Processor

Intel's outgoing CEO explains how they turned down the original iPhone

By Richard Devine, Friday, May 17, 2013 a 9:16 am

Intel CEO Paul Otellini has stepped down from his post, but not before divulging some interesting revelations in the process. As it turns out, Otellini and Intel turned down the chance to work on the original iPhone, now with some element of regret. As Otellini told The Atlantic:

Apple supposedly contracting TSMC to produce A6X processor

By Derek Kessler, Thursday, Jan 3, 2013 a 5:25 pm

It's a rumor that's been making the rounds for quite some time, going back as far as March of 2011: Apple moving production of their custom ARM-based processors from Samsung to TSMC. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has increasingly been named as a principle benefactor of Apple's unhappy relationship with rival and former frenemy (now verging on full-time enemy) Samsung. Now, According to the AFP, the Taiwanese Commercial Times is reporting that TSMC has been contracted by Apple to produce the company's A6X chip.

1080p Apple TV has a dual-core processor after all

By Simon Sage, Thursday, Apr 12, 2012 a 11:05 am

Some recent poking around inside Apple's third-generation TV unit show that there's actually a dual-core A5 processor inside, and not the single-core CPU listed on the spec sheet.

The new iPad has 1 GB of RAM and a 1 GHz processor

By Simon Sage, Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012 a 10:46 am

Some early benchmarks of the new iPad show that though there's been a bump in RAM up to 1 GB (from 512 MB in the iPad 2), the processor maintains the same 1 GHz clock speed.

iPhone 4S processor is 800Mhz, 73% faster than iPhone 4?

By Andrew Wray, Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 a 6:21 pm

New tests conducted over at AnandTech reveal that Apple has chosen to underclock the A5 system-on-a-chip nestled inside the iPhone 4S to ~800MHz, just slightly slower than the iPad 2's 1GHz, but still far better than the iPhone 4's A4 SoC -- by margins as high as 73%.

Apple Spinning Custom "PA Semi" ARM Chipset for Next Gen iPhone?

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Sep 18, 2008 a 9:49 pm

PowerVR Graphics Cores Licensed... by Apple?

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Sep 7, 2008 a 2:55 pm

Got an iPhone or iPod Touch? Then you've already got a PowerVR graphics core crunching your eye candy. This week, however, Imagination Technologies revealed that an "unnamed company" has acquired a new mega-license for their current and future tech.