That iPhone 5s 'marketing gimmick' apparently 'set off panic in the industry'

Apple's 64-bit A7 chip found inside the iPhone 5s, but also the 2013 family of iPads, is the feature that surprised the competition, setting off “panic in the industry," according to an unnamed Qualcomm employee interviewed by Dan Lyons. "The 64-bit Apple chip hit us in the gut. Not just us but everyone, really," the employee said. "We were slack-jawed, and stunned, and unprepared. It's not that big a performance difference right now, since most current software won't benefit. But in ‘Spinal...