[RUMOR] Apple To Design own 5G modem

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Summary

 

Apple could be designing their own modem for their iPhone 13 lineup, and it could appear on the iPad Pro

 

Quotes

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Supply chain sources suggest Apple's plans to make its own mmWave 5G modem for the next iPhone, are sufficiently advanced that it may also use them in a 2021 iPad Pro.

 

Following recent rumors that Apple will release an OLED iPad Pro in the second half of 2021, new reports suggest that the device may gain 5G. Specifically, two separate reports claim that 5G systems are expected, and that Apple's may use its own 5G modem in the iPad Pro.

Separately, Digitimes also claims that Apple is continuing to develop its own 5G mmWave AiP. It's previously been expected that Apple plans to replace Qualcomm's 5G module with its own in the forthcoming "iPhone 13."

However, Digitimes sources say that Apple is possibly extending that development. It may be planning to utilize the 5G modem in an iPad Pro, and it is potentially creating its own RF-FEM (RF front end module) as part of that process.

 

My thoughts

I'm glad to see Apple is innovating in yet another chip

 

Sources

https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/11/26/apples-own-5g-iphone-13-modem-may-be-used-in-ipad-pro

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This isn’t surprising and I don’t consider this as a rumor ever since Apple bought Intel’s 5G modem division for $1 billion 

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/07/apple-to-acquire-the-majority-of-intels-smartphone-modem-business/

[Taf the Ghost]

That it might show up in 2021 would be the only potential news. Apple already has its own "designs" because it bought Intel's old ones. Intel just couldn't yield the modem on its nodes.