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    intel Results

    Five Years After Apple Broke Up With Intel, Intel is Begging for Money

    Wednesday September 24, 2025 3:01 pm PDT by Juli Clover
    Intel and Apple have been in discussions about how to work more closely together, reports Bloomberg. The talks started after Intel approached Apple about a potential investment, but they are in the...
    Read Full Article 193 comments

    Apple's Return to Intel Rumored to Extend to iPhone

    Friday December 5, 2025 10:08 am PST by Joe Rossignol
    Intel is expected to begin supplying some Mac and iPad chips in a few years, and the latest rumor claims the partnership might extend to the iPhone.In a research note with investment firm GF...
    Read Full Article 154 comments

    US Government May Buy a Stake in Intel

    Friday August 15, 2025 6:22 am PDT by Hartley Charlton
    The Trump administration is in preliminary discussions to acquire an equity stake in former Apple chip supplier Intel, a move aimed at accelerating the company's delayed manufacturing expansion...
    Read Full Article 140 comments

    Apple and Intel Rumored to Partner on Mac Chips Again in a New Way

    Friday November 28, 2025 7:33 am PST by Joe Rossignol
    While all Macs are now powered by Apple's custom-designed chips, a new rumor claims that Apple may rekindle its partnership with Intel, albeit in a new and limited way.Apple supply chain analyst...
    Read Full Article 170 comments

    Apple Supplier TSMC May Operate Intel’s Chipmaking Facilities

    Thursday April 3, 2025 5:02 pm PDT by Juli Clover
    Apple supplier TSMC has reached a preliminary agreement with Intel that will see TSMC operating Intel’s chipmaking facilities, reports The Information. TSMC will own a 20 percent stake in the new...
    Read Full Article 55 comments

    MacBooks Could Have 'Intel Inside' Again – But It's Not What You Think

    Wednesday December 3, 2025 6:23 am PST by Tim Hardwick
    When Apple broke up with Intel and began making its own industry-leading silicon processors in 2020, the split looked final. But a new rumor suggests the two companies could work together again, just...
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    Intel to Apple Silicon Transition for Mac Was Announced Five Years Ago

    Monday June 23, 2025 5:00 pm PDT by Joe Rossignol
    Apple silicon was announced five years ago this week, kickstarting one of the most successful periods for the Mac ever.Following years of rumors, Apple in June 2020 unveiled its plan to transition...
    Read Full Article 185 comments

    Apple Says Final Intel MacBook Air and Apple Watch Series 5 Now 'Vintage'

    Wednesday December 31, 2025 8:39 am PST by Eric Slivka
    Apple today added the final 13-inch MacBook Air powered by Intel processors, the Apple Watch Series 5, and additional products to its vintage products list. The iPhone 11 Pro was also added to the...
    Read Full Article 24 comments

    Intel Macs Won't Get Updates After macOS Tahoe

    Monday June 9, 2025 3:05 pm PDT by Juli Clover
    macOS Tahoe is the final software update that Intel-based Macs will get, as Apple works to phase them out following its transition to Apple silicon.During its Platforms State of the Union event,...
    Read Full Article 293 comments

    Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Retires Amid Company's Decline

    Monday December 2, 2024 7:20 am PST by Hartley Charlton
    Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired following a challenging tenure marked by the company's struggles to compete against Apple and other major chipmakers.Intel today announced that Gelsinger, who...
    Read Full Article 183 comments

    Apple to Phase Out Rosetta 2 Starting With macOS 28 as Intel Era Ends

    Tuesday June 10, 2025 8:41 am PDT by Joe Rossignol
    Following its WWDC keynote on Monday, Apple updated a developer document to indicate that Rosetta 2 will remain available through macOS 27.Rosetta 2 enables Macs with Apple silicon (Arm architecture)...
    Read Full Article 177 comments

    TSMC Founder Reveals Why Apple Chose Them Over Intel as Custom Chip Supplier

    Thursday January 30, 2025 1:54 am PST by Tim Hardwick
    TSMC founder Morris Chang has revealed that Apple CEO Tim Cook rejected Intel as an iPhone chip manufacturing partner in 2011, and told him that "Intel just does not know how to be a...
    Read Full Article 42 comments

    Here Are the macOS Sequoia Features Intel Macs Don't Support

    Tuesday September 17, 2024 3:46 am PDT by Tim Hardwick
    When Apple released macOS Monterey in 2021, some key features required a Mac with Apple silicon. The same scenario played out with macOS Ventura in 2022, and then again the following year with the...
    Read Full Article 187 comments

    Intel Says New Lunar Lake Chips Have 'Fastest Built-In GPU in the Industry'

    Tuesday September 3, 2024 5:43 pm PDT by Juli Clover
    Intel today unveiled its new "Lunar Lake" Intel Core Ultra 200V processors, designed for thin and light AI PCs. Intel's new chips are meant to compete with Apple silicon chips and the...
    Read Full Article 169 comments

    Apple Says New MacBook Air Up to 23x Faster Than Intel-Based Model, But Read the Fine Print

    Thursday March 6, 2025 1:46 pm PST by Joe Rossignol
    Apple has a staggering marketing claim for the new MacBook Air with the M4 chip.Specifically, Apple says the new MacBook Air is up to 23x faster than the last Intel-based model. However, there are...
    Read Full Article 142 comments

    These macOS Sonoma Features Are Not Available on Intel Macs

    Tuesday June 6, 2023 12:35 pm PDT by Joe Rossignol
    Apple this week previewed macOS Sonoma, the latest version of its Mac operating system. Launching later this year, the software update includes several new features, but not all of them are available...
    Read Full Article 164 comments

    Apple Vision Pro's Virtual Display Feature Works With Intel Macs, But Limited to 3K Resolution

    Saturday February 3, 2024 8:56 am PST by Joe Rossignol
    Apple's new Vision Pro headset can serve as an external display for a Mac, allowing you to view and control your computer in a visionOS window. The feature is even compatible with some older...
    Read Full Article 66 comments

    Intel Launches 'World's Fastest Mobile Processor' With 24 Cores

    Tuesday January 3, 2023 12:21 pm PST by Juli Clover
    Intel today announced the launch of its 13th-generation processor lineup, which is headlined by the flagship Intel Core i9-13980HX, a 24-core 5.6GHz laptop chip that Intel says is the...
    Read Full Article 224 comments

    Tim Cook Pays Tribute to the Late Intel Co-Founder Gordon Moore

    Monday March 27, 2023 4:52 am PDT by Tim Hardwick
    Gordon Moore, co-founder and former chairman of Intel, died on Friday, March 24. He was 94. Tributes to the technology pioneer were shared on social media by Silicon Valley industry leaders over the...
    Read Full Article 24 comments

    Apple Executives Discuss M2 Chips, Gaming on Mac, Intel and More

    Monday February 6, 2023 6:25 pm PST by Juli Clover
    Following the release of the Mac mini and the MacBook Pro with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips, Apple's platform architecture VP Tim Millet and product marketing VP Bob Borchers did an interview with...
    Read Full Article 214 comments

    Mac Pro Now Only Remaining Intel-Based Mac in Apple's Lineup

    Tuesday January 17, 2023 8:21 am PST by Sami Fathi
    Following today's announcement of a new M2‌ Pro Mac mini, which replaced the previous Intel-based model in the lineup, the Mac Pro is now the only Mac in Apple's current product lineup that...
    Read Full Article 150 comments

    Mac Pro With M2 Ultra Chip Up to Twice as Fast as Top-End Intel Model

    Saturday June 10, 2023 7:55 pm PDT by Joe Rossignol
    The first benchmark results for Apple's new M2 Ultra chip have surfaced on Geekbench 6, providing a closer look at CPU performance improvements for the latest Macs. So far, the benchmark results...
    Read Full Article

    Benchmarks Confirm Intel's Latest Core i9 Chip Outperforms Apple's M1 Max With Several Caveats

    Wednesday January 26, 2022 8:56 am PST by Joe Rossignol
    Benchmark results have started to surface for MSI's new GE76 Raider, one of the first laptops to be powered by Intel's new 12th-generation Core i9 processor.Intel previously said that its new...
    Read Full Article 409 comments

    Intel's Latest PC vs. Mac Ad Involves a 'Social Experiment' With Apple Fans

    Monday October 4, 2021 2:35 pm PDT by Joe Rossignol
    Intel today shared a new ad titled Breaking the Spell: Social Experiment. In the four-minute video, Intel invites 12 supposed Apple fans to a focus group showcasing features of "upcoming...
    Read Full Article 506 comments

    Intel Reportedly Plans Thousands of Layoffs Amid PC Market Slowdown

    Wednesday October 12, 2022 4:20 am PDT by Tim Hardwick
    Intel plans to slash its employee numbers by the thousands in a bid to cut costs in the face of the slowing global PC market, a new Bloomberg report has claimed.The company's sales and marketing...
    Read Full Article 114 comments

    Apple Removes M1 Mac Mini and Intel Mac Mini From Lineup

    Tuesday January 17, 2023 6:25 am PST by Tim Hardwick
    Apple has stopped offering Intel-powered Mac mini models following the launch of new Apple silicon models featuring its new M2 and M2 Pro chips.Up until today, Apple continued to sell a high-end Mac...
    Read Full Article 69 comments

    2022 Mac Pro Rumored to Use Intel's Ice Lake Xeon W-3300 Chips

    Monday July 26, 2021 10:27 am PDT by Juli Clover
    A new Mac Pro that's coming in 2022 is set to use Intel's Ice Lake Xeon W-3300 workstation chips, according to an Intel leaker that WCCFtech says has offered reliable information on Intel...
    Read Full Article 204 comments

    With M2 Ultra Mac Pro, Apple Completes Apple Silicon Transition and No Longer Sells Intel-Based Macs

    Monday June 5, 2023 3:08 pm PDT by Juli Clover
    Apple today introduced an Apple silicon version of the Mac Pro that uses the new M2 Ultra chip, and with that update, Apple's transition to Apple silicon is now complete. The first Apple silicon...
    Read Full Article 249 comments

    Intel's Anti-Mac Ad Campaign Highlights M1 Shortcomings

    Thursday February 11, 2021 5:28 pm PST by Juli Clover
    With the launch of the M1 Macs last November, Apple officially began its transition away from Intel's chips, and it's clear from Intel's latest advertising campaign that the company is...
    Read Full Article 599 comments

    Intel, AMD, and Nvidia Reportedly Bracing for Declines as MacBook Popularity Grows

    Tuesday August 9, 2022 5:43 am PDT by Sami Fathi
    Intel, AMD, and Nvidia are all reportedly bracing for a possible decline in shipments as well as a possible drop in revenue for the remainder of 2022 while the Mac is expected to continue to grow in...
    Read Full Article 97 comments
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