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Here’s why MacBook and Surface aren’t using the newest Intel chips

Now playing: Watch this: Intel turns to Overwatch to show off seventh-generation… 0:57 Apple’s new MacBook Pro is an eye-catching new computer. So are Microsoft’s new Surface Studio and upgraded Surface Book. But none of them use Intel’s latest processors. Is that a big deal? Not as much as you’d think. Here’s our explainer from …

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Huawei unveils blazing fast Kirin 960 processor

Huawei, like Apple, is one of the only phone brands that makes its own processors. And its latest one, the Kirin 960, looks to be a winner. Announced at a Shanghai press conference earlier today, a phone powered by the Kirin 960 wa put to the test against an iPhone 7 and a Samsung Galaxy Note 7, Android Central reports. …

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Samsung: We’re building the best mobile chips, lots of them

Samsung says it’s leading the quest for mobile computing supremacy. The company said Monday it has begun producing cutting-edge 10-nanometer chips in volume, adding that it’s the first electronics maker to do so. Related stories Samsung, in a race to build your next smartphone chip, may just win Why Intel’s new Kaby Lake processors won’t make your computer much faster …

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Performance upgrade: The next iPad Pro could be powered by Apple’s new A10X chip

Apple is reportedly working on the A10X chip, a new super-chip that will likely power the next iPad Pro and blow its predecessors out of the water, according to a rumor post by Dutch tech blog Techtastic. Last year Apple unveiled its iPad Pro alongside the iPhone 6S. While the 6S was immensely popular, Apple intended the iPad Pro as …

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Why your AT&T iPhone 7 won’t work well on Verizon’s network

You won’t see an “Intel Inside” sticker on your new iPhone 7 the way you do on Windows laptops, but it appears Apple picked the company to supply an important chip for its newest phone. Some models of the Apple’s iPhone 7 and 7 Plus will use an Intel modem, a critical chip that handles the radio communications linking phones …

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Apple’s iPhone 7 could be more powerful than we thought, according to benchmark tests

All you Apple fans eagerly awaiting Wednesday’s likely iPhone 7 announcement may have good reason to jump for joy. Benchmark tests for a mysterious device called “iPhone9,3” surfaced online, MacRumors reported. The results, run using popular diagnostic tool Geekbench, are believed to belong to Apple’s unannounced-but-highly-rumored iPhone 7. This is based off the fact that the iPhone 6s and 6s …

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