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Intel Has 1,000 Employees Working on LTE Modem Chip for the Next-Generation iPhone
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You mean the difference between "1,000 employees" and "1.000 employees"
Not really. 1 megabyte (MB) is 8X (I rounded to 10X) as much as 1 megabit (Mb), same as 1 byte is 8 bits.
I think you're thinking MB vs. KB (or Mb vs. Kb).
So 450Mb/s (which is most likely what the author meant) comes out to roughly 45MB/s.
Good. I'm sure the issues of the past were well researched, and he's a great person to ensure they don't happen again.Well, the former Head of RF Engineering and CTO for Infineon is a Senior Director of Wireless Architecture at Apple now.
People usually learn from their mistakes. Trying to burn people at the stake instead of letting them learn and improve is only going to lead to worse products or services in the future.
Unproven device and supplier? It's essentially the supplier they used up until the iPhone 4, except under a different name then.
I love seeing those wannabe analysts on Macrumors...
I seriously hope not!
iPhone 7 really should use the new Micron / Intel 3D Flash and offer far larger than 128GB.
Our Macs have an Intel processor inside and there is not an Intel Inside logo on them.
AFAIK, it's already known that Apple's next SoC will be produced exclusively by TSMC.
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More bands, yes.
But why make faster LTE chips?
Sure, it's neat and for future-proofing, but.
Most of us are stuck with carriers that do not offer unlimited data. Faster LTE encourages more data use (although that's dependent on how much you load data through cellular on your phone).
This is just why I think. Faster LTE isn't too important. I'd just like more power-efficient LTE modems. LTE uses a ton of power.
But why make faster LTE chips?
Sure, it's neat and for future-proofing, but.
Most of us are stuck with carriers that do not offer unlimited data. Faster LTE encourages more data use (although that's dependent on how much you load data through cellular on your phone).
This is just why I think. Faster LTE isn't too important. I'd just like more power-efficient LTE modems. LTE uses a ton of power.
One source claims:
"because Apple is a demanding client with an extremely popular phone."
Good grief, no ****.
"because Apple is a demanding client with an extremely popular phone."
Good grief, no ****.
I can almost guarantee there will be people exchanging their iPhone 7 that has the Intel chip for a phone that has the Qualcomm chip. Someone will do a test and the Qualcomm chip will have an average DL speed on XXX network of 80 Mbs, while the Intel chip will average 79 Mbs. Oh the uproar!
As an engineer in the chip industry, somebody is overestimating how many people are working on this chip.
They must be counting everybody including tool vendors.
No way 1000 people are working on a LTE modem chip.
They must be counting everybody including tool vendors.
No way 1000 people are working on a LTE modem chip.
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Or maybe gnasher729 was making fun of the possible one character typo (i.e. , vs .)
Intel does make some of the best performance chips so should be good for upcoming Apple products.
I think Apple's just going with intel mainly because of the small 14-nanometer process.
That's always gonna be a winner regardless. It's like getting all your xmas presents at once
I think Apple's just going with intel mainly because of the small 14-nanometer process.
That's always gonna be a winner regardless. It's like getting all your xmas presents at once
What does that mean, "under a different name then"? The supplier for the main processor in the iPhones has always been Samsung, up until they started using TSMC last generation. There has never been an Intel processor inside.
Do you mean Infineon, who they dumped in 2010? When 3G was all the rage? Yeah, 5 years in nothing in the tech industry. And being dumped by Apple is a great vote of confidence. Great analysis. Really superb. You must do this for a living!
Word on the Internet at that time was, Apple only dumped Infineon because of the Intel takeover. Which is very understanding.
The moment one company takes over another you can expect everything to be delayed by a month or 2 before things get back on usually business.
It also had a lot to do with Infineon not making CDMA chips.
At the end of the day it's whoever has the best package. If Intel is putting this much man power behind it, then it might be promising.
They have proven they are capable of meeting apples demands. Everyone is complaining about intels progress lately but they have made huge strides to make apple happy. Energy efficiency and integrated graphics being some of them
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He was referring to Infineon who used to supple the iPhone Modem chips before Intel took took them over.
Don't forget that Intel's modem team was purchased from Infineon a couple years ago. This is the same Infineon team that produced the modems for the early iPhones (through iPhone 4), so really, if this is true, that means they are going back to the same team/supplier they used before. Now it has a new name (Intel).