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Former IBM chip expert cleared to begin work at AppleApple announced Tuesday that Mark Papermaster, the former IBM chip expert who was sued by Big Blue for allegedly violating a non-compete agreement by…
... 't hired to work on semiconductors, Apple touted his skills as ... -
Netbooks killing off sickly Windows PC salesPC sales are in free fall as the weak demand for Windows desktops and full-size notebooks in a poorly performing global economy is being compounded b…
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Report: two distinct iPhone models nearing productionA little-known equity research firm is out with a new report this week which could potentially shed some color on recent discoveries in Apple's iPhon…
... this year," Lazard Capital Markets semiconductors analyst Daniel Amir wrote in ... -
Barclays says Apple has more than doubled iPhone productionAnalysts for Barclay's Capital are reporting Monday that their contacts in the Far East tell them that Apple has doubled its iPhone production for th…
... . Last week, Lazard Capital Markets semiconductors analyst Daniel Amir made similar ... -
Cost to build Apple's new iPhone 3G S estimated at $179Apple's component and manufacturing costs for its new 16GB iPhone 3G S falls within $5 of those required to build last year's 8GB iPhone 3G, this des…
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Active Matrix Flexible OLED and.......Apple?If you all remember my rantings from several months ago about my prediction of the infamous MacTouch tablet as really being an altogether new type of…
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'Minor issues' could result in June launch for $999 Apple tablet - reportWhile Apple's tablet is still expected to see a formal introduction at a media event next week, issues with battery life and durability could result …
... come in the form of semiconductors, glass, sensors and substrates. That ... -
RIM PlayBook unlikely to match Apple iPad without larger battery - reportResearch in Motion's forthcoming PlayBook tablet is said to be "unlikely" to match the 10-plus-hour battery life of Apple's iPad, and could…
... designs many of its own semiconductors, including the A4 processor that ... -
CES: Analysts grow skeptical of iPad competitors due to iTunesTwo analysts monitoring the tablet extravaganza at CES have issued reports indicating that euphoria about new tablets outside of Apple's iPad may fal…
... designs many of its own semiconductors, allowing for power optimization that ... -
Samsung vows legal retaliation against its $5.7B customer, AppleFollowing a patent suit from Apple, Samsung has vowed to retaliate with its own legal action, and the South Korean electronics giant is said to be co…
... of our key buyers of semiconductors and display panels. However, we ... -
Samsung fires back with patent lawsuits against AppleSamsung made good on its word to fight back against Apple's lawsuit, which accused the Korean electronics giant of copying the look and feel of the i…
... of our key buyers of semiconductors and display panels. However, we ... -
Samsung files additional iPhone US suit against AppleSamsung has filed a new lawsuit against Apple in the US, joining a variety of other legal actions filed in other countries, in reaction to Apple's or…
... of our key buyers of semiconductors and display panels. However, we ... -
AMD Expects to Be First GPU Designer with 28nm Graphics Chips<a href="http://gpuscience.com/news/amd-expects-to-be-first-gpu-designer-with-28nm-graphics-chips/" target="_blank">http://gpuscience.com/news/amd-ex…
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Apple leads shift of global chip buying from PCs to iPad, smartphones<br /> As the largest buyer of semiconductors worldwide, Apple is leading a global trend in chip expenditures that has pushed wireless devices past t…
As the largest buyer of semiconductors worldwide, Apple is leading a ... passed the consumption of PC semiconductors before (among the world's ... world's largest buyer of semiconductors. IHS iSuppli notes that Apple ... -
'Significant' iPad update expected to drive sales of 55 million in 2012<br /> Apple's anticipated third-generation iPad is expected to be a "significant" hardware update with a Retina Display, Siri voice recogn…
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Verizon Wireless teases 'something is coming' ahead of Apple's iPad event<br /> The largest carrier in the U.S., Verizon Wireless, began teasing that "something is coming" on the main page of its website on Tuesd…
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Apple TV "single core" A5 actually has two cores, one is off<br /> An investigation into the custom A5 chip used in Apple TV has found that the new Application Processor uses both a smaller, more efficient 32n…
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Apple expanding Israel R&D center with SoC engineer openings<vc><strong>New job postings for System-on-a-Chip engineers in Israel hint at the company's continued endeavors to expand its first international R&D…
... hardware testing and verification of semiconductors, was reportedly set to open ... world's largest buyer of semiconductors. One recent analysis projects the ... -
Qualcomm gearing up to produce 4G LTE chips for Apple's next iPhone<vc><strong>Chipmakers are preparing for production of Apple's sixth-generation iPhone, including Qualcomm, which is said to be providing high-speed …
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Made in America: Apple's supply chain increasing US production<vc><strong>Over the last year, some of Apple's key component suppliers have begun increasing their U.S.-based production, which could be a sign that…
... Antonio was purchased from Philips Semiconductors Inc. in 2003. Jain said ... -
Apple remains world's largest chip buyer, projected to spend $28B this year<vc><strong>Apple continues to dominate the global electronics supply chain, and is expected to widen its lead as the largest buyer of chips by spend…
... decrease their spending on semiconductors in 2012. Hewlett-Packard, ... the top buyer of semiconductors and to once again ... iPad, smartphone and tablet semiconductors now exceed sales of ... semiconductors. It estimated that Apple spent $17 billion on semiconductors ... -
Teardown of Apple's 7th-gen iPod nano discovers Toshiba NAND flash, Broadcom BluetoothApple's latest iPod nano has been pulled apart to reveal a number of anonymous, Apple-branded chips, though NAND flash from Toshiba and a Bluetooth c…
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Samsung passes Apple as top global semiconductor buyer, Gartner saysSamsung last year overtook Apple as the world's top purchaser of semiconductors, according to new figures out Wednesday from industry analyst Gartner…
... world's top purchaser of semiconductors, according to new figures out ... than 15 percent of all semiconductors bought last year, more than ... consuming $45.3 billion in semiconductors in 2012, up $7.9 ... -
Samsung says it will not reduce chip investments despite losing Apple's business<strong>While reporting record profits of $6.5 billion for the winter quarter, Samsung issued a statement saying it did not plan to reduce its CapEx …
... 15 percent of the entire semiconductors market, a bigger share than ... -
Apple's new A7 CPU dissected to reveal 28nm manufacturing processThe new silicon found in Apple's iPhone 5s has been viewed under a microscope, revealing some of the secrets of the custom-built A7 processor and M7 …
... take layers off of the semiconductors by blasting them with an ... -
High-res display processing company Pixelworks reveals Apple as major customerShares of Pixelworks surged more than 30 percent in premarket trading on Thursday, after the company revealed that Apple represented more than 10 per…
... makes video and pixel processing semiconductors and software, benefitting from high ... its technology as IP cores, semiconductors, software and custom ASIC solutions ... -
Atom-sized, bendable graphene touchscreen tech seen as potential key for future Apple devicesRigid glass touchscreens may give way to bendable, foldable portable displays in the future, thanks to utilizing graphene --?an advanced technology t…
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Inside the 'iWatch': The technology Apple is looking at for your wristApple's anticipated entry to the wearable devices market has taken on near-mythical status, with rumors reaching every corner of the technology map. …
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Rumor: Schematic suggests NFC chip in 'iPhone 6,' RAM remains unknown [u]While incorrect claims came on Monday from a document showing alleged details on a NAND flash chip for Apple's next iPhone, another questionable sche…
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Global Foundries just acquires IBM's Microelectronics Division [IP, Plants, Staff and all]Source: http://globalfoundries.com/newsroom/press-releases/2014/10/20/globalfoundries-to-acquire-ibm%27s-microelectronics-business?utm_source=homepag…
... nanometer (nm), 14nm and 10nm semiconductors for the next 10 years ...