By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Peterson) AMD on Tuesday announced that it has agreed to purchase long-time Apple supplier Xilinx, mainly known for making a type of reconfigurable chip, for $35 billion in stock.Credit: XilinxXilinx is a company known for producing field-programmable gate arrays, or FGPAs. They’re a type of chip that can be reconfigured after production and installation in a device, and are used for tasks such as speeding up machine learning tasks or powering cellular base stations….
By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) SpaceX is expanding its Starlink satellite internet beta to interested parties, requiring a $499 upfront purchase on top of a $99 per month fee.SpaceX, one of the several projects from Tesla CEO …
By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) Mophie has introduced a new modular charging system, the Juice Pack Connect, that allows users to charge their phones on demand using a detachable battery.The Juice Pack Connect is a 5,000mAh detachable battery, which can charge any Qi-enabled smartphone. Mophie states that it can charge wirelessly through lightweight cases and is designed to be attached and detached as needed.The Juice Pack Connect charges via …
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple’s upcoming patent infringement trial may be a little easier for the company after it convinced the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to review one of Seven Network’s 16 patents being used against Apple in the lawsuit.[via Pexels]The intellectual property …
By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) Apple supplier Foxlink will begin ramping up cable production later in 2020 from a new plant in India, as manufacturers hurry to set up a supply chain outside China.As …
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Samsung may be shooting itself in the foot with its own marketing effort, as it is believed the South Korean electronics giant may follow Apple in removing the charger from the box for the “Galaxy S21,” shortly after mocking the iPhone for the move with the …
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Supply chain sources claim that Apple is to make a new desktop processor, the “A14T,” plus its own GPU, for forthcoming …
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Your Mac does not have malware, it’s just got printer drivers that HP mistakenly asked Apple to block. Here’s how to work around the problem.Some users of HP printers are reporting error messages like thisHewlett Packard has now explained the recent spate of …
