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Apple completes acquisition of Intel’s smartphone modem business

Intel gave up its efforts to compete with ARM when it comes to smartphone processors a few years ago, but the chip maker continued to develop modems for smartphones. Now Intel is officially out of that game too — this summer, Intel announced that it was selling its smartphone modem business to Apple. Now that […]

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Apple to buy most of Intel’s smartphone modem business

Apple is already kind of a big deal in the chip space. The ARM-based processors that power iPhones and iPads consistently outperform the competition in benchmarks. And a few years ago the company strengthened its control over its chips when it brought the graphics technology in-house, ending a partnership with Imagination Technologies. Now it looks […]