Qualcomm news came out, Apple's baseband chip is in trouble!
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Anyone who has used an Apple mobile phone knows that the main reason for a bad signal in basements, elevators, suburbs, etc. is the baseband chip.
Apple does not have its own baseband chip, and once suffered a setback in the field of baseband chips, Apple also launched its own baseband chip research and development project, but this project did not go well. News from Qualcomm, will Apple's baseband chip be cold? Qualcomm emerged as the biggest winner.
Once again, Apple is ahead of its time.
Baseband chips are an important part of mobile** communication systems. The chip mainly completes the modulation, demodulation, coding, compilation and processing of digital signals and baseband signals. Qualcomm is the world's largest baseband chip manufacturer, accounting for half of the global share.
Before 2019, Qualcomm and Intel collaborated to provide Apple with baseband chips, but due to the poor performance of Intel's baseband chips, Apple intentionally limited the speed of Qualcomm's baseband chips to the high-end range, so it emerged"Downgrade gates"。
Because of this, Qualcomm and Apple started a patent war, Apple lost, and also signed a broadband chip contract with Qualcomm. Apple was not reconciled, so it acquired Intel's baseband chip business and set up its own portal.
However, Apple still underestimated the difficulty of developing its own baseband chips, and even though Apple may have designed A-series and M-series processors, the development of baseband chips has been slow to move. This time, Apple's baseband chips are once again pinned on high hopes.
Qualcomm announced that it is extending its baseband chip license agreement with Apple until March 2027. This means that Apple's baseband chip design won't be available until March 2027.
Apple is having problems developing its own baseband chips?
From Qualcomm's point of view, they certainly don't want Apple to launch their own baseband chips, so that they can continue to make more profits from Apple's chips. With Apple's baseband chips gone, Qualcomm is the biggest winner, and Apple can continue to bring them more profits.
Even after March 2027, Qualcomm will be the exclusive distributor of Apple if it is unable to provide baseband chips. Now the question is: how hard is it for Apple to develop its own baseband chips?
There were two main difficulties: one was the patent issue and the other was the customization issue. In particular, communications giants such as Qualcomm have a large number of communications-related patents, and Apple must avoid infringing on these patents when developing baseband chips, or enter into patent licensing agreements with these giants. Apple has spent a lot of time and resources researching and fixing this issue.
Apple will also have to think about how to adapt its network to carriers around the world. Operators in different countries and regions may use different network technologies and frequency bands, and Apple's baseband chips need to be able to adapt to various network environments to ensure that services are provided to users around the world.
Of course, this is only part of the reason, and there are issues such as ** rewrites along the way. If Apple can't find the perfect solution, its broadband chip project is doomed.
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