Looks like Apple’s making its own modem to compete with Qualcomm
Apple is apparently working on its own, in-house developed modem to allow it to better compete with Qualcomm, according to several new Apple job listings that task engineers to design and develop a layer 1 cellular PHY chip — implying that the company is working on actual, physical networking hardware. Two of the job posts are explicitly to hire a pair of cellular modem systems architects , one in Santa Clara and one in San Diego, home of Qualcomm. That’s alongside several other job postings Apple has listed in San Diego for RF design engineers. The Information , which spotted the first job posting , cites sources that go a step further, claiming that Apple is not only potentially working to develop its own modem, but is in fact… Continue reading… source https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/12/12/18137816/apple-modem-qualcomm-intel-iphone-competition-engineer-hiring from Blogger http://leadhackerdigital.blogspot.com/2018/12/looks-like-apples-making-its-own-modem.html T...