The next iPhone might be powered by Intel chips

17 October, 2015
Industry sources hint at an ongoing partnership between the two giants that could result in an Intel LTE modem inside Apple's phone and perhaps even an Intel SoC.

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  • 17 Oct 2015

not gonna happen, iphone is great by itself, A chip rulez

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    • 17 Oct 2015

    fuya, 17 Oct 2015This is pure speculation. what is manufactured in Intel F... morehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_manufacturing_sites
    So they just spend billions to develop new process node factories and just let them sit in idle? Intel is one of the few who designs AND manufacturers their own CPUs.

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      • 17 Oct 2015

      Anonymous, 17 Oct 2015Buwahahaha A9 lower quality than exynos? Are you joking or ... moreDude comment only what you know
      Don't behave like an ifan

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        • Anonymous
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        • 17 Oct 2015

        Anonymous, 17 Oct 2015Does it signal the end of the road for Intel's bread and bu... moreMore like it could be a trail made longer for Qualcomm, Mediatek, or perhaps even Nvidia. Just like how they left AMD behind their rearview mirror

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          • Anonymous
          • uuX
          • 17 Oct 2015

          Does it signal the end of the road for Intel's bread and butter Windows???

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            • 7t{
            • 17 Oct 2015

            Looks like they have no option due to recent injunction against Apple Ax series Processors by Wisconsin court!

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              • Anonymous
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              • 17 Oct 2015

              Anonymous, 17 Oct 2015Could be - with also Samsung now having an R&D facility... moreI agree with you but it can also be because apple softwares are more optimized, A9 chip might not be that efficient but due to optimized software, we feel it is faster than samsung chips

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                • 17 Oct 2015

                AnonD-442781, 17 Oct 2015"Other rumors suggest that the partnership might exten... moreCould be - with also Samsung now having an R&D facility housing 2000 people a stone throw from Apple and Intel in Silicon Valley it's easy to "steal" engineers from each other to get the job done. hehe.

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                  • 17 Oct 2015

                  AnonD-448022, 17 Oct 2015because samsung's made A9 quality is lower than exynos haha... moreBuwahahaha A9 lower quality than exynos? Are you joking or what?.
                  Apples A9 chip just beat the samsungs flagship in every category of benchmark now you called it lower quality? Hahaha

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                    • 17 Oct 2015

                    Poor Qualcomm.

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                      • thu
                      • 17 Oct 2015

                      If it happens, i'll consider iphone...

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                        • 17 Oct 2015

                        They have switched to Intel for their Mac's already so that doesn't seem so far fetched idea...

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                          • Anonymous
                          • X}8
                          • 17 Oct 2015

                          still not gonna switch to iOS

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                            • PVv
                            • 17 Oct 2015

                            AnonD-142922, 17 Oct 2015With water cooling or fans ?it have to come with Engine Oil Lubricant and Coolant.

                            more powerful than the tiny Apple A9 processor.
                            bye bye apple processor..

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                              • 17 Oct 2015

                              lol, 17 Oct 2015Read the article, SoC is Apple designed but manufactured in... moreThis is pure speculation.
                              what is manufactured in Intel Fab???

                              Intel processor are manufactured by TSMC.
                              Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.

                              Rest in Peace Apple Processor.

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                                • nmN
                                • 17 Oct 2015

                                iPhone with hyper threading would BE NICE. Hyper threading doubles cpu power as it basically is virtual cores. So a dual-core becomes a quad-core.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • m7Y
                                  • 17 Oct 2015

                                  Title should read "Two american companies try to eliminate samsung." , whilst meanwhile trying to create scare tactics for a price decrease.

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                                    • uwx
                                    • 17 Oct 2015

                                    hue hue hue hue

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                                      • 17 Oct 2015

                                      tiffany, 17 Oct 2015Forget about Apple a9 processor in iPhone 6S. wait for ... moreRead the article, SoC is Apple designed but manufactured in Intel fab.

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                                        • 17 Oct 2015

                                        are u sure about that or wrong information?????????
                                        if it will happen so it would be cheap or not??????