If you’re hankering for a BMW with either Apple’s CarPlay or Android Auto functionality, you may have to wait a bit. BMW has begun temporarily shipping cars without these technologies giver the automaker changing its chip suppliers. The new chips built into many BMWs manufactured this year require updated software to be able to run […]
Apple’s iPad production may have fallen as much as 50 percent over the last two months. According to two anonymous sources, production for Apple’s tablets has fallen by half, while parts meant for older iPhones are also being moved to the iPhone 13, as Apple expects stronger demand for the new iPhones over the new […]
When in doubt, listen to the supplier. During its investor conference call on Wednesday, Qualcomm offered optimistic predictions for a wider 5G market with some 200 million smartphones equipped with 5G in 2020. Analysts are currently stating that the chipmaker is hinting at Apple’s iPhone. During an investor conference call following Qualcomm’s earnings reveal, CFO Akash Palkhiwala […]
Even amongst the recent kerfuffle as to who Apple might be getting its 5G modems from, Chinese company Huawei, which develops its own processors and modems, has indicated that it might be interested in selling them to Apple. Huawei has developed a 5G Balong 5000 chipset, but, as with the company’s processors, it has previously […]
Chipmaker Intel, responding to claims that it had ended development on its 10nm “Cannon Lake” processors, announced on Twitter that it is “making good progress” on its upcoming 10nm chips. The tweet follows a claim stating that Intel had ended its 10nm manufacturing process. Intel’s 10nm processors were supposed to launch at some point in […]