With iOS 26.3 , Apple is rolling out a new feature that lets you limit the information that cellular networks can use to determine your location. The twist, however, is that the feature is only supported on devices powered by Apple’s in-house modem.
I think what’s more interesting than this specific feature itself is what it represents for the future.
For the majority of the iPhone’s lifetime, Apple has used cellular modems from Qualcomm (as well as a brief tryst with Intel
AMD and Qualcomm are now exploring integrating SOCAMM into their AI products, as agentic AI applications have made memory a major bottleneck in current systems.
SOCAMM is a memory standard initially claimed to be tailored for NVIDIA , and Team Green has been an early adopter. For those unaware, SOCAMM is based on the LPDDR DRAM, which is traditionally used in mobile and low-power devices, but unlike solutions like HBM and LPDDR5X, the SOCAMM is upgradable. It's not soldered to the PCB, and it is
Geopolitical concerns, political pressure from the U.S. government, potential tariffs imposed on semiconductors produced outside of the U.S., and capacity constraints are pushing Apple and Nvidia to consider outsourcing production and packaging of some of their processors to Intel in the U.S., reports DigiTimes . The two companies are reportedly considering outsourcing some of
The flagship X870E motherboard brings a robust VRM, built-in display, and excellent support for high-speed DDR5 memory.
Colorful Technology has officially released its most powerful 800-series motherboard yet. This is the flagship iGame X870E VULCAN OC , which previously appeared on top of the HWBot leaderboard for making a new world record for achieving the highest frequency on the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. The motherboard pushed the processor to a whopping 7
Apple is probably the only company that comes to mind with a supply chain robust enough to resist the pitfalls of the DRAM crisis , and though the company is estimated to pay a 230 percent premium for each 12GB LPDDR5X chip , it has other businesses to offset the rising component costs. This is a major reason why the company’s 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro continues to remain discounted on Amazon by $174 for the 24GB unified memory variant, whereas the
