Wouldn’t home-grown silicon look pretty in our walled garden?
Apple is said to be working to replace key wireless components in its devices with its own chips, a move that could see the Cupertino giant controlling most of the technology inside the smartphones and other mobile devices it makes.
The iPhone maker is reported to be preparing internally produced cellular modem chips for the end of 2024 or early 2025, which would replace those it currently buys in from Qualcomm. Within a similar timeframe, it is apparently seeking to replace the wireless chip produced by Broadcom that provides Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support, according to Bloomberg, which cites unnamed sources that asked not to be identified.
Apple already designs its own Arm-based processors, which are typically manufactured for the company by Taiwan’s TSMC, and extending this to include home-grown wireless chips would give the company a greater level of control over much of the technology that goes into an iPhone.
