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  • Apple's custom Neural Engine in iPhone XS about 'letting nothing get in your way'

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    I have a feeling the ML engine can and will be applied to good effect on creating efficiencies in the dispatching of processes, such that iPhones will be able to perform better even as they age.  Wouldn’t that be a homerun?  Like self-driving cars that all learn from the edge cases encountered by each individual car, perhaps the neural engine can be put to use to evolve faster means of scheduling processes and allocating resources under a myriad of load/usage scenarios, with the most efficient means being preserved into a new generation of experimentation.  It could all be taking place as we simply use our iPhones, reporting back (with each iPhone owner’s permission) successful evolutionary branches.  
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  • Tim Cook talks iPhone XS, Apple Watch, China tariffs on 'Good Morning America'

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    avon b7 said:
    ireland said:
    If they didn't ask about AirPower then the interview isn't worth anything as they asked for questions on Twitter and literally everyone was asking them to ask about AirPower. "1 trillion dollars" and the audience claps. Are they literally clapping for more expensive iPhones, or what?
    I remember when Gruber completely bottled it when he had Phil Schiller for the taking on the subject of low storage capacities a few years back. If you have a CEO or high management in for an 'ehem' interview, you can be sure everything has been vetted beforehand and certain questions cannot be posed. Others can be asked but no follow up is allowed beyond the canned response.

    'It's about being the best'. I'd have to see a definiton of 'best' to understand that one but Tim forgot it is also about much more than that, but he knows the audience shouldn't hear about those other aspects.
    Hmm, how does ‘the best’ in context of a business that focuses on competing to create premium products, endeavors to reduce its environmental footprint and leave the world better than it found it, etc, not cover it?  I think ‘... being the best’ pretty much says what any company would like to endeavor to be.  
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  • Qualcomm faces more antitrust scrutiny in Germany over iPhone modem lawsuits

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    jbdragon said:
    Considering they are Intel Chips that are supposedly infringing on Qualcomm patents, shouldn't Qualcomm be going after Intel? Apple didn't make the chips. Apple only paid Intel to use them. If anyone should be sued, it should be Intel, not Apple.
    It’s called indirect infringement, allowing patent holders to go after the company selling the end products that incorporate infringing technology.  Very common, so common, in fact, that it’s standard practice for companies like Apple to include indemnification clauses in their purchase contracts, so that they can be made whole if they are sued for patent infringement by one of their suppliers.  
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  • Apple faces iPhone ban in South Korea over patent infringement investigation

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    anton zuykov said:
    AppleInsider said:
    An investigation into whether Apple infringed a patent relating to processor transistors in South Korea is ongoing, but a report suggests regulators are leaving against Apple, which could lead to an import ban in South Korea for the iPhone X, iPhone 8, and models of iPad and iPad Pro.




    The Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy is currently investigating allegations that Apple products infringe on a patent owned by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST,) and has already extended the investigation period twice, reports BusinessKorea. The publication claims the final determination by the regulator is likely to be in favor of KAIST.

    If the authority does find Apple has infringed, it is likely to result in a ban on the import of iOS devices to the country.

    "We are currently looking into whether Apple infringed on the patent of KIP, a subsidiary company of the KAIST," advised a Korea Trade Commission representative. The Commission added the Apple products that are targets of the investigation include the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad, and all iPad Pro models, usually imported to South Korea from China and Hong Kong.

    The patent in question relates to FinFET, a type of "3D" transistor that offers fast switching times, typically used in processors and other types of semiconductor components. It is unclear what specifically in the iOS devices is infringing, but it is likely to be some form of chip commonly used across Apple's mobile product range that is in question.

    While it is thought the investigation will find in favor of KAIST, it may still be influenced by Apple's main competition, Samsung. The South Korean electronics giant is currently involved in a lawsuit against KAIST in the United States over the same patent, and has submitted evidence in an attempt to invalidate the patent. A similar lawsuit has also been filed in South Korea.

    "We cannot but pay attention to the litigation in the U.S. and South Korea involving Samsung Electronics, although our current investigation is targeting Apple," the ministry advised. "This is because Samsung Electronics submitted evidence to refute the novelty of the patent, which is required for the patent to be regarded as being valid."

    If Samsung's lawsuits successfully invalidate KAIST's patent, it would assist Apple due to the patent no longer existing, rendering the investigation moot.
    Does Apple manufacture FinFET chips? No. Apple is a consumer of the said tech, not a manufacturer.
    It is like, trying to sue a huge factory for equipping their buildings with new windows, because a manufacturer of said windows infringed on some patent. That makes no sense.
    It’s called indirect infringement, and it’s allowed because it’s the end product where the value is achieved.  The indirect infringer, in this case Apple, would then have recourse to restitution from the maker of the infringing component(s).  And they likely have that stipulated in their contract, that the supplier would indemnify Apple in the event of such circumstances.  
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  • The surprisingly long history of the Apple AirPods

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    foljs said:
    We're so used to it now that the word iPad no longer conjures up Maxi-Pad-like connotations but it was a fair criticism and a good point.
    Yeah, if you're 13 years old, and laugh at anything that can construed as a reference to bodily functions.

    As if the word pad wasn't in common use for all kinds of other things without anyone laughing (drawing pad, launchpad, mousepad, and so on).

    The connection also don't even register to 95% of the Earth's population, who aren't Americans, and don't call a product "maxi-pad".


    Exactly.  Here in the Philippines I get strange looks if I ask for extra napkins at a restaurant.   That’s the word they use for feminine pads.  Tissue is the word here.
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