Why Apple is buying Intel's 5G modem businessApple is buying Intel's modem business for around $1 billion dollars. They're mainly LTE right now, but 5G is on the horizon, and they're already specing out 6G -- yeah, 6G -- and beyond that. It's a critical part of the hardware we all use every day, and Apple likes to control all of those critical parts.
The wheels have been in motion for a while but picked up recently when Apple settled with Qualcomm, the biggest modem maker in the game. Intel, who'd been providing Apple with modems during the spat, announced they'd be getting out of the business entirely, now that the other two had kissed and made up.
That left Intel's modem portfolio up for grabs, and much like Apple once bought P.A. Semi, licensed ARM's IP, and began making custom A-series chipsets for iPhones and iPads, the idea here is that Apple will buy that modem business, license Qualcomm IP and begin making custom modems as well.
To help me sort the facts from the wishful thinking, I sat down to talk with Ben Bajarin, p...
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Why Apple is buying Intel's 5G modem business
