Apple is developing its own power management chips, says analyst<article>
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<p>It appears that Apple is developing its own power management chips, according to a report from German private bank Bankhaus Lampe. The release of the report Tuesday led to a sharp drop in the shares of Dialog Semiconductor, the current supplier of these chips to the iPhone maker.</p><p>“The teams of both companies collaborate very closely and thus, Dialog cannot be replaced by a third-party supplier. However, Apple itself could replace Dialog,” wrote analyst Karsten Iltgen.</p><p>As evidence, the report cited 16 different job openings on Apple’s website for analog/power management engineers for the design center in Munich alone.</p><p>“A search on social networks such as LinkedIn revealed that Apple has already poached about 20 chip designers, some of them with long-standing experience, from Dialog,” said the report, which estimates that about 40 power-management chip engineers are currently working at the design center in Munich, with a similar number working in the area at the center in California.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3188860/mobile/apple-is-developing-its-own-power-management-chips-says-analyst.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Apple is developing its own power management chips, says analyst
