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Rumor: Intel, Apple in negotiations for Intel to start making processors for iOS devices

Maybe a really good partnership CAN live forever… Per the Chicago Tribune, an anonymous source has cited that executives have over the past year discussed a possible partnership in which Intel’s foundries would be used to manufacture Apple-designed chips. A deal has not yet been reached, the source said. This is not the first time […]

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Intel shows off fourth-gen Core processor lineup at CES

The cool stuff’s en route for this year. Per AppleInsider, Intel on Monday demoed a number of upcoming processors set to hit market later this year, including low power versions of the company’s “Haswell” fourth-generation Core series CPUs slated to roll out in Apple’s inevitable 2013 MacBook Pro and MacBook Air refreshes. While Apple wasn’t […]

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TSMC to replace Samsung as A6X chip manufacturer for upcoming iPad devices

The company may not have the prettiest logo in the world, but they DO have a killer Apple contract that a lot of people in their industry would love to have. Per channelnewsasia.com, after years of rumors, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is said to finally begin trial production of A6X chips for Apple’s fourth-generation iPad […]

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Rumor: Apple hiring dozens of Israel-based former Texas Instruments chip engineers

Never doubt the power of hiring the best engineers you can find. Per The Next Web, Apple has reportedly hired a number of former Texas Instruments engineers living in Israel, with the new employees said to bolster the tech giant’s research and development resources in the region. Sources familiar with Apple’s developing Israel-based operations have […]

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Intel CEO Paul Otellini to retire next May

Come next May, someone new steps in as head of Intel. The processor giant announced on Monday that president and CEO, Paul Otellini, has elected to retire as an officer and director of the company effective next May according to the Washington Post. Otellini’s retirement caps a career of nearly 40 years of continuous service […]