Apple is beefing up a team to explore making its own health chips

CNBC: Apple has a team exploring a custom processor that can make better sense of health information coming off sensors from deep inside its devices, job listings show. Here's an Apple job listing for a Sensor ASIC Architect (ASIC being Application-specific integrated circuit). Building custom chips for narrow functions can help Apple add new features and improve efficiency of its hardware while protecting its intellectual property from would-be imitators. Rene Ritchie just posted an excellent V...