Intel’s spiffy new Whiskey Lake and Amber Lake processors for notebooks are officially available and should start surfacing in new systems this fall. The processors offer longer battery life, improved performance and built-in Gigabit WiFi support, and could be optimal for Apple’s upcoming MacBook and MacBook Air lineup. Both processors stick with the 14nm process […]
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Even if Apple might be moving away from Intel’s chips for its future, Intel is still releasing some cool hardware worth of your consideration. The processor manufacturer on Tuesdayintroduced a range of new eighth-generation Core processors appropriate for future MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and iMac models. The company also introduced the first-ever Core i9 processor […]
Apple may switch from Intel-based chips to its own chips that are being developed in-house, thereby causing Intel’s stock to take a beating. Intel shares dropped sharply on Monday after a report that Apple would switch from Intel’s chips to its own chips for use on Mac computers. As a result, Intel’s shares fell as […]
Apple may in fact be en route to designing its own processors, which could replace Intel as the supplier of Mac CPUs. The company began in 2008 when Apple bought chip manufacturer P.A. Semi. The acquisition led to the design of the A4 processor, popularized in the original iPad released in 2010. The same year, […]
If you’re running either macOS 10.11 El Capitan or macOS 10.12 Sierra, you’re going to want to snag the current security update now. On Tuesday, Apple released Security Update 2018-001 Sierra and Security Update 2018-001 El Capitan, which addressed assorted security concerns as well as helped mitigate potential risks from the Meltdown and Spectre issues..