Apple has always been quite accomplished in chip research and development, and is therefore deeply loved by fruit powder! In the past decade, Apple has launched a number of self-developed series of chips. Including iPhone A series chips, as well as Mac M series chips.
There is more than one type of chip, which is divided into performance chips, baseband chips, functional chips, etc. As we all know, the iPhone signal problem is an age-old problem! Among them, the baseband chip is the key component that determines the quality of mobile phone calls and data transmission speed, which will directly affect the mobile phone signal.
Recently, it was revealed that Apple is vigorously developing the baseband chip of the iPhone!
Apple is hiring engineers for its new office in Southern California to develop its self-developed wireless chip. The chips will replace components provided by Broadcom, Qualcomm and Skyworks, and Apple wants its employees to have experience with baseband chips and other wireless semiconductors.
This shows that Apple is accelerating the pace of baseband and wireless chip research and development. These engineers will work on radio, RF integrated circuits, and wireless systems-on-chip and SoC chips.
At the same time, Apple will also develop semiconductor components for connecting Bluetooth and WiFi. These chips are currently supplied by suppliers such as Broadcom, Qualcomm and Skyworks.
For a long time, Qualcomm has charged its customers a lot of patent licensing fees, which has caused dissatisfaction among many customers. Apple and Meizu have both fought with Qualcomm, and as a result, Meizu has been reduced from a first-line mobile phone manufacturer to a second-line mobile phone manufacturer, and Apple has turned its head to use the baseband chip provided by Intel, and has also borne the infamy of poor iPhone signal.
In the end, Apple could only compensate Qualcomm for huge losses to ease the relationship, which led to the iPhone 12/iPhone 13 that supported 5G networks.
Apple naturally does not want to suffer such a loss all the time, and began to develop its own 4G/5G baseband chip in 2018, hoping to replace Qualcomm's products.
Now it is even faster, and I want to get rid of the relationship with Qualcomm! According to analyst Guo Mingxi, Apple may use its self-developed 5G chip as soon as 2023, when it will be able to completely bid farewell to Qualcomm, and the signal problem of mobile phones may also be alleviated.
summary:
Apple's purpose in launching its self-developed baseband chip is naturally to optimize signal and network problems. The outside world speculates that Apple will first use self-developed baseband chips on the Pro model, and then expand to all models. I hope that the Apple signal problem can be completely solved after the use of self-developed baseband chips!
Finally, if Apple completely solves the signal problem, will you choose to buy Apple's products? Let everyone know in the comments section!