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Chipworks continues examination of A7 processor, finds new architecture, quad-core GPU

There’s some cool stuff going on with the iPhone 5s’ new A7 processor. Per an analysis published by Chipworks, the A7 contains assorted changes from the previous A6 processor, including the addition of a mysterious SRAM cell never seen in A-series silicon. Continuing its comprehensive investigation of the new A7 SoC, which on Tuesday confirmed […]

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Opinion: A New Personal Computing Paradigm

By Robert Snow How soon before most personal computing can be done with a phone? With a 64-bit iPhone, perhaps quite soon. Imagine the phone as your take everywhere computer: “Never”, you say, the screen’s too small, even a phablet. When you need a better display, just pull out your touchscreen. It would look like […]

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iPhone 5s’ 64-bit A7 processor shows possible road map for Apple’s future

If nothing else, the iPhone 5s and 5c launches – and the processors within – offer a glimpse of things to come down the line. More to the point, they show a future without Intel. Per Jason Perlow’s excellent column over on ZDNet and pointed out the us by reader Robert Snow, the piece brings […]

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German group breaks through iPhone 5s Touch ID fingerprint authentication, releases video of hack

It only took three days to hack the iPhone 5s’ Touch ID authentication system. Per The Mac Observer, the gChaos Computer Club has claimed to have hacked Apple’s newest security feature. The group started by scanning the fingerprint associated with an iPhone at high resolution, and then printing it out for transfer to another material […]

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iPhone 5s, 5c handsets now available for Apple Store Personal Pickup

As of now, you can have the new iPhone models set aside at the Apple Store location for later. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Monday extended its popular order-online, pick-up-in-store option to the newly launched iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c. The Personal Pickup program, in which customers can choose to order their device online and pick […]