Samsung reportedly jacking up Apple’s costs for iPhone and iPad processors by 20 percent

November 12, 2012 9:51 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Frankly, if you are Samsung, why wouldn't you raise Apple's prices? A price increase could be simply a bargaining chip in an attempt to reach a settlement, or it could be Samsung's way of recouping the billion-plus dollars it is obligated to pay Apple.

New iPod Touch uses last year’s parts, will become obsolete a year sooner

September 14, 2012 6:30 PM James Pikover
James Pikover

Apple's iPod Touch is actually far less powerful than we thought.

Apple stuck in bed with Samsung as exclusive CPU deal with Taiwan Semi fails

August 29, 2012 7:46 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Win some, lose some.

Just a few days after winning its epic patent battle against Samsung (for now), Apple failed to acquire exclusive access to Taiwan Semiconductor's chip fabrication plants. Which means that Samsung is still a major -- if not the major -- supplier of components for Apple's iPhone and iPad.

The top gaming technologies of 2011

December 27, 2011 8:00 AM Kyle Orland
Kyle Orland

Each year brings a host of new technologies to the table that make the gaming landscape seem significantly different from what came before, and 2011 was no different. Here are some of the most important technological advancements the game industry …

Apple’s A5 processor produced in Samsung’s Texas factory

December 16, 2011 12:38 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

While most components for Apple devices are made overseas, its A5 processor, which power the iPhone 4S and iPad 2,  is produced in the far away land of… Texas.

The A5 processors are manufactured in a factory in Austin, Tex., …

iPhone 4S CPU slower than iPad 2, still faster than all Android phones

October 11, 2011 7:09 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

Apple’s upcoming iPhone 4S will be a reminder that CPU clock speed isn’t everything.

Even though the iPhone 4S runs the same dual-core A5 CPU as the iPad 2, Apple has apparently reduced the chip’s speed from 1 gigahertz to …

Apple’s A6 chip begins trial production from TSMC, not Samsung

August 12, 2011 8:53 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

Apple has tapped Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) to build its next-generation A6 chip, which has just begun trial production, Taiwan Economic News reports.

The A6 is expected to be an even faster performing dual-core mobile chip for Apple’s devices. It …

Has Apple dropped Samsung as its iPhone processor manufacturer?

June 27, 2011 10:06 AM Matthew Lynley
Matthew Lynley

Apple might have dropped Samsung, which developed the company’s current system-on-a-chip processor, as its chip manufacturer in favor of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), according to a report by Ars Technica.

Samsung developed both of Apple’s recent system-on-a-chip processors, …

Next iPhone to carry A5 and 8-megapixel camera, coming in September?

June 21, 2011 11:20 PM Matthew Lynley
Matthew Lynley

The next version of the iPhone, dubbed by most to be the “iPhone 5,” will carry Apple’s A5 processor and sport an 8-megapixel camera, according to a report by Bloomberg News.

Two people familiar with the device’s plans told Bloomberg …