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Apple buys second ARM chip design firm, Intrinsity
Two years ago, Apple acquired a major developer of ARM processors/system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs, PA Semiconductor. This led directly to the production of Apple's first 100% in-house CPU, the A4 which is at the heart of iPad. Now, it appears that Infinite Loop has made another acquisition to bolster its ARM chip development efforts: Intrinsity, formerly a close partner of major ARM manufacturer Samsung. What does this mean for the future of Apple's iDevice hardware?
Posted in Apple Hardware Also tagged 3G, 4G, A4, A5, A8, A9, apple, ARM, Austin, Cortex, CPU, cupertino, Exponential, G3, G4, GPU, graphics, hardware, HD, IBM, iDevices, infinite loop, Intel, Intrinsity, iPad, iPhone, iphone os, iPod, LinkedIn, Motorola, PA Semi, PowerPC, PowerVR, rumor, Samsung, SGX, SoC, System on a Chip, Texas, touch, TX Leave a comment
Roadmap 2010: Macbook Pro
In this second installment of our "Mac Roadmap 2010" series we take an in-depth look at what rumormongers have to say about Apple's next-generation Pro laptops which are due to hit the market very soon.
Posted in Apple Hardware Also tagged 13-inch, 15-inch, 16:10, 16:9, 17-inch, 32nm, 45nm, apple, Arrandale, aspect ratio, ATi, Clarksfield, core i5, core i7, discrete, display, DMI, GMA HD, GPU, GPUs/Graphics Cards, hardware, integrated, laptop, Mac, Macbook Pro, Macs, mobile, notebook, nVIDIA, Optimus, OS X, prices, pricing, Radeon, Roadmap, rumor, rumors, widescreen 11 Comments
Roadmap 2010: Mac Pro
First in our in-depth Roadmap 2010 series on new Macs due out in the near future, we dig into some of the best predictions available from both "inside" sources and grapevine consensus about the next-generation Mac Pro.
Posted in Apple Hardware Also tagged 32nm, 45nm, AMD, apple, ATi, Bloomfield, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, dual socket, GeForce, GeForce 470, GeForce 480, GPUs/Graphics Cards, Gulftown, Intel, Lynnfield, Mac Pro, Nehalem, nVIDIA, OpenCL, OpenGL, PCI Express, Radeon, Radeon 4870, Radeon 5870, rumor, rumors, single socket, Superdrive, Westmere, Westmere-EP, Xeon 6 Comments
Major updates to Mac Pro and Macbook/Air/Pro lineups imminent
As Rumors has previously reported, a new generation of 32-nanometer Intel chips (Arrandale for mobile, Gulftown/Westmere-EP on the desktop) are ready for Apple to build several new Macs around. Several factors have kept Apple from being the first to adopt these chips, but sources now report that the time for their announcement is approaching.
Posted in Apple Hardware Also tagged AMD, Arrandale, ATi, Clarksfield, Core i3, core i5, core i7, cupertino, GPU, GPUs/Graphics Cards, Hardware Rumors, HyperThreading, Intel, Mac Pro, Macbook, Macbook Air, Macbook Pro, Macs, Nehalem, nVIDIA, SSD, Turbo, Xeon 5600 15 Comments
January 27th Apple Event Preview Part 1: The Tablet
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past few months, you are probably well aware that tomorrow, Wednesday January 27th, Apple is hosting one of its infamous "Events" and the centerpiece will be a tablet-like iDevice which was, coincidentally, just "confirmed" by the CEO of publisher McGraw-Hill on CNBC minutes before this post was sent to the presses.The big questions are, what will it be like? What sort of tech specs will be under the hood? Based on years of following the Tablet's development through our sources in Cupertino and backed up by grapevine consensus, here's what we're expecting at the heart of tomorrow's announcements.
Posted in Apple Events, Apple Hardware, Apple Software Also tagged 3G, App Store, apple event, Apple Inc., Apple Software, ARM, AT&T, Cortex A9, e-reader, iDevice, infinite loop, iPad, iPhone, iPod, iSlate, iTablet, MagicSlate, Netbook, OS X, Steve Jobs, tablet, Third Party Applications, Third Party Developers Leave a comment
Will the ‘iTablet’ run iPhone OS or Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard?
As "iTablet" (Macbook Touch? iPhone Cinema?) rumors have reached a fever pitch in recent days thanks to several disclosures and leaks by third parties privy to late-stage prototypes of the device, speculation has mounted as to which variant of OS X it will run -- will it be an iPhone (ARM CPU, iPhone OS) or a Mac (Intel processor, OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard)?
Posted in Apple Hardware, Apple Software Also tagged App Store, apple event, Apple Events, Apple Inc., AT&T, cupertino, iDevice Platform OS 3.0, infinite loop, Intel, iPhone, iphone os, iPod Touch, iTablet, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Macbook Touch, Macs, Many Bothans Died to Bring Us This Information, Netbook, OS X, rumor, snow leopard, Steve Jobs, touch 2 Comments
Reader Q&A: What are Apple prototypes like?
From time to time, we select a few reader questions to answer as best we can, and today's comes from Kyle: "On your site, you often mention prototypes of Apple devices. I'm kind of curious how Apple works their prototype process. What do the prototype devices look like in the semi-finished state? Do they look like pieces of hardware slapped together by a sloppy DIYer or like the polished devices that we know Apple is famous for?"Read on for the answer
Posted in Apple Hardware, Articles Also tagged apple, cupertino, developers, enclosure, Industrial Design, infinite loop, laptops, Mac, Mac Pro, Macbook, Many Bothans Died to Bring Us This Information, Mini, prototype, Prototypes, Q&A, rumor, rumor-mongering, Steve Jobs, Xserve Leave a comment
What’s next for iPhone & other iDevices?
While we continue to wait for the next two major 2009 iDevice roll-outs -- an iPod Touch "S" with specs similar to the iPhone 3GS and an entirely new large-screen device often referred to as "iTablet" -- rumor and speculation about 2010 iDevices has already begun to ramp up with a vengeance. One of the rumors with the greatest backing evidence is that of 1080P HD video recording capabilities, followed closely by new, slightly larger iPhone/iPod Touch displays with higher resolutions.
Posted in 3rd Party Software, App Store, Apple Hardware, Apple Software Also tagged 1080P, 3G, 3GS, camera, GPUs/Graphics Cards, HDTV, iDevice GPU(s), iDevices, iPhone, iPod Touch, iTablet, Netbook, new iphone, rumor, touch, Uncategorized, video 4 Comments
LIVE Coverage of the WWDC 2009 Keynote
Click through to the full article using the "More" link below for streaming updates from the WWDC 2009 Keynote address; coverage officially begins just before 10:00 AM PDT/1:00 PM EDT!
Posted in Apple Events, Apple Hardware, Apple Software Also tagged 3rd party, App Store, apple, apple event, Apple Events, Apple Inc., Apple Software, AT&T, developers, iDevice, iDevice Platform OS 3.0, iDevices, infinite loop, iPhone, iphone os 3.0, iPod Touch, iTablet, Keynote, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Macs, new iphone, QuickTime, snow leopard, Steve Jobs, Third Party Applications, Third Party Developers, WWDC 2 Comments
WWDC Preview Part 3: iPod Touch, Other iDevices, One More Thing?
With time before today's WWDC Keynote growing short and breaking rumors of Steve Jobs' presence at the Moscone Center sending the grapevine into a frenzy, let's take a quick look at some of the less certain, but no less exciting, possibilities that we might see emerge into the light of day this morning (PDT)/afternoon (EDT) in San Francisco: new iPod Touch model(s), other iDevices ("iTablet"?!), and the ever-present potential for a completely unanticipated "One More Thing" -- potential that has just received a huge injection of probability if the Steve Jobs sightings at Moscone are what they appear to be.
Posted in Apple Events, Apple Hardware, Apple Software Also tagged 3G, 3rd party, App Store, apple, apple event, Apple Events, Apple Inc., AT&T, beta, Bluetooth, bluetooth 3.0, developers, GPUs/Graphics Cards, iDevice, iDevices, infinite loop, iPhone, iphone os, iphone os 3.0, iPod, iPod Touch, iTablet, Moscone, Netbook, new iphone, rumor, San Francisco, snow leopard, Steve Jobs, WWDC 1 Comment
WWDC 2009 Preview Part 2: iPhone OS 3.0 & Snow Leopard
With the WWDC 2009 Keynote event nearly upon us, let's taking a quick look at what we can expect from Apple's next-generation operating systems: iPhone OS 3.0 and Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard". Although we've known for some time now that we'll only see a 'Final Beta' of Snow Leopard this week, expectations for iPhone OS are somewhat less certain. In both cases, we anticipate a few surprises....the real question is how big they'll be.
Posted in Apple Events, Apple Software Also tagged 3rd party, App Store, apple, apple event, Apple Events, Apple Inc., AT&T, beta, bluetooth 3.0, cupertino, developers, iDevice, iDevice Platform OS 3.0, iDevices, iPhone, iphone os, iphone os 3.0, iPod, iPod Touch, iTablet, Mac, Mac OS X, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Netbook, new iphone, rumor, snow leopard, Steve Jobs, touch, WWDC Leave a comment
Other iDevices may wait, 2009 iPhone will be announced at WWDC
There has been some debate in recent days as to whether all four (or more!) 2009 iDevices which have been hinted at with multiple references in the code of iPhone OS 3.0 as well as countless published rumor-mongering reports and our own conversations with sources, will actually be announced -- no less ship -- at the World Wide Developer Conference next month.There is plenty of room for debate on the larger question, but when it comes to at least two distinct 2009 iPhone models ($99 8GB entry-level and $199/$299 16/32GB high-end models?), Rumors is very confident that we'll be seeing them during the keynote address on June 8th.
Posted in Apple Events, Apple Hardware Also tagged 2009 iPhone, announcement, iDevice, iDevice OS/Firmware, iDevice Platform OS 3.0, iDevices, iPhone, iphone os 3.0, iPod Touch, iTablet, prototype, release date, WWDC 1 Comment
iPod Touch, other 2009 iDevices to include video camera?
Although predictions of timing (such as whether any new hardware at all will be announced, no less released, at WWDC next month -- or perhaps only the new iPhones and/or all-new iDevices such as the "iTablet" will ship then, leaving an updated iPod Touch release to wait until later in the summer) and features have begun to diverge wildly across the grapevine, one thing appears increasingly likely based on published speculation and our own source reports: the 2009 iDevice family could feature cameras with at least 3.2 megapixel photo resolution and up to 720P HD video across the entire lineup.
Posted in Apple Hardware, Apple Software Also tagged 2009 iDevices, 3G, 720P HD, camera, iDevice OS/Firmware, iDevice Platform OS 3.0, iDevices, infinite loop, iPhone, iphone os 3.0, iPod Touch, iTablet, jailbreak, Netbook, video, WWDC 1 Comment
Mac OS X 10.5.7 build 9J56 seeded to developers with Bluetooth 3.0
Despite the previous build of Mac OS X 10.5.7 code-name "Juno" appearing nearly ready for release within days (it's now been over a week), Apple has delivered a new seed -- build 9J56 -- to developers, and it looks like a little bit of work still remains before we'll see 10.5.7 in Software Update. Changelog from Apple's seed notes follows after the jump.
Posted in Apple Software Also tagged 10.5.7, 802.11n, apple, Apple Software, bluetooth 3.0, broadcom, chipsets, FM Radio, iDevice Platform OS 3.0, iDevices, iPhone, iphone os 3.0, iPod, iPod Touch, Juno, laptops, Leopard, Mac, Mac OS X, Mac OS X 10.5.7, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Macbooks, Macs, Minerva, Netbook, rumor, seed, snow leopard, wi-fi, WWDC 2 Comments
WWDC 2010 Preview