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Apple hiring engineers for RF chip development

Apple hiring engineers for RF chip development

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By Peter Clarke



At present Apple buys in modem ICs and near-field communications ICs from such companies as Broadcom. NXP Semiconductor, Qualcomm and Skyworks. In Irvine, California, Apple will have the opportunity to hire from the Broadcom, Skyworks and NXP Semiconductors amongst others.

Job adds for Irvine run by Apple include the call for a senior RF IC design engineer to join Apple’s growing wireless silicon development team designing radio transceivers for integration in wireless SoCs. Another states that Apple’s “wireless SOC organization is responsible for all aspects of wireless silicon development with a particular emphasis on highly energy-efficient design and new technologies that transform the user experience at the product level.”

Apple is looking for a few dozen RF IC engineers, and intends to build up its presence in Irvine slowly, according to a Bloomberg report.

Such moves are often bad news for incumbent Apple suppliers.

Apple has been pursuing a long-term policy of transferring IC development in house. This started with application processors for its mobile phones and tablet computers and more recently extended to its laptop computers. It then moved into graphics processor unit (GPU) development where it had once relied on Imagination Technology Ltd. (see Apple hires group of UK GPU engineers). The move in 2017 left Imagination almost bankrupt but the two companies reached a licensing agreement in 2020 (see Apple able to use more Imagination IP under renewed deal).

Apple made a deal with Dialog Semiconductor to acquire power semiconductor engineering teams and take power supply and charging technology in house (see Dialog completes Apple deal with transfer of 300 staff).

Related links and articles:

www.apple.com

News articles:

Apple hires group of UK GPU engineers

Apple able to use more Imagination IP under renewed deal

Dialog completes Apple deal with transfer of 300 staff

Apple confirms switch to ARM-based processors for Mac computers

 

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