Apple plans to become more independent from suppliers in the development of important components. The company is now said to have developed its own mobile phone chip.
Without a cellular modem, the iPhone cannot connect to the outside world. In recent years, Qualcomm was the main supplier of communications chips. The collaboration with the chip manufacturer was terminated due to a patent war. Apple believes that Qualcomm is demanding license fees that are far too high - the semiconductor manufacturer is abusing its market power, according to Apple. That is why the iGroup has made chip manufacturer Intel its main supplier. According to a report by The Information, this collaboration will also soon come to an end.
Apple has already informed Intel that the collaboration will end in 2020. The details are said to come from an anonymous source familiar with the project. There are also already job advertisements stating that Apple is looking for specialists for mobile systems. These are to be employed in an office in San Diego.
