Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about disruptive companies, technologies and usage models. It’s funny, in regards to CPUs, the mobile world seems to be ...

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 ...

The A7 is Apple's first "desktop" processor. Sounds like hype until you consider the potential for Apple's future. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This week a seemingly run of the mill bit of patent litigation has lit up the Apple analyst boards as the company's A7 chip has been placed at the center of a rather public trial. It's not the idea ...

When Apple announced their new iPhone 5S, they also revealed some details about their new Apple A7 processor that powers the handset. The Apple A7 processor is a 64-bit processor and seems to have ...

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 ...