Apple has long rumored to abandon Intel (Intel) chips, especially after Apple announced 'abandon Imagination, the future will adopt self-developed GPU', the news is also more and more. Now there is news that Apple has officially notified Intel, from Starting in 2020, the 5G baseband chip provided by Intel will no longer be needed.
At the same time, Intel also confirmed that the company has stopped developing some of the 5G communication baseband chips originally planned to be used on the Apple iPhone.
Recently, Intel is developing a chipset called 'Sunny Peak', which integrates 5G modems with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless transmission modules. According to industry insiders, Intel has adjusted this part of the R&D staff to other 5G related projects.
However, Intel executives believe that the 2022 iPhone may still use the Intel Sunny Peak chip. But it is important to know that Apple has always been 'stable', basically it will be used after the technology is fully mature. The 5G network is officially commercialized. In 2019, the 5G standard will be truly determined, and it will take some time to get a large-scale popularization of 5G services.
It is understood that Apple's self-developed chip project code is 'Kalamate', which is still in the initial stage of development. Compared with the mature technology of Intel, Apple's self-developed chip wants to replace it, it is not an easy task.
The dispute with Qualcomm continues, and now Intel will stop supplying. There are too many uncertainties in self-developed chip commercials. Which chip will the new iPhone use in the future? Finally, MediaTek, which has provided Wi-Fi chips for the smart speaker HomePod Stand out from the crowd?
