YMTC's New In-House Controllers to Power PCIe 4.0 SSDs By Anton Shilov published 13 May 22 YMTC validates its in-house developed PCIe 4.0 SSD controllers, becomes a vertically integrated SSD designer.
Factory Riots in China Spur 60-Day MacBook Pro Delays By Mark Tyson published 9 May 22 Riots reportedly occurred at ODM Quanta Computer's Shanghai plants. Production capacity of these plants is still only approx 30%.
Apple's $159 Thunderbolt 4 Pro Cable is Braided and Three Meters Long By Andrew E. Freedman published 4 May 22 Apple is selling a 3-meter, braided Thunderbolt 4 cable for $159.
Apple Sues Rivos Startup for Alleged Theft of Secrets By Anton Shilov published 3 May 22 Apple accuses stealth startup Rivos of poaching its engineers, stealing of confidential information.
Nvidia Rolls out Apple M1 Native GeForce Now Support By Mark Tyson published 29 April 22 Benefits of the native app should include "lower power consumption, faster app startup times and an overall elevated GeForce Now experience," says Nvidia.
TSMC Clarifies Apple's UltraFusion Chip-to-Chip Interconnect By Anton Shilov published 27 April 22 Cheaper interconnect, similar performance.
Apple, Intel Could Become First to Adopt TSMC's 2nm Node By Anton Shilov published 22 April 22 AMD, MediaTek, and Qualcomm to start N2 talks with TSMC next year.
Apple Begins Testing M2-Based Macs, Reports Say By Anton Shilov published 15 April 22 New MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac Mini, and Mac Pro are incoming, according to developer logs.
TSMC: 2nm Chips Arriving in 2026 By Anton Shilov published 15 April 22 TSMC's N2 node uses gate-all-around transistors, but will not be available for a few more years.
TSMC Q1 Revenue Record: 35.5% Increase Year-Over-Year By Anton Shilov published 8 April 22 Leading-edge nodes and high prices drive TSMC's revenue to new record high.
Apple Mulls Using 3D NAND from Chinese Supplier YMTC By Anton Shilov published 31 March 22 Apple's Macs, iPhones, and iPads may start using YMTC's 3D NAND.
Apple's M1 Ultra Benchmarked: 2.6X Slower Than AMD's Threadripper Pro 5995WX By Anton Shilov published 23 March 22 Apple's M1 Ultra CPU benchmarked: fast, but cannot beat 64-core monster .
Former Apple Employee Charged With $10M Fraud By Ian Evenden published 21 March 22 A former worker in Apple's global supply chain has been charged with defrauding the company of more than $10M
Apple M1 Ultra's 64-Core GPU Fails to Dethrone the Mighty RTX 3090 By Brandon Hill published 17 March 22 Independent testing shows that while the 64-core GPU in the M1 Ultra is indeed potent, it's not quite the RTX 3090 killer it was purported to be.
Apple Rumored to Introduce M2 Powered Mac Minis By Anton Shilov published 11 March 22 Apple may introduce new M2 Macs, based on A15 Bionic SoC in mid-2022.
The Tech Behind Apple's M1 UltraFusion Chip Interconnect By Anton Shilov published 11 March 22 Apple's UltraFusion architecture uses TSMC's CoWoS-S to deliver 2.5 TB/s of interprocessor bandwidth.
Mac Studio’s M1 Ultra Has Copper Cooling, M1 Max Gets Aluminum By Andrew E. Freedman published 9 March 22 The Mac Studio with M1 Ultra is 2 pounds heavier than the M1 Max version. It all comes down to the M1 Ultra's copper cooling system.
Apple iMac 'iLamp' Mod Brings M1 to G4 By Mark Tyson published 9 March 22 Interestingly, the Mac Mini motherboard assembly was dwarfed by the iMac G4's original 3.5-inch HDD. This made the mod easier, and space helped retain the optical drive functionality.
Apple's Mac Studio Is a Small Desktop with M1 Ultra By Andrew E. Freedman published 8 March 22 Apple announced a Mac Studio with M1 Ultra, a small desktop powerhouse to support creative work.
TSMC’s N3E Will Reportedly Enter Production Ahead of Schedule By Anton Shilov published 4 March 22 TSMC to start volume production using N3E in Q3 2023, a quarter ahead of schedule.
