{"id":475865,"date":"2023-01-10T11:45:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T09:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=475865"},"modified":"2023-01-10T11:47:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T09:47:40","slug":"apple-ditching-broadcom-and-qualcomm-for-in-house-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/475865-apple-ditching-broadcom-and-qualcomm-for-in-house-chips.html","title":{"rendered":"Apple ditching Broadcom and Qualcomm for in-house chips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple is developing an in-house cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth chip to replace the Broadcom and Qualcomm components it currently uses for its devices, Bloomberg <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-01-09\/apple-plans-to-drop-broadcom-chip-by-2025-to-use-in-house-design?sref=9hGJlFio#xj4y7vzkg&amp;leadSource=uverify%20wall&amp;leadSource=uverify%20wall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The moves could prove a big blow to the chip suppliers and cause turbulence in an industry that makes billions supplying Apple.<\/p>\n<p>During its earnings presentation for its <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/event.choruscall.com\/mediaframe\/webcast.html?webcastid=QHorL7av\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fourth-quarter earnings in 2022<\/a><\/strong>, Qualcomm said it expects to supply the &#8220;vast majority&#8221; of 5G modems for iPhones in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>It added that it expects to continue with a similar foothold at Apple in fiscal &#8217;25.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Beyond this [its outlook for 2023], there are no changes to our planning assumption, and we are assuming minimal contribution from Apple product revenues in fiscal &#8217;25,&#8221; Qualcomm said.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to Bloomberg, Qualcomm&#8217;s supply of 5G modems to Apple won&#8217;t last much longer than 2024, with the tech giant planning to shift to its own modems by the end of 2024 or early 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Apple will initially use its own modem in just one device model and then transition its other products to the new modem over three years.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bloomberg, developing Apple&#8217;s in-house components hasn&#8217;t been easy, with the iPhone manufacturer facing overheating, battery life, and validation issues.<\/p>\n<p>However, if Apple&#8217;s in-house modem underperforms \u2014 or is inferior to Qualcomm&#8217;s \u2014 it could put the iPhone at a significant disadvantage.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/475131-tsmc-starts-mass-production-of-3-nanometre-chips-to-keep-its-global-lead.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">TSMC starts mass production of 3-nanometre chips to keep its global lead<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple expects to use its own 5G modems by the end of 2024 or early 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":462601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,17934],"tags":[58884,605,8351,3524],"class_list":["post-475865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","category-smartphones","tag-5g-modem","tag-apple","tag-broadcom","tag-qualcomm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":475943,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475865\/revisions\/475943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}