Apple to continue using Qualcomm 5G modems through March 2027
A statement made during the Qualcomm earnings call revealed Apple has extended its 5G modem patent license agreement through March 2027.
A statement made during the Qualcomm earnings call revealed Apple has extended its 5G modem patent license agreement through March 2027.
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Development of an in-house modem at Apple has hit multiple snags, with the latest delay pushing development further into 2025 or later.
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Instead of keeping the iPhone 14 Pro's 5G Qualcomm modem, Apple has included an updated one in the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, with Qualcomm's X70 5G modem in use for this year's releases.
Qualcomm will be supplying Apple with 5G modems for the iPhone up until 2026, a deal that delays the arrival of an Apple-created modem in the smartphone for a few more years.
Apple has inked a deal with Broadcom to produce 5G components to be used in its products, in what is described as a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar agreement.
Qualcomm is counting down the days to when it loses Apple as a modem customer, guiding weak for Q3 as orders slow.
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Two firms are reportedly competing to handle the final packaging of Apple's in-house 5G modem for future iPhone models.
Shifts in internal development priorities have caused Apple to indefinitely suspend the development of its own Wi-Fi chips for future iPhones.
Qualcomm is likely to remain a supplier of modems to Apple for a few more years, analysts expect, with the prospect of an iPhone using an Apple-designed modem potentially pushed back to 2025 at the earliest.
Apple's project to create a 5G modem of its own design may not be going how it wants, with Qualcomm now thought to be the sole modem supplier for the iPhone 15 launch in 2023.
Broadcom is set to purchase VMWare in a cash-and-stock deal valued at around $61 billion, a move that could help the semiconductor company move into the enterprise software space.
Apple's move towards creating its own modems could revolutionize how it produces mobile devices like the rumored Apple Glass, but only if it can match or exceed the performance of its existing modem supplier, Qualcomm.
Qualcomm has introduced its Snapdragon X70, a 5G modem that uses AI to increase performance, and it could appear in a future update to the iPhone.
iPhone modem supplier Qualcomm gets the go-ahead from the U.S. Court of Appeals to defend one of its patents.
Apple is hiring staff and building out a new office in Southern California to work on in-house wireless silicon that could eventually reduce its reliance on third-party chipmakers.
Apple will be leaning on its long-time chip partner TSMC for the production of its iPhone modem, a report claims, adding fuel to rumors that Apple will be using its own modem designs in its flagship product by 2023.
Qualcomm will only provide a fifth of the modem chips for the 2023 iPhone range, the company has predicted, with Apple thought to be using other means to acquire 80% of the modems it needs.
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