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NewsIntel gets serious about wireless
The fact that LTE connectivity is becoming ubiquitous in smartphones and tablets isn’t lost on Intel, which aims for its baseband processors...
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NewsProcessor market to get boost from smartphones, tablets
Tablets and smartphones will give a much-needed boost this year to the worldwide microprocessor market, which is undergoing a fundamental change with...
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NewsIs Apple eyeing up US$10 billion chip factory in New York?
Apple is planning to invest US$10 billion in a chip factory in the US, according to a report. This is thought to be part of the company’s plan...
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NewsSamsung slaps Apple with 20 percent price increase for chips
Apple has reluctantly swallowed a 20 percent price increase for its mobile processors supplied by Samsung, according to reports. South Korean newspaper...
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NewsiPad mini teardown reveals 43 per cent gross profit margin for Apple
A teardown of Apple’s new iPad mini by IHS iSuppli reveals that each 16GB WiFi only model of the 7.9in tablets costs roughly US$188 to build....
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News 1iPad mini ‘has same 32nm A5 processor as iPad 2, 5G iPod touch’
The iPad mini features the same 32nm A5 processor as the 5th-gen iPod touch and iPad 2, teardown analysis confirms. Apple’s new iPad mini 7.9in...
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NewsCustom CPU core design in iPhone 5 marks an Apple first
More details of the iPhone 5 CPU emerged this week, confirming Apple’s claimed performance gains. But more importantly, they are the first...
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NewsApple controls own destiny with new A6 chip, say experts
The iPhone 5 smartphone has the A6 CPU, which industry experts say is the first in a line of many upcoming Apple custom processors that will better...
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News 2A6 chip in iPhone 5 is dual-core Cortex-A15 from UK company
An analyst is claiming to have insight into the A6 chip inside the new iPhone 5. According to analysts at Nomura Equity Research, the A6 processor...
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NewsAMD hires Apple platform architect to head processor group
Advanced Micro Devices has lured Jim Keller from his role as platform architect at Apple to head its processor group as the struggling company tries...
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FeaturesLab Tests: Processor, graphics boosts improve MacBook Air performance
The MacBook Air models rolled out as part of last week’s complete overhaul to Apple’s laptop line include next-generation Intel processors, faster...
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NewsSmartphones with quad-core chips and 4G LTE coming soon
Quad-core processors have not yet been combined with 4G LTE in smartphones, but that could change soon. Nvidia on Friday said a quad-core Tegra 3...
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NewsBenchmarks show new iPad to have 1GHz processor, 1GB RAM
The new iPad has 1GB of RAM – as previously suspected – as well as a 1GHz processor, the same speed as that of the iPad 2, it has been...
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Features 4Intel’s new Xeon chips
Intel on Tuesday announced the availability of its new Xeon E5 processors for servers and workstations. That announcement was accompanied by unveilings...
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NewsIntel confirms Ivy Bridge delay
Chip giant Intel has confirmed that its next-generation microprocessors, code-named Ivy Bridge, will arrive around two months later than initially...
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NewsApple updates MacBook Pro line
Softly, softly – Apple today quietly updated its MacBook Pro line, bringing ever-so-slight bumps to processor speeds, as well as larger hard drives...
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NewsIntel unveils experimental, new chip
Intel has shown off an experimental low-power processor the size of a postage stamp that could run PCs on solar power. The concept processor, code-named...
