Will Apple Start Proprietary Development of Wireless Chips?

Apple plans to develop its own wireless chip to replace the wireless chip developed by

https://jobs.apple.com/ja-jp/details/200294296/wireless-soc-rf-engineering-program-manager

Apple Builds New Team to Bring Wireless Chips In-House (AAPL, AVGO, SWKS) --Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-16/apple-builds-team-in-new-office-to-bring-wireless-chips-in-house

Apple reportedly wants to make its own wireless chips for the iPhone | Macworld
https://www.macworld.com/article/560257/apple-reportedly-wants-to-make-its-own-wireless-chips-for-the-iphone.html

As Bloomberg reports, Apple 'is looking for a technology leader to lead a breakthrough IP and wireless chip design program. As a wireless SOC engineering program manager, it's driving and leading the roadmap within the hardware engineering department. We will work with a senior project management team responsible for resolving the technical issues that enable cutting-edge Apple products, 'he said, recruiting developers for wireless chips.

Recruitment requirements include 'more than 10 years of experience in wireless SoC development' ' Sufficient knowledge of wireless technology, SoC / ASIC design lifecycle, analog mixed signal RF design process, tools and flows, methodologies' 'Achievements in leading practical technical programs or project management and engineering chips' 'Technical teams, excellent teammates who can lead multifunctional groups according to plans, and owners of creative thinking 'Being' and 'excellent in communication of sentences and conversations' are mentioned.

The recruitment site is Irvine , California, where Broadcom's headquarters are located, and Bloomberg says, 'Apple will set up a new office in Irvine to develop wireless chips.' Apple is also looking for development engineers and design engineers for RFIC, which is an integrated circuit for wireless communication, at Irvine, and it is highly possible that Irvine will be a base for chip development for Apple.

High-performance, reliable, and power-efficient wireless chips require specialized development skills, but they are also always in high demand. Macworld, an Apple-related news site, predicts that Apple's own Wi-Fi chip and Bluetooth chip will be installed in the iPhone 'at the earliest in 2023' because it will take a long time to develop a wireless chip. doing.

Due to the influence of Bloomberg's report, the stock price of Skyworks Solution recorded a 11% drop, the largest decline since March 2020. In addition, Broadcom and Qualcomm shares have fallen by more than 4%.