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Sorry Samsung: TSMC reportedly starts shipping processors to Apple

on July 10, 2014

Taiwanese semiconductor giant is shipping chips to Apple for inclusion in the upcoming iPhone, according to the Wall Street Journal. Previously, Samsung was the Apple’s sole iOS semiconductor partner.

Apple will reportedly unveil “end-to-end” OS X redesign at WWDC

on May 1, 2014

Apple will focus on Mac OS X at its upcoming developer’s conference on June 2, according to a new report.

The case of the missing M7: Where is it in Apple’s iPhone 5s and who makes it? (Solved: NXP)

on September 20, 2013

Apple is touting its new A7 chip and M7 co-processor in the iPhone 5s but where the heck is the M7? A teardown didn’t find the chip, indicating it may be a different company’s digital signal processor.

Apple’s new 64-bit chip is too much for a smartphone, but great for a MacBook

on September 10, 2013

Apple’s two new chips inside the iPhone 5s are not exactly necessary for the phone, but are excellent indicators of where Apple wants to go next.

Report: Apple testing 64-bit iPhone processor with a “motion tracking” chip

on August 26, 2013

Reports suggest Apple is testing a new chip design for the next iPhone. That’s not surprising by itself, but the silicon is rumored to be 64-bit compatible and use a second chip specifically for motion tracking.

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