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Apple’s new iPhone 5S is selling well, and is about to be released in numerous other countries around the world at the end of October and into November. However, reports are gathering the device may ...

Apple's A7 appears to be a dual-core design, bucking a quad-core trend in the Android world. But two cores provide plenty of horsepower, says Anandtech. Brooke Crothers Former CNET contributor Brooke ...

A detailed look at the Frax app's 90 percent performance boost on the iPhone 5S shows why Apple's A7 chip isn't a marketing gimmick -- even if the advantages aren't strictly because of a 64-bit design ...

When Apple announced its new iPad Air and Retina iPad mini in San Francisco last week, one of the most surprising revelations was that the tablets would both be powered by the same Apple A7 chip used ...

It began, as so many Apple stories do this close to a product unveiling, with a rumor. This rumor was about the new A7 system-on-a-chip, which is thought to be part of the new flagship iPhone that ...

Apple Co-Founder and CEO, Steve Jobs had a business acumen and charisma that seemingly affected everyone around him, from employees to developers and of course, customers. Jobs' famed "reality ...

After delivering just the first three generations of its custom ARM Application Processors between 2010 and 2012, Apple had already reached parity with market-leading mobile chip designers, even while ...

During today’s iPhone keynote, Apple announced the new A7 chip, featuring supercharged graphics powers and a new motion-sensing “M7” chip that enables all of iOS 7’s powerful new features. Let’s take ...

With every new iPhone, most of the discussion centers around its look and not what comes inside. But, according to reports, Apple has designed a new dual-core A7 system on a chip for the iPhone 5S. If ...

Apple's iPad Air packs a somewhat faster A7 processor but few other surprises, according to early teardown results from iFixit, which partnered with Chipworks to identify components. The iPad Air ...

The debut of Apple's new 64-bit A7 Application Processor has been assailed by more than one industry figure insisting that the new chip isn't anything special, but a series of iOS developers are ...