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Verdict orders Apple to pay $234 million over A7 and A8 chip patent infringement

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Jaime Rivera

Even though Apple’s processors are manufactured by Samsung, TSMC, and others, Cupertino has gained a lot of fame for designing them. At a time when processors have more cores than the average engine, Apple has figured out a way to keep its dual-core 64-bit technology on the cutting edge speed and power. The problem is that it seems that this technology wasn’t really invented by Apple, and today it has to pay for it.The University of Wisconsin-Madison sued both Apple and Intel back in 2014 for the technologies used on certain Intel chips, and

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Patent warfare bites Apple as it loses to the University of Wisconsin

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Jules Wang

Companies are not in the business of losing money to those who steal their product ideas. But the path to patent protection in the process of profit gets dirty. Microsoft and Google have agreed to stop the mudslinging in some major disputes while Samsung and Apple might soon have to send lawyers up to Washington, D.C.But the University of Wisconsin-Madison has a bone to pick with Cupertino and a court is ...

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Apple’s A8X in the iPad Air 2 looks like it’s a triple-core chip

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Stephen Schenck

Apple very much does not like to get into a spec-measuring contest when it comes to its mobile technology. While Android OEMs may be quick to talk clock speed, SoC cores, GPUs, and RAM, Apple tends to be far less forthcoming with technical details; you may have noticed that our recent spec breakdown for the iPad Air 2 was forced to leave several key component fields blank, or make some educated guesses, as Apple had not formally disclosed such information. But even before the tablet hits wide release, ...

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12.9-inch iPad Pro launching with Apple A8X chip?

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Rithvik Rao

September came and has (almost) gone without the release of new iPads, so we’re looking squarely at October for the release of new entries to Apple’s tablet lineup – which means it’s about time that the rumor train start rolling. Today, a report from Taiwanese site Technews.tw looks to start detailing the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, allegedly one of the upcoming Apple slates.The source states that the Pro will have an upgraded version of the Apple A8 processor found on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, the A8X. This naming convention is believable, as the fourth-gen iPad had an Apple ...

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