Apple Silicon: As demand grows, is TSMC driving a harder bargain?

Apple has been TSMC’s biggest customer for years. The relationship began with the iPhone, expanded into chips for iPads, and ...
AOL

Apple is ditching Intel to build its own processors for its MacBook and iMac systems

Apple is officially ditching Intel. The announcement came during the iPhone maker’s WWDC 2020 developers conference, at which Apple said it will begin using its own ARM-based processors instead of ...
Computerworld

Softbank buys Apple’s processor ARM for $32B

Such is the strategic importance of ARM Holdings, Apple was itself rumored to be considering acquisition of ARM back in 2010, when speculation estimated the price at around $5 billion. “This is one of ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

ARM explained: How a chip designer became central to modern computing

Because ARM licenses its designs, multiple companies can integrate ARM technology into a single system-on-a-chip, or SoC. A modern smartphone SoC combines CPUs, graphics processors, AI accelerators, ...
Houston Chronicle

Faster, more efficient chips for Windows could challenge Apple processors

When Apple last month introduced new MacBook Pros and iMacs built around its latest home-grown processors, the company continued a drumbeat that began three years ago with the debut of its Apple ...
PC Gamer

Arm laptops are almost ready for prime time, and some new benchmarks with a Snapdragon X processor will have Intel, AMD and even Apple worried

This Lenovo Yoga Slim Snapdragon Edition looks great. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add us as a preferred source on Google 2024 ...
Digi Times

Qualcomm promoting Arm chips for PCs

Qualcomm has stepped up its deployment in the PC processor market, promoting Arm-based chips, following Apple's success with Arm-based PCs. Save my User ID and Password Some subscribers prefer to save ...
PC World

Arm CEO: Apple ‘woke up the industry on the art of the possible’

As Qualcomm-powered Windows on Arm PCs begin appearing here at Computex, ushering in a generation of AI-infused Copilot+ laptops, it seemed appropriate to interview a major player in the push. No, not ...
Android

Arm's 'Blackhawk' CPU design aims to beat Apple's custom ARM implementation

In the realm of smartphone processors, Arm has historically played second fiddle to Apple‘s iPhone chipsets in terms of single-core CPU power. However, recent reports suggest that Arm is gearing up ...
Cult of Mac

Arm ain’t happy about how little Apple pays for its chip tech

All Apple computers run on chips based on technology licensed from Arm. And it turns out the licensing fee is surprisingly low. Pennies per device. Apple is one of Arm’s most important customers, and ...
Nasdaq

Arm Stock: Take an Indirect Path to Apple and AI

Many portfolios already have Apple (AAPL) stock, and that’s fine. However, investors can also get indirect exposure to Apple’s smartphone market dominance, as well as to the artificial intelligence ...