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  • Apple's In-House 5G Modem Work Faces Further Delays

    From badgolferman@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 17 15:14:33 2023
    Apple is continuing to run into troubles in its attempt to develop a 5G
    modem to replace Qualcomm's 5G modems in the iPhone and other products,
    reports Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

    Apple in 2019 acquired the majority of Intel's smartphone business and
    started in on a serious effort to develop its own modem hardware, but the project has suffered multiple setbacks. Apple is still "years away" from creating a chip that is able to perform as well as or better than chips
    from rival Qualcomm.

    The Cupertino company initially wanted to have an in-house modem chip ready
    to go by 2024, a goal that could not be met, and now Gurman says that Apple
    is also going to miss an extended spring 2025 launch timeline. As of now,
    the modem chip launch has been postponed until the end of 2025 or early
    2026, and Apple is still planning to introduce the technology in a version
    of the low-cost iPhone SE.

    Development on a modem chip is said to be in the early stages, and it "may
    lag behind the competition by years." One version in development does not support faster mmWave technology, and Apple has also run into issues with
    the Intel code that it has been working with. Rewrites have been required,
    and adding new features has been causing existing features to break, plus
    Apple has to be careful not to infringe on Qualcomm patents while
    developing the chip.

    https://www.macrumors.com/2023/11/16/apple-in-house-5g-modem-delays/

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  • From Wally J@21:1/5 to badgolferman on Fri Nov 17 13:48:46 2023
    badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote

    Apple is continuing to run into troubles in its attempt to develop a 5G
    modem to replace Qualcomm's 5G modems in the iPhone and other products, reports Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

    Bear in mind that to know Apple is to be able to predict Apple, and I said
    from the start that Apple won't release the 5G modem IC until _after_ the patents expire (because Apple is incompetent at independent IC design).

    I also said that, without those patents, Apple will be _years behind_
    Qualcomm, Samsung, MediaTek & Huawei because being ten years behind on
    their first IC shows design incompetence like nothing else possibly can.

    The only people who believe Apple's claims are those who are ignorant of Apple's sordid record on GPUs, holes in secure enclave & Bionic CPUs, etc.
    --
    Never forget Apple is like Big Soda & Big Tobacco - all Marketing. No R&D.

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Wally J on Fri Nov 17 11:12:31 2023
    On 2023-11-17 09:48, Wally J wrote:
    badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote

    Apple is continuing to run into troubles in its attempt to develop a 5G
    modem to replace Qualcomm's 5G modems in the iPhone and other products,
    reports Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

    Bear in mind that to know Apple is to be able to predict Apple, and I said from the start that Apple won't release the 5G modem IC until _after_ the patents expire (because Apple is incompetent at independent IC design).

    You mean aside from the completely independent IC design of the Apple
    Silicon CPUs, right?


    I also said that, without those patents, Apple will be _years behind_ Qualcomm, Samsung, MediaTek & Huawei because being ten years behind on
    their first IC shows design incompetence like nothing else possibly can.

    The only people who believe Apple's claims are those who are ignorant of Apple's sordid record on GPUs, holes in secure enclave & Bionic CPUs, etc.

    LOL!

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