According to some spider silk, Apple is exploring some communication projects, and does not stop the 5G project team to recruit new engineers. Therefore, it is speculated that Apple's purpose may be a 5G modem so that the future can get rid of the line of wireless chip suppliers Qualcomm and Intel.
It is well known that the LTE modems in the iPhone are from third-party suppliers. The high-pass has gains the biggest order, and Intel is one of them, and there is news that Intel will be completely replaced by Qualcomm, becoming an exclusive supplier of Apple. However, Apple's newly released recruitment in its official website shows that Apple seems to have a bigger plan.
Apple's new recruitment information shows that Apple hopes that the engineer "becomes the core of the chip design team", these engineers will cooperate with platform architects, system teams and digital design teams, based on product demand to determine the front end of millimeter wave phases. And baseband module requirements. Recruitment is also written. "As a mm IC design engineer, it will be responsible for providing circuit and system solution for multiple Gigabit chips." And Apple said that the project is designed to provide "billion-level users" "Functional product".
Although this recruitment information has been deleted, it is obvious that "billion-level" users refer to iPhone users, and these signs are easy to indicate the goals of Apple Recruitment Engineers, basically related to autonomous 5G modems. After all, millimeter wave technology is the key to 5G communication. It can achieve ultra-high-speed wireless data propagation, other recruitment requirements, and related knowledge requirements, also related to the development of the modem.
In fact, the apple custom 5G modem is not limited to the above finding information, because there is a large number of signs that, Apple seems to have already set up an independent 5G modem design team, which can be said that Apple prepares 5G equipment is already an open fact.
For example, in 2016, I have a large number of similar official recruitment. In 2017, there were a lot of jobs, and the jobs of recruiting include "Millimeter Wave Integrated Circuit Design Engineers" and "Million Wave Integrated Circuit Layout Design Engineers", and these position candidates It will play a role in developing and providing millimeter wave "wireless chip", especially Multi-GigaBit technology, and also mentioned the design of the equipment to "hundreds of thousands of customers." At the same time, Apple in May last year has been at the headquarters Test millimeter wave technology, also added 5G technology industry organization, and Apple is currently seeking permit to expand RF test.
Normally, Apple is now independent CPU. Last year, the independent GPU has been added. If the development process of the SOC system-level chip, the next step seems to integrate autonomous modems. However, this is not a project that can be implemented overnight. Apple's recruitment has some other possibilities, including the formation of a technical skilled engineer team, and then cooperate with Intel in this regard. In short, no matter how the apple's plan, we will wait and see.
Original address: https://www.eeboard.com/news/iphone-5g-3/
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