http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/amd.facing.ati.radeon.gpu.shortages/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/atiintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />PC vendors that rely on AMD graphics cards are delaying their shipments scheduled for the first quarter of 2010 by nearly two months, say sources at the manufacturers, DigiTimes claimed on Thursday. Radeon HD 5000-series GPUs and HD 4000-series GPUs are reportedly facing shortages through a combination of factors. The shortage of the 40nm Radeon HD 5000 cards is due to a low yield at Taiwan Semico... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/amd.facing.ati.radeon.gpu.shortages/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/16/arm.preps.2ghz.cortex.a9/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/armcortex-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />ARM this morning said it as developed a 2GHz, dual-core version of its Cortex-A9 architecture. The new design is intended to be built on a newer 40 nanometer (nm) manufacturing process and so achieves the added speed without consuming much if any extra power versus slower parts; ARM estimates just 0.25W per CPU. The design is pitched as ideal for particularly fast home devices that still need ei... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/16/arm.preps.2ghz.cortex.a9/ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/07/nvidia.40nm.gpus.in.sept/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/nvidiageforcegt220.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />NVIDIA's first graphics chipsets based on a new 40 nanometer manufacturing process could be available by the start of the fall, a newspaper claimed on Tuesday. Taiwan's Commercial Times says the GeForce GT 220 and G210 are due to ship in late September. The story supports notions of a delay and says TSMC, which manufactures NVIDIA's chipsets, had initially suffered from poor yields of the 40nm p... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/07/nvidia.40nm.gpus.in.sept/ Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/14/2009.iphone.supplier.leak/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/iphone3g-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The companies responsible for manufacturing parts in the next major iPhone release have potentially been named by industry contacts of DigiTimes that also predict ship dates and numbers. The Taiwan-area site reinforces its previous claim that OmniVision is making a 3.2-megapixel sensor for the Apple handset's camera and now says that Largan Precision is making the rest of the imaging unit. Infin... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/14/2009.iphone.supplier.leak/ Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/17/wi.fi.chip.shortage/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/realtekchip.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Healthy netbook sales in China, India and other emerging markets for Realtek Semiconductor have the networking IC designer increasing its 802.11n Wi-Fi chip orders, spurring a shortage manufacturers Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), according to a report in the Taiwan-area Commercial Times newspaper. Realtek has reportedly ordered one ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/17/wi.fi.chip.shortage/ Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/02/intel.tsmc.deal.official/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/intelatom-quarter.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intel today confirmed details of its reported deal with TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company). The memorandum between the two companies will see Intel port the Atom processor's design techniques, patents, software libraries and other processes to TSMC's manufacturing base. Both of the partners see it as a mutually beneficial deal that gives Intel a foothold in TSMC's manufacturing wh... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/02/intel.tsmc.deal.official/ Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/02/intel.and.tsmc.deal.soon/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/intelatom-penny.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The Taipei Times today claims today that Intel is poised to begin a rare outsourcing of manufacturing for its technology. The semiconductor company will announce later today that it will start handing off some production from its own factories to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in an attempt to trim costs. Which parts are specifically involved aren't known, though the plans are... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/02/intel.and.tsmc.deal.soon/ Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/13/iphone.nano.june.rumor/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0812/iphonenano-caseleak.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Taiwan-area newspaper Economic Daily News today claims that Apple is lining up chip suppliers for its heavily rumored iPhone nano. The report believes that both the well-known chip contracting firm Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company as well as United Microelectronics Corporation are "likely" to get the nod for manufacturing unspecified chips for the cellphone in March with the aim of an a... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/13/iphone.nano.june.rumor/ Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/24/amd.nvidia.40nm.chips/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0812/geforcegtx295-leak.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AMD's RV740 GPU chip based on the 40nm manufacturing process is now reportedly finished its design cycle and is ready to be sent out to manufacturing plants, according to a Wednesday report. AMD will begin mass producing the RV740 at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which also makes chips for other companies, by the end of the first quarter of 2009. Around the same time, comp... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/24/amd.nvidia.40nm.chips/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/27/tsmc.raises.chip.pricing/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/tsmcchip.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The industry's biggest in independent contract chip manufacturer, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, announced Tuesday it is considering raising prices for higher-performance chips due to the rising costs of doing business. While the supplier hasnít announced which chips will face the price hike or how much prices would go up, its many customers, including ATI, NVIDIA and VIA, would likewise a... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/27/tsmc.raises.chip.pricing/ Tue, 27 May 2008 19:50:00 GMT