Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 16, 2011 at 11:57 am PT
Surprise! Apple’s A5 chip is made by Samsung in Texas. That’s not the only thing inside the iPhone that comes from the Lone Star State.
Arik Hesseldahl in Mobile on October 19, 2011 at 1:57 pm PT
Research house IHS iSuppli has opened up Apple’s iPhone 4S to see who’s in and out among its suppliers and to estimate how much it cost to make.
John Paczkowski in News on April 21, 2010 at 7:07 am PT
Of the 66 acquisitions Google has made in its history, the purchase of Agnilux ranks among the most curious. So little is known about the company’s mission that it’s impossible to say definitively what Google wants with it. But what we do know is interesting, to say the least. You see Agnilux was reportedly founded by a group of former Apple employees.
John Paczkowski in News on September 15, 2009 at 4:30 am PT
Those Apple tablet rumors just never let up, do they? Not a week after the company’s latest media event and they’re already back in force. The latest, from China Economic News, claims the device is being prepped for a February debut at a price somewhere between $799 and $999.
John Paczkowski in News on September 15, 2009 at 4:30 am PT
Those Apple tablet rumors just never let up, do they? Not a week after the company’s latest media event and they’re already back in force. The latest, from China Economic News, claims the device is being prepped for a February debut at a price somewhere between $799 and $999.
John Paczkowski in News on May 21, 2009 at 8:30 am PT
So that mysterious media tablet Apple’s rumored to be developing? It exists, but it probably won’t ship until 2010. This according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who offers up a heaping pile of grist for the Apple rumor mill in a new research note today.
John Paczkowski in News on May 19, 2009 at 4:30 am PT
Apple and Research in Motion may disagree on many things, but they’re of the same mind when it comes to the the netbook phenomenon: It will be short-lived. Asked about Apple’s interest in the category during a late-April earnings call, COO Tim Cook said the company has none. Turns out, Research in Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie feels pretty much the same way.
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Yukari Iwatani Kane, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 30, 2009 at 11:35 am PT
There’s been buzz about Apple’s interest in microprocessor designers ever since the company bought the Silicon Valley startup P.A. Semi last year. But there’s ample evidence that the company’s hiring of chip-heads started much earlier, and is continuing. The question: what is Apple going to do with these guys?
John Paczkowski in News on April 27, 2009 at 3:50 pm PT
Apple has fleshed out its chip design group with another key hire. The company has recruited Bob Drebin, former CTO of AMD’s Graphics Products Group, as a senior director. Apple won’t say what it is exactly Drebin’s going to work on, though it’s a safe bet it’s related to the multicore graphics processors in which Drebin has his expertise.
John Paczkowski in News on April 27, 2009 at 3:50 pm PT
Apple has fleshed out its chip design group with another key hire. The company has recruited Bob Drebin, former CTO of AMD’s Graphics Products Group, as a senior director. Apple won’t say what it is exactly Drebin’s going to work on, though it’s a safe bet it’s related to the multicore graphics processors in which Drebin has his expertise.
