Next year’s Apple devices won’t be getting 3nm chips, iPhone 14 included 
Many analysts expect next year’s Apple products to be powered by new 3nm silicone but according to a recent report, that may not happen. TSMC, which is manufacturer of the Apple’s in-house chips, is facing some production hurdles that threaten to delay the project.
As per engineers familiar with the matter, the new 3nm chips won’t be available in time for the iPhone 14 series. However, TSMC is still expected to begin manufacturing 3nm chips before its competitors.
If we don’t get new manufacturing process for next year’s Bionic chips it will probably mean marginal gains as Apple…
According to a new report from Bloomberg, Huawei might be looking to sell off its x86 server division. The news comes from people familiar with the matter and is yet to be confirmed by Huawei. The insider scoop claims that the US sanctions imposed on Huawei have been detrimental to its server supply chain and are thus forcing the company to sell off this side of its business.
Samsung is seeding a new update for its Galaxy S21 series users running One UI 4 beta based on Android 12. The new update bears the ZUK1 firmware version and should be available for beta testers in all regions where the firmware is currently available to test out.
After strong growth in the past year, tablet shipments have dwindled in the July-September period and are down 15% compared to Q3 2020. A total of 37.7 million tablets were shipped during Q3 2021 while a year ago the figure stood at 44.3 million units. Apple still dominates the market with 15.2 million shipments for the period and a 40.4% market share. Samsung is second with 7.2 million tablet shipments and a 19.1% market share while Lenovo sits at the number three spot with around 4.3 million shipments and an 11.3% share of the market.
AnTuTu has revealed its monthly results for the most powerful Android smartphones, and the Xiaomi Black Shark 4S Pro is the new leader. The gaming handset took the crown from its predecessor Black Shark 4 Pro thanks to the new Snapdragon 888+ chipset. Second and third place also went to phones with the latest flagship SoC by Qualcomm – the nubia Red Magic 6S Pro and the vivo iQOO 8 Pro.
As reported by Reuters, TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is changing its organizational structure into six business entities with CFO Shou Zi Chew stepping down as he aims to solely focus on his role as TikTok CEO starting from December.
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