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 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 ...

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-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.

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.

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 ...

Apple is planning to overhaul its chip design for the 2026 iPhones, marking the first time it uses advanced multi-chip packaging.

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 ...

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 ...

By Che Pan and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese smartphone and electric vehicle maker Xiaomi said on Thursday it would launch a new self developed mobile phone chip, XringO1, in late May. The ...

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 ...