Apple is reportedly ready to abandon further reliance, now on Broadcom-made Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chips first seen in the iPhone 17 and SE 4
October 30, 2024 was the last day of the series of three Mac launches that those in Cupertino had during this last week of the penultimate month of the year. With that, Apple completes a year of launches which started with the iPad Pro M4 in May, reveals new operating systems as happens at every WWDC, new iPhone 16 and Apple Watch in September, etc. THE reports on the new iPhone 17
Apple will build its own Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and even 5G chips
Apple has already learned that depending on other manufacturers is not positiveat least during the pandemic he suffered a lot. Considering the lesson learned, given what happened with Apple Silicon chips and the M series, now it wants to continue developing with the own manufacturing of chips dedicated to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and with probability also of 5G.
Ming-Chi Kuo posted on his X account that “Apple will reduce its dependence on Broadcom” faster than you think. Are more than 300 million Wi-Fi and Bluetooth combined chips provided by the brand headquartered in San Jose, California.
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth replacement chip for an iPhone 12
So Apple is already planning to make Wi-Fi chips as a first stepunder the TSMC N7 Processwhich could meet the Wi-Fi 7 specification. The plan they are considering is so advanced. carry out the migration of the chips of all its products within a medium-long term period of 3 years
This report is very curious since Kuo himself previously indicated that the iPhone SE 4 and iPhone 17 Air will have a new 5G chip manufactured by Apple. We could be talking about an all-in-one chip, as 9to5Mac’s Filipe Espósito previously reported alongside Kuo’s report.
Kuo is sure they will be different chips
Kuo’s report remained unfinished for a few minutes as he continued with later statements indicating that There will be two chips, one 5G and the other Wi-Fimade for iPhone SE 4 and iPhone 17 Air, as well as other products.
Apple will launch a new iPhone in early 2025
What other products could feature Apple’s 5G and Wi-Fi chips? We can see on the September Apple Watch, the iPads that Apple has in the pipeline like the iPad 11 and maybe even the new MacBook Air with the M4 chip. What would be very interesting for the future is that Apple is considering the possibility of equipping its Macs with 5G connectivity.because among its flagship products, it is the only product line to have ever had this type of cellular connectivity.
We will see how good these Apple chips are. taking into account that those for Mac, in my opinion, are the best because they cover a large amount of coverage and signal; Unlike iPhones which tend to be historically weakened in terms of said coverage.
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