Charles Moore

Charles Moore (1951-2018) was a well known freelance writer who lived in Nova Scotia, Canada who wrote about the Mac for over 20 years — with a special emphasis on mobile computing from the vintage PowerBook to the current generation of the MacBook and iPad — and his column, “The ‘Book Mystique,” had been a weekly feature on MacPrices since 2011 until his untimely passing in 2018 due to health complications.

Low Cost, Low Power Demand, Custom A4, A5 Processors Allow Apple to Decrease Dependence on Intel, x86

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xbitlabs’ Anton Shilov observes that Apple’s custom A4 and A5 system-on-chip (SoC) solutions help the company to not only maximize its profit margins and tailor a custom feature-set for its consumer electronics, but also to greatly reduce its dependence of Intel Corp.’s x86 microprocessors, noting that according to high-tech market research firm IHS iSuppli, Apple shipped some 50 million A4 SoCs in 2010, accounting for […]