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Some iPhone 7 users report hissing sounds, no clear cause named as of yet

The iPhone 7 may, in fact, hiss at you. A number of early iPhone 7 adopters have reported that both the regular iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus producing hissing sounds when they’re subjected to a heavy processor workload, such as a game. They continue to function, but it’s a bit disconcerting when most […]

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Intel licenses ARM to use chip manufacturing capacity

Intel has announced that it’s licensing technology from rival ARM Holdings Plc. The two chipmakers unveiled the agreement Tuesday at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. The accord will let Intel offer third-party semiconductor companies its most advanced 10-nanometer production lines for manufacturing the complex chips usually used in smartphones. Intel, which receives most […]

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Rumor: TSMC finalizing “A11” processor for limited production in Q2 2017

It looks like Apple is starting the queue up design elements for its A11 processor. Apple processor supplier TSMC is rumored to be designing an A11 chip that could be manufactured in small quantities as soon as the second quarter of 2017. Sources have said the chip design is based on the 10-nanometer FinFET process […]

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Trump claims he’ll get Apple “to start building their damn computers and things in this country”

Because one man’s stupidity should never be underestimated. GOP frontrunner, questionable billionaire, person who will say anything and outright failure that walks like a man Donald Trump, speaking at Liberty University yesterday, claimed he would reclaim lost U.S. manufacturing jobs if elected President, criticizing Apple in the process. “We have such amazing people in this […]

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Apple purchases former semiconductor plant in North San Jose

The Apple Real Estate Extravaganza continues, Apple apparently snagging a a former chip fab in North San Jose. The deal reportedly went through last week and saw Apple pay $18.2 million for the 70,000 square foot building. Prior to the purchase, the plant had been a manufacturing plant for semiconductor company Maxim Integrated Products. The […]