Apple is reportedly designing a custom power management chip to drive an iPhone battery in an effort to help increase performance of iOS devices while keeping power consumption low.
Semiconductors
Apple sues Qualcomm, saying Snapdragon chips infringe on its patents
Apple on Wednesday escalated its legal spat with Qualcomm.
The next iPad Pro rumored to run 7nm A11X Bionic chip with 8 CPU cores
Apple and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) are developing a next-generation mobile chip that will make its debut in an upcoming iPad Pro revision next year.
What’s that mystery chip in your iPhone X?
Your iPhone X has a “mystery chip” under its hood, according to repair experts at iFixit.
Apple’s op-chief says tradeoff between speed and battery life no longer necessary
Jeff Williams, Apple's Chief Operating Officer under CEO Tim Cook since December 2015, made some interesting comments during his trip to Taipei for the 30th anniversary of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Apple’s key chip-making partner.
iPhone X launch supply set to improve as a key Face ID part starts shipping
Another significant bottleneck in mass production of the TrueDepth camera system for iPhone X has been removed with news that Taiwanese supplier Himax Technologies has now started shipments of a key Face ID component to Apple.
TSMC starts development of A12 chips for 2018 iPhones
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest contract chip maker, is in the early stage of development and testing of manufacturing processes in preparation for Apple's next-generation A12 chips for 2018 iPhones.
Toshiba sells flash chip business to a global consortium that includes Apple
Toshiba is the world’s second-biggest producer of flash chips and now the company has sold that lucrative business to Bain Capital LLC , an international consortium that includes Apple and in which Japanese firms hold more than a 50 percent interest.
RIP the rest of the industry: iPhone X’s A11 chip has 6 independently addressable CPU cores
The next iPhone is going to pack in unprecedented compute power thanks to an Apple-designed A11 chip that has six independently addressable CPU cores that can all run at once, according to code strings in a leaked iOS 11 Gold Master build.
Samsung planning $7 billion flash memory production boost ahead of iPhone 8
Samsung Electronics on Monday disclosed plans to invest $7 billion over the next three years to expand its flash memory chip production in China’s northwestern city of Xi’an.
Claimed Apple A11 chip for iPhone 8 shown on blurry images
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the sole supplier of Apple's new A11 processor, recently kicked off mass production of the upcoming chip and last week leak aggregator SlashLeaks posted a pair of blurry images claiming to depict the new processor.
TSMC kicks off mass production of 10nm Apple A11 chips for iPhone 8
While market watchers are still unsure if Apple could manage to ramp up iPhone 8 production in time for a September launch, a report Friday from Taiwan's TechNews, quoted by DigiTimes, alleges that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has now kicked off volume production of the device's in-house designed A11 chip.