Rumor: Apple's iPhone 5 to sport new A8 processor, Qualcomm baseband
Fri, Jan 14, 2011 - Apple's forthcoming fifth-generation iPhone will sport a new, faster custom processor dubbed the A8, as well as a baseband processor from Qualcomm, according to a new report. ( 90 comments )
NYT confirms Apple purchase of chipmaker Intrinsity
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 - Confirming a rumor from early April, The New York Times on Tuesday reported that Apple purchased Intrinsity, a privately owned ARM chip design firm. ( 17 comments )
Inside Apple's iPad: the A4 processor
Fri, Apr 2, 2010 - Apple raised eyebrows during the original iPad unveiling when it casually noted that the new device would be using a new, Apple-designed System on a Chip named the A4. The company's future custom silicon plans are likely to expand even faster following its acquisition of Intrinsity, a privately owned ARM design firm. ( 73 comments )
iPad's Apple A4 CPU is feature-stripped ARM Cortex-A8 - report
Mon, Mar 1, 2010 - Though early reports and speculation suggested Apple's custom A4 system-on-a-chip found inside the iPad was based on the more advanced, dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 architecture, one new report says the processor actually "just isn't anything to write home about." ( 168 comments )
Custom Apple A4 iPad chip estimated to be $1 billion investment
Mon, Feb 22, 2010 - In bypassing a traditional chip maker like Intel and creating its own custom ARM-based processor for the iPad, Apple has likely incurred an investment of about $1 billion, a new report suggests. ( 135 comments )
iPad's custom Apple A4 processor includes ARM-based CPU, GPU
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 - Details of Apple's custom-built processor inside the newly unveiled iPad are beginning to surface, with a report stating the system-on-a-chip includes an ARM Cortex-A9-based CPU accompanied by a GPU. ( 199 comments )
Apple tablet rumors: Time Inc. in the dark, PA Semi chip, 'secret' negotiations
Wed, Jan 20, 2010 - U.S. publishers are reportedly negotiating tablet-related content deals with Apple in New York; a list of potential component suppliers for the hardware has surfaced, including a P.A. Semi-designed processor; and new allegations claim Time Inc. has little knowledge of the tablet. ( 56 comments )
ARM shows possibly iPhone-bound multicore mobile processor
Mon, Feb 16, 2009 - ARM is demonstrating the first working example of a multicore processor that may dramatically speed up smartphones. Meanwhile, Apple is looking for iPhone engineers that can write multithreaded code that may take advantage of ARM's breakthrough. ( 32 comments )
