A report this morning from CBS Marketwatch indicates that Samsung has raised the price of chips sold to Apple by 20%. This news comes from Korean newspaper Chosun Llbo, who cites a person familiar with negotiations. "Samsung Electronics recently asked Apple for a significant price raise in (the … [Read more...]
Apple Testing Both A5X and A6 Chips?
February 26, 2012 by 2 Comments
According to code with iOS 5.1 betas, 9to5Mac has theorized that Apple is working on not one, but two new chips. The original iPad's A4 chip was the S5L8930X, with the current iPad 2 using the S5L8940X. With references to the SL8945X and SL8950X, once could surmise there are two processors in the … [Read more...]
Apple’s A4 Chips Cost ~$1b To Produce
February 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
According to Ashlee Vance at the New York Times, Apple's new A4 ARM chip cost around $1 billion to develop. Yup, that's billion with a b. That's what it costs for companies like Apple, NVidia, and Qualcomm to design, test and build their chips from scratch. Apparently the iPhone was a major step … [Read more...]
