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Rumor: Apple working with chip supplier TSMC to develop “self-driving chip” for Apple Car project

While there hasn’t been a ton of Apple Car news of late, a recent rumor through the supply chain has stated that Apple is said to be in “preliminary cooperation negotiations” with well-known automotive electronics suppliers as it continues to hire new employees from Tesla and other manufacturers. Apple is working with “upstream and downstream” […]

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Apple Watch Hardware News Processors Uncategorized Wearables

Additional teardown, analysis finds Apple Watch CPU/GPU manufactured via Samsung’s 28-Nanometer process

The Apple Watch has gone through a number of teardowns since its release on April 24. The newest release from Chipworks has revealed the wearable to feature 512MB of RAM, a Broadcom Wi-Fi chip, an accelerometer/gyrometer from STMicroelectronics, 30 individual components inside the 26mm x 28mm S1 package, a feat Chipworks calls “quite an accomplishment.” […]

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Hardware iPod Touch News

iFixit completes, posts full teardown report of fifth-generation iPod touch

The fifth-generation iPod touch is now available and shipping. And, that being said, it’s time to dissect the new media player to see what makes it tick. Per the super cool cats at iFixit that posted their most recent teardown, the disassembly also found that the volume buttons, microphone, LED flash and power button are […]

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Hardware iPhone News

iFixit, iLab Factory post initial iPhone 5 teardown reports

Once again, the lunatics over at iFixit got their mitts on the new iPhone, got to work dissecting it and posted the results faster than anyone could believe it. And, once again, they found some really cool stuff inside Apple’s newest handset. Per iFixit’s full teardown report, the repair firm managed to snag a “black […]

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iPad iPhone News

iPhone 4 gyroscope goes under the microscope, could find its way into future iPad

In as much as the iPhone 4 has drawn criticism, it does sport some nifty new technologies. Among this is its new gyroscope, which could find its way into a future revision of the iPad. Per InformationWeek, UBMTechInsights took a look inside Apple’s new iPhone 4 and found it was made by STMicroelectronics. The three-axis […]