Apple is interested in tapping generative artificial intelligence to help speed up the design of the custom chips at the ...

Apple has used customization of the processor design to optimize performance, either on the A4 or in a future chip. Here is some language common to a number of the applications. (rough translation ...

Apple’s A4 chip, being used in the iPad, could ultimately provide a speed bump to future versions of the company’s iPhone, analysts said on Thursday. Apple on Wednesday introduced the iPad ...

Apple’s internally developed A4 chip could be implemented in new devices such as low-power servers, TVs or even communications or entertainment boxes, if the company tries to expand the chip’s ...

The first official Apple-branded chip, the fruit of Apple's acquisition of PA Semi, should have "a performance, battery efficiency, and cost advantage over the competition." Brooke Crothers writes ...

One of the most interesting announcements at yesterday’s Apple [AAPL] special event is that the Apple iPad would be powered by a new Apple processor, called the A4, which is a system on a chip.

Apple-designed System on a Chip named the A4. The company's future custom silicon plans are likely to expand even faster following its acquisition of Intrinsity, a privately owned ARM design firm.

So I trolled VentureBeat’s readers with a challenge: Explain to me how Apple’s switch from third-party chip manufacturers to its own in-house design for the A4 chip that powers the new iPad ...

As the Apple iPad and its A4 chip get ready to ship, plenty of competing products are waiting in the wings. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets ...

There’s a story going around right now that the development costs for Apple’s A4 chip, which powers the iPad, might be as high as a billion dollars. Let’s not get carried away here.

Apple’s A4 chip, being used in the iPad, could ultimately provide a speed boost to future versions of the company’s iPhone, analysts said on Thursday. Apple introduced on Wednesday the iPad ...

With the A4, Apple still maintains its long-standing relationship ... Apple chose Motorola’s 68k series of chips to power its Macs because they offered better performance than Intel’s ...