2023-12-26 22:22:28
According to DigiTimesApple would be facing challenges in integrating its chip Wi-Fi already in the “iPhone 17 Pro”, which is expected to hit the market in 2025; at least that’s what sources in the semiconductor market say.
Despite the investments, obstacles in the production and adoption of technology would be making it difficult to include it in the next two generations of smartphones. This, in fact, contradicts information brought by the analyst Jeff Pujust over ten days ago.
According to reports, Apple’s Wi-Fi chip project faced setbacks earlier this year, including a pause in development — something that Ming-Chi Kuo even commented — and a reorganization of the team, impacting the schedule.
Sources heard by DigiTimes highlight the predominance of large companies already established in the market, such as Broadcom it’s at Qualcommwhich would be creating barriers for Apple’s rapid entry into this market.
With doubts about meeting expectations for the transition to its own Wi-Fi chips by 2025, the Cupertino giant would be working with a more realistic approach, which involves the initial use of the modem in secondary applications.
Without sufficient investments to move forward and without a reinforcement in the hiring of specialists, sources say it is unlikely to achieve the requirements demanded by Maçã in the short term — that is: meeting connectivity and energy consumption standards, as the company has done in its M line of chipsets.
In this scenario, postponing the implementation of Wi-Fi chips and continuing partnerships with already known suppliers seems a safer option. This strategy is (by far) the most viable — considering that, apparently, Apple is now focused on series A advances.
via iMore
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