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Touch Bar-equipped MacBook Pros sport new AMD GPUs, can drive dual 5K displays

Apple apparently dropped a killer GPU into the 2016 Touch Bar-equipped 15-inch MacBook Pro and it shows. The company, which switched from Intel’s integrated Iris Pro graphics in favor of dedicated AMD graphics, has opted for AMD’s Polaris-based Radeon Pro 450, Radeon Pro 455, and build-to-order Radeon Pro 460 GPUs in the new 15-inch notebooks. […]

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Mac shipments fall 13 percent in year-over-year comparison to third quarter of 2016

It looks like Apple will need some new blood in its Mac product line to stop its decline in sales. According to a new report from IDC, third-quarter PC shipments declined by 3.9 percent compared to the same quarter last year, but Mac shipments dropped by 13 percent. PC shipments totaled 68 million units. Still, […]

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IHS completes initial teardown, estimates iPhone 7 component costs around $220

They’ve run the numbers and after a preliminary teardown, iPhone 7 component costs are estimated to start at $219.80, which is $36.89 higher than iPhone 6s, according to a preliminary teardown of a 32GB model by IHS Markit. According to the report, the display remains the most expensive component, clocking in at an estimated $43 […]

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Intel licenses ARM to use chip manufacturing capacity

Intel has announced that it’s licensing technology from rival ARM Holdings Plc. The two chipmakers unveiled the agreement Tuesday at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. The accord will let Intel offer third-party semiconductor companies its most advanced 10-nanometer production lines for manufacturing the complex chips usually used in smartphones. Intel, which receives most […]

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Rumor: Next-gen MacBook to have smaller footprint, be thinner, incorporate Touch ID into power button

Some new details have begun to leak out about the next-gen MacBook Pro notebooks. Sources have indicated that the new notebooks will have a smaller footprint than existing models, and will be thinner but not adopt the wedge shape of the MacBook Air and 12-inch MacBook. The trackpad is also slightly wider than current models. […]