Apple could end up buying 5G modem chips from a very unlikely source

You might know that Huawei manufacturers handsets and networking equipment. At the end of last year, it was the third largest smartphone co...

You might know that Huawei manufacturers handsets and networking equipment. At the end of last year, it was the third largest smartphone company in the world and the top provider of networking gear. What you might not know is that Huawei designs its own chips. Its Hi-Silicon unit created the Kirin 980 SoC which is currently found powering up the Huawei Mate 20 Pro and the Huawei P30 series. It also will be used to drive the foldable Huawei Mate X. While Huawei designs the chips, they are actually manufactured by TSMC.

Now as we discussed yesterday, Apple is relying ...

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