The slightly advanced 2nm ‘N2P’ process from TSMC is reportedly being used by Qualcomm and MediaTek, with both companies aiming to gain an advantage over Apple later this year. However, the Cupertino firm is expected to match its rivals’ competitiveness by adopting the same manufacturing process next year for the A21 Pro, but only the latter will receive preferential treatment for the improved technology, not the A21. Standard A21 for the base iPhone 20 could stick with TSMC’s 2nm N2, as wafer and memory costs threaten to chew through Apple’s profits In a report from Commercial Times, Apple is reported […]

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In a late-night Truth Social post that all but confirms persistent supply chain-sourced rumors and tidbits, President Trump has spilled the beans on Apple's chip fabrication deal with Intel, setting off a speculative storm as to what's next for the now-ascendant chipmaker. Trump details how he helped Intel, takes credit for nudging NVIDIA, Elon Musk's Terafab, and Apple towards the chipmaker Trump has just taken a victory lap of sorts by touting Intel's rapidly expanding orderbook, which now apparently includes such august customers as NVIDIA, Elon Musk's Terafab project, and Apple, going on to boast about the U.S. government's 10 […]

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Intel's deal with Apple is now confirmed by the US President himself, with Chipzilla all set to build and design chips on American soil. Intel Will Design & Build Chips For Apple As US Moves Chip Making Back To American Soil Well, if it needed confirmation, the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, has now confirmed that Apple has agreed to work with Intel. In this deal, Apple will leverage Intel tech to design and build its next-generation chips. The statement from Trump comes as part of the historic turnaround that Intel has achieved under the current US […]

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Apple and CEO Tim Cook have sounded the alarm concerning the iPhone 18 price hike, with upcoming models expected to become more expensive due to the ongoing DRAM shortage. In short, the trillion-dollar giant says that the situation has become unavoidable, but how large of a difference can customers expect to pay? One research firm might have an answer, but you’re not going to like it. TechInsights believes that for Apple to maintain its profits, the iPhone 18 Pro needs to become $270 more expensive As Apple’s memory stockpile begins to dwindle, it’s left with little choice but to ramp […]

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The market hasn’t responded well to smartphones bearing the slimmer form factor, so it’s unsurprising that the iPhone Air failed to garner a positive response in major markets. However, Apple isn’t giving up on this form factor because the company is preparing the iPhone Air 2 for a spring launch next year. With this release, the Cupertino firm is expected to introduce two upgrades that weren’t present in the predecessor. One of the upgrades arriving to the iPhone Air 2 is an ultrawide-angle lens, which is similar to the base iPhone 18 Apple has been previously reported to be testing a […]

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Apple was, until recently, the last bastion of price stability, even as a tsunami of memory-induced price hikes has continued to sweep across wide swathes of the global consumer electronics sphere. Alas! No longer. Apple now appears to have surrendered to the inevitable price hikes after trying to swim against the tide for a few quarters. Apple's Tim Cook had warned that the June-ending quarter would see a "substantial" increase in memory costs, and now the company appears to be capitulating to the inevitable price hikes Apple's Tim Cook has just declared to the Wall Street Journal that price increases […]

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We typically assume that Apple's own apps would almost always beat similar third-party ones on performance and efficiency on Apple's own platforms, especially given the time and resources that the company spends to optimize each facet of its ecosystem. Yet, a creative developer and a group product manager for the Microsoft Edge Web Platform, Kyle Pflug, has just demonstrated that it is possible to beat Apple on its home turf. A prototype Microsoft Edge browser, built using the Blink rendering engine, comprehensively outcompetes Safari on iOS Pflug penned a dedicated post on LinkedIn recently, disclosing that Microsoft's Edge web platform […]

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