I was just wondering out loud to Hadley Stern of AppleMatters tabout the chip that powers the iPhone. Looks like I can cross Intel off my list of suspects. Intel and Apple both confirm that there is no Intel silicon in the iPhone. Apple didn't say who is the chip maker for the iPhone.
Want to drag a file to another folder and copy it instead of moving it? Press the Option key when you drag that file and it'll be duplicated rather than moved entirely.
![TUAW [Cafepress]](http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tuaw.com/media/tuaw-cafepress-promo.png)
Programming Manager, AOL Tech
Editor
Editor
Editor
Editor
tips iphone apple free ipad holiday talkcast pricing hgg tuaw appstore review tablet china IpodTouch rumors adobe itunes Movies video podcast games release AppReview flash ATT retail AppleTablet mac app IphoneOs app-store opinion GPS keyboard Apps jailbreak rumor live ipod touchscreen software MacbookPro DailyDeal SteveJobs hardware sales google macbook apple-ipad
All contents copyright © 2003-2010, Weblogs, Inc. All rights reserved
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) is a member of the Weblogs, Inc. Network. Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, Notify AOL
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Matt V said 7:22PM on 1-10-2007
Viiv isn't a chip, it's like Centrino, it's a label manufacturers get to use when they use an Intel CPU, chipset & some software in a PC.
Reply
Eli Hodapp said 8:07PM on 1-10-2007
More quality journalism from the folks at TUAW.
Reply
Loki said 7:48PM on 1-10-2007
I am curious to see if the iPhone or Apple TV can play games. Can I use the Wii remote with the Apple TV? Also it was noted that the visual voice mail and upcoming features of the iPhone had to be developed with Cingular and that there is a multi year contract with them. I would not expect to get this phone to work with anyone but Cingular for many years.
Reply
Joe Stillwell said 9:35PM on 1-10-2007
Actually there is Intel silicon in the iPhone. It uses Intel flash memory. It doesn't use an Intel processor though. I work at Intel and this was big news on our Intranet website this morning.
Reply
Tom said 9:33PM on 1-10-2007
ARM
Reply
Ultim8Fury said 5:03AM on 1-11-2007
My bets are the Apple TV is using left over core solo chips. It would explain why it an only do 720p and would allow it to be cheaply produced.
Reply
Damien Guard said 7:35PM on 1-11-2007
I believe Apple are using a special-purpose chip that has the mobile radio built-in with an ARM core.
Being that Intel now own ARM technically yes it wouldn't be using Intel *silicon* but is using silicon from somebody else that integrates their licenced design.
This would be identical to the original few gen's of iPods where they were using a chip from PortalPlayer that had dedicated MP3/audio decoding support wrapped around again an ARM core.
[)amien
Reply