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.
Chips
5nm A14 chips for this year’s iPhones will reportedly enter production in the second quarter
According to DigiTimes, TSMC will remain Apple’s sole foundry partner for the chips that will power the upcoming iPhone and iPad models to be released later this year.
iOS 13.1.3 issues with Apple’s U1 chip are causing AirDrop on some iPhone 11 units to fail
Some of the affected units reportedly cannot be repaired, with disgruntled owners claiming that Apple had to replace their phones.
Apple’s own 5G modem may reportedly start appearing in iPhones beginning 2022 or 2023
Cellular modem development is a time-consuming process, but Apple has reportedly set an aggressive 2022 deadline to start using a 5G modem of its own in iPhones by 2022.
iPhone XS smacks iPhone 11 Pro in app launching speed test
Preliminary speed tests purportedly show that the iPhone XS is marginally faster than the iPhone 11 Pro, but why?
Intel’s new 10nm Ice Lake chips may significantly speed up video compression, encoding and decoding on 2020 Mac notebooks
Intel yesterday unveiled its tenth-generation processors code-named “Ice Lake” that while bringing only modest compute improvements accelerate tasks such as machine learning, encryption, video compression, encoding and decoding by a large margin.
Kuo: Apple could complete 5G modem development by 2022 or 2023
Apple could do without Qualcomm’s wireless modems in iPhones as soon as 2022, a reliable analyst has it.
Chipmaker Broadcom extends its supply deal with Apple for another two years
Broadcom today announced a renewal of its supply deal with Apple for another two years.
A unique look at how Apple is testing its own iPhone processors against hacking
Here’s a fascinating insight into the great lengths Apple goes in order to keep your iPhone data private, including spending big bucks on custom silicon development, and special labs on its campus filled with pricey equipment used to test its chips against hacking before they’re released in the wild.
An in-depth look into Apple’s frustrations with Intel’s modems
In an in-depth report detailing Intel’s modem struggles, The Information claims Apple is not expected to finalize its own in-house designed cellular modem for iPhones before 2025.
New ZombieLoad attack affects Intel chips dating back to 2011, fixed in macOS 10.14.5
After Meltdown, Spectre and Foreshadow, it’s time for another Intel chip vulnerability. Thankfully, Apple has fixed this serious threat in macOS Mojave 10.14.5.
2020 iPhones could be powered by a smaller, faster 5-nanometer processor
It is now safe to assume that the A14 Bionic chip that’ll power the 2020 iPhone and iPad models will be manufactured on TSMC’s cutting-edge 5nm process technology, yielding faster performance and lower power consumption.
