Intel is competing for Apple's foundry basis although based on a number of inputs. Moreover it makes strategic sense for both of the companies. The amalgamation of Apple's mounting demand and market share in smart phones and tablets gives Intel a location in these markets and drives the logic volume Intel needs to stay at the forefront in mechanizing. Intel's manufacturing escort gives Apple a supplementary spirited advantage in these markets and distances it from Asian competitors that are knocking off its products. A partnership between the two companies would drive dominance in tablets similar to Wintel's dominance in PCs. Furthermore, it would also serve to weaken Samsung who is a significant competitive threat to both companies.
Faced with surging demand for its computers at a time, when the rest of the PC market is shrinking, Apple Inc refreshed its lineup of iMac desktop computers next-generation new Intel Corp processors that it says are up to 70 percent faster. The chip company's high-speed data-transfer technology, following similar upgrades to the MacBook notebook line from February.
The new iMac line will also include new Thunderbolt ports that were introduced earlier this year in its MacBook Pro laptop line. Thunderbolt is an input/output technology that supports displays and devices.
Thunderbolt ports are similar to USB ports but about 20 times faster, according to Apple. Apple said that the new iMac, which has quad-core Intel processors, is on sale online at in its retail stores starting at $1,199.The generally expected iMac upgrade follows Apple's pattern of releasing new products annually, with the company last updating the line in July. The new computers-which maintain the same pricing as the previous generation-use Intel's super-fast PC connection technology, dubbed Thunderbolt, which allows users to transfer files at 10 gigabits a second. Intel says that at that speed a user can transfer a typical Blu-ray movie in less than 30 seconds.
As well, the computers slot in Intel's chips that mingle processing and graphics on the identical piece of silicon, which makes computers 70% faster. The iMac moreover, becomes standard with the help of new Advanced Micro Devices Inc. discrete HD graphics, which Apple says deliver up to three times the performance of the previous generation. Unlike the previous generation, the computers will only be offered with Intel 's top quad-core processors, the Core i5 and i7, contribution no room for the i3 chips. Users can upgrade to hard drives as big as two terabytes or solid-state drives up to 256 gigabytes.
The iMac s will start at $1,199 for the 21.5-inch model and $1,699 for the 27-inch version. All models include a Face Time HD camera for widescreen video calling, as well as Apple 's Snow Leopard operating system.
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