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Apple working on A5X and A6 processors – Report
9to5Mac has an interesting scoop detailing how Apple is simulataneously working on an A5X processor alongside an A6 processor. While Apple is a company of patterns, there have been conflicting reports as to which chip we’ll find nestled inside the soon to be released iPad 3. While it was long assumed an A6 chip from […]
Continue reading...Apple’s A5 chip – Made in Texas
Friday, December 16, 2011
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Reuters reports: The A5 processor – the brain in the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 – is now made in a sprawling 1.6 million square feet factory in Austin owned by Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics, according to people familiar with the operation. One of the few major components to be sourced from within the […]
Continue reading...Using Siri on an iPhone 4
Saturday, October 15, 2011
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In presenting iPhone users with reasons to upgrade, Apple typically relies on hardware. A new processor, a new camera, HD video, and sometimes, a new form factor. But every now and again, Apple will use software as impetus for upgrading, as was the case with Siri, Apple’s new voice recognition feature in iOS 5 that […]
Continue reading...iPhone A5 processor to come from Samsung; A6 to come from TSMC
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
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Apple’s ongoing litigation with Samsung is arguably spiraling out of control. The number of lawsuits between the two entities is constantly expanding and now spans 4 continents. At the same time, Apple is one of Samsung’s biggest customers – a fact which has obviously led to some awkward tension between the two companies. In the […]
Continue reading...Was the iPhone 5 delayed due to overheating issues with the A5?
Thursday, July 14, 2011
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An unsubstantiated rumor emerged today from Sohu.com, a Chinese website. The report relays that the iPhone 5 was not launched this Summer due to overheating issues emanating from the A5 chip used in the device. Further, the report claims that Apple is still struggling to get a handle on the heating issue which is why […]
Continue reading...Intel interested in manufacturing A6, Ax chips for Apple?
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
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Over the past few years, Apple has increasingly taken greater steps in its efforts to control the entire widget. Nowhere is this more clear than in Apple’s homegrown designed A4 and A5 processors which offer speedy performance coupled with efficient power consumption that competitors are still struggling to match. As it stands now, Samsung manufactures […]
Continue reading...Apple provides select game deveopers with A5-based iPhone 4s – Report
Thursday, April 21, 2011
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Some interesting news from 9to5Mac who reports that Apple has begun providing select developers with iPhones running the speedy dual-core A5 chip already found in the iPad 2. Apple will reportedly be touting huge speed advancements as one of the major selling points of the iPhone 5 and has already begun giving iPhone 4S devices, […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 rumored to come with aluminum back, A5 chip, and new antenna design
Monday, March 7, 2011
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The latest iPhone 5 rumor relays that Apple’s next-gen device will do away with the glass backing found on the iPhone 4 and will instead implement an aluminum back, much like the one used on the original iPhone. Network World reports: The purported impetus behind the design change had to do with complaints Apple received […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 to sport A5 processor, will be completely redesigned handset
Monday, January 17, 2011
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If you thought the iPhone 4 was an A+ upgrade, as Steve Jobs famously declared during Apple town hall meeting, then you ain’t seen nothing yet. Okay, that might be a bit hyperbolic, but new information about Apple’s next-gen iPhone suggests that Apple is really looking to push the envelope with the iPhone 5. Citing […]
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
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