Report: TSMC expected to begin Apple 5G modem production in 2023
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What you need to know TSMC is expected to begin manufacturing 5G modems for Apple in 2023. Apple is already expected to begin using its own 5G parts in 2023, likely beginning with iPhones. Qualcomm`s on the way out. While modern handsets like iPhone 13 already have 5G built in, they use modems from Qualcomm. That`s all going to change in 2023 with reports already suggesting that`s when Apple will switch to modems designed by its own teams — and a new report backs that up with the news that chipmaker TSMC will begin building Apple`s modems in the same year. That report comes via Nikkei Asia, with Apple said to have developed `its own radio frequency and millimeter wave components to complement the modem.` Apple is forging a closer partnership with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. in hopes of reducing its reliance on Qualcomm, Nikkei Asia has learned, with plans to have the Taiwanese chip titan make 5G iPhone modems from 2023. The loss of Apple business will be no s...