Article Hero Image Not only is Apple investing in ARM’s initial public offering in the US, filed paperwork has revealed that the pair have signed a long-term collaboration agreement spanning potentially more than two decades. Established in 1990, ARM began as a joint venture between Acorn Computers, Apple Computer, and VLSI Technology. And, earlier on…
According to fresh SEC filings from Arm, the chip IP designer has secured a slew of industry investors ahead of the company’s impending IPO. Aiming for a strong start to what Reuters reports is projected to be a $52 billion IPO valuation, Arm has been seeking out major industry customers as cornerstone investors, successfully lining…
Microsoft isn’t set to end support for Windows 10 until 2025, but users now have a reason to upgrade to Windows 11 sooner than that. That’s because new Intel documents have leaked, revealing that support for Wi-Fi 7 will not be available for Windows 10. This means that Windows users will need to upgrade to…
With all the success and esteem that AMD’s 3D V-Cache on their desktop CPUs has garnered over the last year, it was only a matter of time before we saw a mobile-ready version hit the retail shelves. Last month AMD announced their first mobile processor using 3D V-Cache, the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D, a 16 core…
Intel Corp. will not proceed with its $5.4 billion deal to acquire Tower Semiconductor foundry due to a lack of regulatory approval from China, the two companies announced on Wednesday. Instead of renegotiating, Intel will pay Tower a $353 million break-up fee to walk away. The move will force Intel to focus the business strategy of its…
iPad 9 and Fire Max 11 The Fire Max 11 represents Amazon’s largest tablet display to date and features an upgraded aluminum body that enhances its premium aesthetics. Here’s how the specs and performance compare to the ninth-generation iPad. The Amazon Fire Max 11 and the ninth-generation iPad from Apple are two tablets that have…
This week, Realtek sued rival MediaTek in Northern California federal court, accusing it of conspiring against it with a patent holder in a bid to drive Realtek out of business. Reuters reports that Realtek asserts that MediaTek intends to monopolize the markets of smart TVs and set-top-boxes and asks the court to protect itself from…
OnePlus Pad (left) vs 10th-gen iPad (right) The first tablet from smartphone producer OnePlus directly takes on the tenth-gen iPad, in what could be a compelling Android alternative to Apple’s tablet. OnePlus has gained a reputation for creating good-quality Android smartphones, such as the OnePlus 10 Pro. With its design and hardware knowledge, the company…
Throughout the world, if there’s one universal constant in the smartphone and mobile device market, it’s Arm. Whether it’s mobile chip makers basing their SoCs on Arm’s fully synthesized CPU cores, or just relying on the Arm ISA and designing their own chips, at the end of the day, Arm underlies virtually all of it.…
Offering an update on its work with complementary field-effect transistors (CFETs) as part of the company’s European Technology Symposium 2023, TSMC has revealed that it has working CFETs within its labs. But even with the progress TSMC has made so far, the technology is still in its early days, generations away from mass production. In…
