If accurate, the days of Apple being bound by Intel’s chip release cycles – and the delays that often accompany them – could soon come to an end. And as we’ve seen with the iPhone, there are huge benefits to be had when developing both hardware and software under
Apple might be ready to ditch Intel's CPUs by the first half of 2021, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who reportedly said today that within 18 months the company will release its first Mac with an Arm-based processor.
9to5Mac reported that Kuo sent a note to clients predicting Apple's switch to using its own chips in Mac products rather than continuing to purchase CPUs from Intel. That might allow the company to design its own
Intel today formally announced their "Cascade Lake Refresh" Xeon processors with higher clock speeds in some cases but also more aggressive pricing to go up against the AMD EPYC 7002 series...
Samsung Electronics announced that it has started 7nm and 6nm production of mobile chips at a new EUV manufacturing line in Hwaseong, Korea, with shipments planned for the first quarter. The company aims to triple its 7nm and below output by the end of the year.
The facility is called V1 and is Samsung’s first to be dedicated to EUV lithography, and will play a pivotal role for the company’s single-digit process nodes, Samsung said. It started test production in the second half
Samsung Foundry has won the contract to produce Qualcomm’s 5nm 5G X60 Modem, according to Reuters on Tuesday. It would mark an important win against leading foundry TSMC.
Reuters reported based on two sources familiar with the matter. Samsung would produce “at least some” of Qualcomm’s X60 5G modem. In the case, it could be similar to how Nvidia is also reportedly going to source some 7nm GPU production to Samsung.
Qualcomm announced its 5nm X60