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20% Samsung price hike could affect Apple’s margins by 1-2%

The ne’er ending fight between Apple and Samsung continues. Following up on yesterday’s story about Samsung potentially raising the cost of building mobile processors for Apple, such a change would be expected to reduce the company’s overall margins by as much as 2 percentage points. Per AppleInsider, Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray noted on Wednesday […]

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Rumor: Samsung initiates 20% price increase for iOS device chips

I think it’s about time we just rename “Apple” and “Samsung” as the “Hatfields” and the “McCoys”, because this is going to drag on for a while. Per MarketWatch, Samsung has allegedly increased the price of its mobile processors by 20 percent for just one company: Apple. The details come from an unnamed person allegedly […]

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Analyst: ARM-based Macs “inevitable”, though still a ways off

Apple’s future may be in the hands of ARM some day. Per AppleInsider, Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu has gone on record as saying it’s “inevitable” that Apple will merge its Mac and iOS devices at some point, but such a change is not expected to happen for years. Wu said in a note to […]

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ARM lays out specs for 64-bit Cortex-A50 mobile processors, sets release date for 2014

No matter how nifty your devices are, it’s the next-gen stuff that smacks of awesome promises. Per AppleInsider, processor company ARM on Tuesday unveiled new its next-generation of high-performance, power sipping 64-bit chips — CPUs that could power future devices from companies like Apple as soon as 2014. ARM’s new Cortex-A50 processor series is based […]

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Rumor: Apple may be looking to move away from Intel chipsets, begin using its own processors for certain products

It’s been six years. Maybe it’s time for a change. Per Bloomberg Businessweek, Apple has reportedly “deliberated” moving its lineup of Mac computers away from Intel processors, though such a change apparently isn’t “imminent.” The details come from a profile of Apple’s current state under CEO Tim Cook published Wednesday by Bloomberg Businessweek. Citing two […]