Refute The Rumor! "apple Discarded The Intel 5g Baseband Chip" For Misreading

Set the micronet news, the heavy news that Apple no longer used Intel 5G baseband chips in 2020, insiders say, Apple has told Intel that iPhone will not use Intel's "Sunny Peak" chipset in the future.

The microgrid verified that this is the wrong interpretation of foreign media. In fact, the chipset of the internal code "Sunny Peak" is a component that integrates WiFi and Bluetooth functions, which is only a module integrated into SoC. As we all know, mobile SoC includes CPU, GPU, communication baseband, wireless connection module, and so on, and Sunny Peak is the connection module, not the 5G baseband of media understanding. Previously, the media believed that the 5G baseband in the Sunny Peak component was also incorrect.

As a result, "Intel executives say the further development of Sunny Peak has stopped, and the Intel team that is developing the product will be redistributed to other projects", which does not mean that Intel will stop the research and development of the 5G baseband chip. As Intel should report today, Intel's 5G product line diagram and customer collaboration have not changed since now. We will continue to commit ourselves to 5G projects and projects.

The "out" of Sunny Peak, the above Intel executives boils down to multiple factors, including the introduction of faster WiGig (802.11ad) wireless standards, as it brings new and unforeseen challenges.

It's worth noting that because Sunny Peak is only a part of the mobile SoC, it doesn't mean Intel will quit the apple supply chain, even though it is abandoned by apple. At present, Intel and Qualcomm jointly provide Modem chips for apple. Since Apple introduced Intel baseband in iPhone7 and other products in 2017, the share of Intel baseband chips in iPhone products has been increasing. It is reported that Intel's baseband share will exceed the Qualcomm in iPhone new products this year. Apple contributed about 5% of Intel's annual revenue, according to Bloomberg data.

But there are also many rumors that Intel's position is actually not stable. A report issued by Goldman last month showed that Apple plans to cooperate with the United Nations branch in the 5G baseband and will abandon high pass and Intel.

Intel has launched its latest baseband product XMM 7560 this year, which is an important part of its 5G program. XMM 7560 is a baseband chip for Intel's first Gigabit speed, and more importantly, support for the CDMA format, which means that Intel will probably occupy more market share. Previously, Intel baseband iPhone products can only be sold on the network of Verizon and Sprint operators.

It is understood that XMM 7560 has entered the stage of trial mass production and will be used in the new iPhone products released this year.

At least for now, apple and Intel are still closely together, and Intel will not stop pursuing the 5G market.