Apple
Setting things up for what is certainly to be an exciting next few months in the world of CPUs and SoCs, Apple this morning has announced their next-generation M-series chip, the M4. Introduced just over six months after the M3 and the associated 2023 Apple MacBook family, the M4 is going to start its life on a very different track, launching alongside Apple’s newest iPad Pro tablets. With their newest chip, Apple is promising class-leading performance and power efficiency once again, with a particular focus on machine learning/AI performance. The launch of the M4 comes as Apple’s compute product lines have become a bit bifurcated. On the Mac side of matters, all of the current-generation MacBooks are based on the M3 family of chips. On...
iPad 4 (Late 2012) Review
For years, almost a decade in fact, we've been asking for higher quality displays in notebooks. With most of our pleas left ignored for the value notebook segment, smartphone...
113 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/6/2012
Latest WebKit Build Doubles Scrolling Performance on MacBook Pro with Retina Display
In both of our MacBook Pro with Retina Display reviews (13-inch & 15-inch), I pointed out a big downside to the user experience today: UI performance in some applications...
15 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/4/2012
iPad mini Review
Over the last two months, Apple has updated almost all of its core product lines, with the addition of a 13” model to the Retina MacBook Pro line and...
140 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Vivek Gowri on 11/20/2012
13-inch Retina MacBook Pro Review (Late 2012)
Earlier this year Apple introduced its first Mac equipped with a Retina Display. The 15.4-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display (henceforth rMBP) introduced a brand new, thinner and lighter...
80 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/13/2012
The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 9
This past month has been insane thanks to many of our travel schedules. With things finally settling down I was able to get together with Brian and Vivek to...
49 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/7/2012
iPad 4 GPU Performance Analyzed: PowerVR SGX 554MP4 Under the Hood
As always, our good friends over at Kishonti managed to have the first GPU performance results for the new 4th generation iPad. Although the new iPad retains its 2048...
114 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/2/2012
Understanding Apple's Fusion Drive
During its iPad mini launch event today Apple updated many members of its Mac lineup. The 13-inch MacBook Pro, iMac and Mac mini all got updated today. For the...
87 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/24/2012
Up Close with the New 27-inch iMac's User Serviceable Memory Panel
Both of the 21.5 and 27-inch iMacs use SO-DIMMs, however the 27-inch model does allow for end user upgrades. Remove the power cable and there's a button that will...
23 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/23/2012
13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display: Hands On
We just spent some time with the other major announcement from today: Apple's 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display. The 3.5 lbs machine is obviously lighter than the 15-inch...
24 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/23/2012
iPad (4th gen) Hands On
Although it's physically no different than the 3rd gen iPad we have some hands on video showing the perf of the new A6X.
25 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/23/2012
iPad mini Hands On - Updated with More Photos & Videos
We just spent a good amount of time with the iPad mini and the easiest way to describe the device is that it's lighter than you'd expect. The build...
64 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/23/2012
Apple's iPad mini Event Live Blog
We've lined up and are getting ready to bring you live coverage from Apple's special event today. Widely expected to make an appearance are the iPad mini as well...
89 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/23/2012
The iPhone 5 Review
The last significant redesign of the iPhone platform came in 2010 with the iPhone 4. It was an update that literally touched all aspects of the device, from SoC...
276 by Anand Lal Shimpi, Brian Klug & Vivek Gowri on 10/16/2012
The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 7
We're back with another podcast. This time we start out with a discussion of Borderlands 2 and philosophies on sidequests in games. We briefly talk about TI defocusing its...
48 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/1/2012
The iPhone 5 Display: Thoroughly Analyzed
When Apple rolled out the iPhone 5, they announced that it had a full sRGB gamut, which the new iPad almost achieves and would be a substantial improvement over...
100 by Chris Heinonen on 9/27/2012
The iPhone 5 Performance Preview
This morning we finally got our hands on Apple's iPhone 5. While we are eager to get started on battery life testing, that'll happen late tonight after a full...
239 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/21/2012
Apple A6 Die Revealed: 3-core GPU, < 100mm^2
Our good friends at UBM TechInsights sent over the first diffusion images of Apple's new A6 SoC. It's still too early to tell a lot but we have confirmation...
61 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/21/2012
The iOS 6 Review: Maps Thoroughly Investigated and More
By this point, we’re all familiar with Apple’s revised release cadence for iOS and iOS devices. Introduce a new iOS release at WWDC, beta test it through to the...
105 by Brian Klug & Saumitra Bhagwat on 9/19/2012
iPhone 5/A6 SunSpider Performance: Faster than Intel's Atom Z2460
The first iPhone 5 reviews have lifted, confirming the leaked Geekbench data we saw in our earlier post. Apple's A6 appears to feature two custom ARM cores running at...
110 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 9/19/2012
The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 5
Despite crazy travel schedules and Brian being in South Korea, we managed to carve out nearly 2 hours across time zones to discuss the iPhone 5. Brian goes over...
27 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/17/2012
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