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Apple exec explains the company's 'secret weapon' when making its own chips
Apple began making its own chips in 2010, starting with the A4 chip, which it used in the first-generation iPad and the iPhone 4. The company increasingly turned to its own semiconductors — a ...
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Apple To Outsource A4 and A5 Production? iPad 2 With “Enhanced” A4?
A second report from Digitimes this evening suggest that Apple might outsource the production of the A4 chip and the rumored Cortex-A9-based A5 to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, TSMC.
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MacBooks "without any compromises": Apple's Doug Brooks says performance and battery life dominance will continue as M5 rumors emerge
Doug Brooks, Product Manager for Mac Hardware, is enthusiastic about Apple’s ability to maintain its performance and battery ...
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Apple’s A6 Chip In Trial Production With TSMC, Might Be A Sign Of Apple Cutting Samsung Ties
A report from Reuters is claiming that Apple has begun trialling production of an A6 processor with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) ahead of an expected 2012 launch. If true it would ...