iPhone 15 uses 5G chip manufactured by Apple itself

Apple is said to not use Qualcomm's 5G modem from next year and replace it with a "homegrown" product.

Apple will have its own 5G chip from next year. Illustration

According to Gizmochina, due to the research process taking longer than expected, Apple did not have time to integrate its self-made 5G chip on the iPhone 14. Currently , Qualcomm still provides 100% of the 5G mobile network modems for iPhone, but the CEO of the major chip company. According to the world's largest, this rate will decrease to 20% from 2023.

Apple started its network chip manufacturing project in 2019 when it acquired most of Intel's business in this segment, including a team of 2,200 employees. According to the Wall Street Journal , the company is actively looking for 140 high-quality employees to expand the development and integration of mobile chips. The company posted job postings right in San Diego, where Qualcomm's headquarters is located.

Earlier, DigiTimes said that Apple's 5G chip is designed separately from the main A-series processor. This method goes against Android manufacturers. manufacturers , which are looking to integrate all chips into one. .

While developing the chip itself, Apple still keeps a certain percentage of the supply from its old partner Qualcomm for older versions of iPad and iPhone, and is also a backup plan for markets where the telecommunications infrastructure is not compatible with Apple's. new 5G chip.

Information that Apple designed its own 5G modem appeared late last year and was almost confirmed after Qualcomm announced to reduce chip production from 2023. Sources said that this 5G chip can support both mmWave and 5 GHz.

Over the years, Apple has increasingly shown its ambition to be microprocessor autonomous. From 2020, the company no longer uses Intel chips on computers. The company's M1 chip series is rated for high performance, saving battery many times more than Intel's Core i.