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Recent revelations that millions of Intel’s chips carry a security flaw is putting a deeper strain on the company’s decades-long partnership with Microsoft. Dubbed Wintel, the two technology giants worked hand in hand for much

It was late November and former Intel engineer Thomas Prescher was enjoying beers and burgers with friends in Dresden, Germany when the conversation turned, ominously, to semiconductors. Months earlier, cybersecurity researcher

Apple said all Mac computers and iOS devices, including iPhones and iPads, are affected by chip security flaws unearthed this week, but the company stressed there are no known exploits impacting users. The Cupertino

Intel has confirmed a report saying that its chips contain a feature that makes them vulnerable to hacking, though it said other companies’ semiconductors are also susceptible. Intel is working with chip makers including AMD and

SoftBank Group has agreed to buy ARM Holdings for £24,3bn (US$32bn; R460bn), securing a slice of virtually every mobile computing gadget on the planet and future connected devices in the home. The Japanese company is offering £17/share in cash

Forget Vodacom’s R899 Smart 4 mini, launched last week. Forget, too, MTN’s entry-level, R499 Steppa smartphone, which the mobile provider launched earlier this year. British semiconductor firm ARM Holdings is predicting the cost of smartphones will drop to just

Intel, the world’s largest manufacturer of microprocessors that power computers, has taken the wraps off what it is describing as the most radical shift in semiconductor technology in more than half a century. The “three-dimensional” technology, based