Apple seeks tax breaks from the US government to support domestic chip production
The alleged move is the strongest indication to date that the iPhone maker is keen to move more of its supply chain to the United States.
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Rumor: The next Apple TV and HomePod mini to double as UWB base stations
The feature will supposedly work between devices that are equipped with Apple’s U1 ultra wide-band chip, including the iPhone 11 phones and the new Apple Watch Series 6 watches.
iPad (8th generation) technical specifications
Alongside two new Apple Watches, Apple also unveiled some new iPads during Tuesday’s Time Flies event. Here’s what the new iPad 8th Generation packs under the hood.
iPad Air 4th generation technical specifications
A new iPad Air was one of the most significant talking points at Apple’s Time Flies event on Tuesday. Here’s what you can expect under the hood if you order one.
Apple Watch SE technical specifications
Upon kicking off the Time Flies event on Tuesday, Apple unveiled two new Apple Watches, including the new Apple Watch SE. Here’s what this new smartwatch packs under the hood.
Apple Watch Series 6 tech specs
Apple unveiled the brand-new Apple Watch Series 6 at the Time Flies event on Tuesday. Here’s what the new Apple-branded wearable packs under the hood.
Bad quality assurance of Skylake reportedly accelerated Apple’s plans to ditch Intel
Quality assurance for the Skylake chip was “abnormally bad”, apparently hastening Apple’s plan to start using its own in-custom chips in Macs.
TSMC’s upcoming $12 billion US semiconductor plant and “Made in USA” iPhones
Former Apple engineer Jean-Louis Gassée in his Monday Note column analyzes the repercussion of the move and potential problems that it may solve.
Bloomberg: First Macs featuring 8-core Apple CPUs built on 5nm process arriving in 2021
The project has been going for several years, filing as Apple’s most ambitious computer chip initiative to date.
Kuo: Apple would pay 40-60% less for the CPU by switching away from Intel
In Kuo’s mind, ARM-powered Macs would help boost annual Mac sales from about twenty million units currently to as many as thirty million units over time.
2020 iPad Pro’s A12Z chip could be a rebadged A12X that enables a previously latent GPU core
Apple’s A12Z Bionic chip that debuted in the new iPad Pro last week is probably a rebranded A12X Bionic processor from 2018 that activates a previously disabled graphics core.
Former iPhone GPU supplier Imagination signs a new license agreement with Apple
Imagination and Apple have signed a new license agreement allowing the latter to use Imagination’s intellectual property in its own designs in exchange for license fees.
