The transition from Samsung to TSMC as its main chip provider Apple is rumored to be considering may result in a significant shakeup of the semiconductor market, DigiTimes claims. According to the occasionally correct publication, the company is expected to place first orders with the Taiwanese CPU manufacturer in the second half of 2013. Annual production yields are believed to reach around 200 million iPhone and iPad processors.
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New Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3 ultrabook seems to be this summer’s main trendsetter on worldwide laptop market. Having an 15-inch display while other ultrabooks are 14-inch and even smaller, Acer M3 is still ultra-thin at just 0.8 inches thick. But what really matters is the ultrabook’s tech specs. Inside of Acer Ultra M3 you can find Nvidia’s upcoming sensational “Kepler” GeForce GT 640M mobile GPU, which is the first Nvidia graphic processor unit to use a cutting-edge 28-nanometer manufacturing process from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) – the smaller the chip geometry, the faster the chip is.
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