Apple delayed developing its own WiFi chips
Apple has been working on their own Wifi Chips for a while but reports claim different results now.
There has been some various rumors regarding Apple's plans to develop their own Wifi chip. Ming-Chi Kuo claims that Apple has "halted the development" of its own WiFi chip, which was intended to "for a while" replace Broadcom's in its devices.
Apple delayed developing its own WiFi chips
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— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) January 26, 2023
Apple has halted developing its own Wi-Fi chips; Broadcom is the biggest winner of the iPhone 15’s upgrade to Wi-Fi 6E and the leading beneficiary of the Wi-Fi industry-standard upgrade to Wi-Fi 6E/7 with higher ASP.https://t.co/XEZ0bVV8A8
According to Kuo, Apple decided instead to focus most of its resources on developing its next-generation A-series and M-series processors. This way, it can guarantee that the processors for its iPhone, iPad, and MacBook will be ready for production in the coming years. "Broadcom will be the biggest winner" in this situation, he said, since the iPhone 15 is anticipated to feature the new WiFi standard that allows access to the 6 GHz band. The analyst also explained that it is riskier for Apple to use its own WiFi chips at a time when businesses are switching their devices over to WiFi 6E.
