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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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Apple Watch Hardware Rumor

Rumor: Next-gen Apple Watch to be released in 2016, see assortment of internal component improvements

Apple could in fact have their eye on releasing on new Apple Watch in 2016. According to an investor note sent out by KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is said to be planning two new models of the Watch for 2016. The bigger upgrade, dubbed “Apple Watch 2” for now, will reportedly have “the […]

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Hardware iPhone Processors Rumor

Rumor: Apple to drop Samsung, go with TSMC for A10 and A11 processor production

Apple may be dropping Samsung as the manufacturer for its next-gen iPhone processors in favor of TSMC. Back in February, it was rumored that TSMC would be the sole supplier of the A10 chip in the iPhone 7. A new report from Korea claims that the same is true of the A11 chip destined for […]

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Hardware iPhone Rumor

Rumor: iPhone 7 to feature edge-to-edge display, other features

The idea of an edge-to-edge screen on the iPhone 7 is a concept at this point. But it’s a pretty cool concept, you have to admit. The current rumor has it that the iPhone 7 will sport a very similar look to the iPhone 6s line, an assortment of major form factor changes arriving in […]

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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 […]