Editorial: Intel CPU constraints are sign on the road to ARM chips in the Mac

Apple CEO Tim Cook mentioned that Apple took about a five percent hit on Mac revenues because of constraints on Intel processors, and the company can't seem to break the 10nm process barrier. The last two times that a chip supplier couldn't keep its promises, Apple made a big move to another architecture — and this is just another sign on the road to an ARM Mac coming relatively soon.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 79

Apple's 5G modem project lead Ruben Caballero has left the company

Ruben Caballero, a lead for Apple's nascent 5G modem project, has left the company in the wake of a division restructure, and the blockbuster Qualcomm modem deal.

Mike Wuerthele 7 years ago 2

Apple hired away Intel's 5G modem lead just prior to Qualcomm settlement

Intel's departure from the 5G modem business may have been dictated not just by Apple's settlement with Qualcomm, but its reported poaching of Intel's lead 5G modem developer earlier in 2019.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 16

Intel to supply 4G modems for 2019 iPhone, exited 5G smartphone business because of Apple-Qualcomm settlement

In reporting its first quarter financials for 2019, Intel CEO Bob Swan during a conference call on Thursday said the company expects to deliver 4G wireless modems to customers throughout the year, including a next-generation iPhone.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 9

Intel lays off dozens from autonomous vehicle program, acquires LiDAR startup

In a claimed effort to streamline operations, Intel recently shaved "several dozen" people from its roster of employees working on autonomous vehicles at the company's Silicon Valley Innovation Center in Palo Alto.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 12

Samsung to spend $116B in next decade to overtake chipmakers TSMC, Intel, Qualcomm

Samsung this week said it intends to spend $116 billion by 2030 in order to beat the likes of Intel, Qualcomm, and TSMC for a lead role in logic chip manufacturing.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 19

Intel refreshes H-series processor used in 2018 MacBook Pro, still 14nm

Intel has refreshed its H-series processor line that was used in the 2018 MacBook Pro with a collection that boasts one eight-core processor capable of a 5GHz clock speed, but one that is also continuing to use the aging 14-nanometer production process.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 38

Intel exits 5G smartphone modem business on heels of Apple-Qualcomm settlement

Apple supplier Intel on Tuesday announced plans to exit the 5G smartphone modem business, with the decision arriving on the heels of a settlement reached in the wide sprawling Apple v. Qualcomm legal battle.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 29

Review: The iMac 5K with Intel i9 & Vega graphics encroaches on iMac Pro territory

The 2019 iMac spans a wide range in terms of performance, with the most powerful of the lot the 27-inch iMac 5K with the Intel i9 processor. AppleInsider goes in-depth with this beast of a machine.

Andrew O'Hara 7 years ago 13

Huawei chairman says Apple has not discussed buying its 5G modems for iPhone

Following Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei's comments that the firm is "open" to making 5G chipsets for future iPhones, current chairman Ken Hu denies having had any conversation with Apple.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 3

Huawei CEO is 'open' to selling 5G chip to 'great company' Apple

Huawei's CEO Ren Zhengfei has said that his company is open to selling 5G modems to Apple, a company that he praises for its mobile legacy and maintaining quality products for decades.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 101

Steve Jobs predicted the Mac's move from Intel to ARM processors

The Mac shifting to ARM may come as soon as a full decade after Steve Jobs died. Yet, as well as championing and managing the Intel move in the 2000s, he also considered these major computer hardware architecture changes to be essential every decade or so.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 66

Qualcomm still wants to cooperate with Apple on a 5G iPhone

If Apple indeed having its reported trouble securing a 5G modem for 2020 iPhones from Intel or other vendors, Qualcomm is standing by, the chipmaker's president said on Friday.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 56

With Apple 5G modem likely in 2021, prospects for 5G iPhone in 2020 'in jeopardy'

Apple is running up against pre-production deadlines to have an 5G modem in the 2020 iPhone, so it may wait until Apple is done with an in-house solution in 2021 a UBS analyst said on Wednesday.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 41

Apple & Qualcomm claim to be backbones of 5G as US ITC ruling nears

Both Apple and Qualcomm are insisting that their victory in a U.S. International Trade Commission ruling, due Tuesday, will be essential to the future of 5G in the country.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 9

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