Chris Jenkins

@ic_apple

I love electrons. Contributing writer

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macrumors.com
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  1. Retweeted
    Jun 3
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    thinks it's RAM-related. All the discontinued devices had less than 2GB of RAM. Which, if that really is the case, is the final nail in the coffin that Apple skimped on RAM for the iPhone 6 to the detriment of buyers

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  2. Jun 3

    Interesting card. Second PCI connector to avoid 6/8 pin connectors. First AMD dual GPU card in several years. AMD has said they won’t do chiplet GPUs yet, so the on-board Infinity Fabric links may display some limitations that make the case for that reasoning. Semi-custom win?

    [Apple] Mac Pro 2019 >Radeon Pro Vega II Duo.
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  3. May 26

    Impressive cadence from ARM here. Really no reason to go custom if your name isn’t Apple. And the A77 projections bring into line with Apple’s A11 CPU on a perf/Watt basis, which will be two years old by the time it launches.

    Arm's New Cortex-A77 CPU Micro-architecture: Evolving Performance
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  4. May 16

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  5. May 16

    This is very exciting and kudos to Samsung for being public about their technology roadmap. GAAFET/MCBFET is the end of the road for transistor topologies. Only way to get better from here are feature size reductions, new materials, or entirely new switching devices.

    Samsung Announces 3nm GAA MBCFET PDK, Version 0.1
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  6. Apr 19

    Another important point to make here. Apple has typically lagged the industry in offering the latest in cellular data standards, but pivoting to 5G for this year’s iPhone models could kick some of the malaise that has hit the high-end smartphone market.

    Apple and Qualcomm Allegedly Reach Settlement in Royalty Dispute by
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  7. Apr 16

    Lots of realities probably coming to a head here. Apple probably wasn’t going to get a near-term competitive 5G solution without this development though.

    Apple and Qualcomm Allegedly Reach Settlement in Royalty Dispute by
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  8. Mar 30

    Hard to be too concerned given the level of technical excellence Apple is able to curate internally.

    Key iOS Chip Architect Gerard Williams III Departs Apple by
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  9. Feb 19

    The standard has been set

    Qualcomm Announces X55 Modem: 5G Multi-mode & New Advanced ICs
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  10. Feb 8

    I think the surprise here is that it didn’t already exist

    Apple Reportedly Shifts to In-House Modem Engineering Led by Johny Srouji
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  11. Jan 25

    Big deal. Apple can breathe a sigh of relief

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  12. Retweeted
    Jan 23

    Former Samsung Battery Exec Joins Apple as New Global Head of Battery Developments

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  13. Jan 17

    Nice look at the packaging progress Apple is making with the A12X

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  14. Jan 17

    It’s hard to disagree with this conclusion. No one has demonstrated anything near a comprehensive solution like Qualcomm has

    Barclays Believes There’s Still a ‘Good Chance’ Apple Will Have to Use Qualcomm 5G Modems in 2020 iPhones by
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  15. Jan 12

    This will be a fun teardown

    Report: AirPower Has Entered Production and is Coming Soon
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  16. Jan 11

    Certainly possible they don’t do 5G in 2019. The landscape looks fairly unattractive outside of Qualcomm

    Apple Considered 5G Modem Chips From Samsung, MediaTek, and Intel for 2019 iPhones by
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  17. Retweeted
    Jan 11

    Apple’s Tony Blevins confirms Apple has been talking to baseband suppliers for 5G since 2016! Not sure why relevant yet to this case but I found that interesting.

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  18. Jan 10

    Will be nothing short of tremendous if they hit that date

    Samsung Plans 3nm Gate-All-Around FETs in 2021
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  19. Jan 7

    It says something that we’ve written Intel off for so long because of 10nm that we assumed someone else would beat them to 3D packaging in a mainstream consumer product.

    Lakefield is the first product using Foveros to condense compute and memory in a 3D stack. Lower standby power, scaling up to full PC performance.
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  20. 18 Dec 2018

    Interesting news out of ARM. Apple will need to go down a similar path if they’re serious about automotive. Usage paradigms are different enough to warrant a unique architecture

    Arm Announces Cortex-65AE for Automotive: First SMT CPU Core
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