now getting long in the tooth, has become constrained, potentially signaling a forthcoming update to the entry-level notebook.
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Neil Hughes
Sony announces first non-Mac 'Thunderbolt' laptop coming to Europe in July
Sony on Tuesday took the wraps off a redesigned VAIO Z laptop, which is scheduled to arrive in Europe at the end of July and will feature a proprietary version of Intel's Thunderbolt technology. Meanwhile, Apple has issued a firmware update to improve Thunderbolt performance.
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Apple rumored to move production of custom 'A6' chip away from Samsung in 2012
Apple is rumored to further distance itself from its rival Samsung starting with the "A6" chip in 2012, when the iPhone maker will allegedly transition production of its custom ARM chips to a new chipmaker.
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Sam Oliver
LaCie demos "Little Big Disk" Thunderbolt SSD drive coming this summer
Peripheral and storage maker LaCie's Thunderbolt and Solid-State Drive "Little Big Disk" is coming this summer, with one hands-on preview demonstrating read speeds of 827 MB per second.
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Analyst: Apple's iPad to lead tablet market explosion for 'foreseeable future'
According to one analyst, the market for consumer tablets could top 215 million units by 2015, with the iPad expected to dominate the market's explosive growth.
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Apple poised to build nearly 400K next-gen MacBook Airs this month
The second-generation of Apple's revitalized MacBook Air notebooks are scheduled to enter mass production during the month of June, with an initial build volume hovering around 400,000 units.
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Kasper Jade and Neil Hughes
Patent infringement suit targets Apple over use of Intel CPUs
Apple, Intel and Hewlett-Packard have all been hit with a new patent infringement lawsuit that takes issue with Apple's iMac and its use of Intel processors.
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Intel's new 'Ultrabook' design to compete with Apple's iPad, MacBook Air
Intel has unveiled design guidelines for a new category of thin-and-light laptops, dubbed "Ultrabooks," that take cues from Apple's iPad and MacBook Air.
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AppleInsider Staff
Katie Marsal
Daniel Eran Dilger
