{"id":111,"date":"2024-11-01T07:06:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T07:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/?p=111"},"modified":"2024-11-01T07:06:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T07:06:16","slug":"iphone-17-may-to-use-apples-own-wi-fi-7-chip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/archives\/111","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 17 may to use Apple’s own Wi-Fi 7 chip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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At least one iPhone 17 model launching next year will be equipped with an Apple-designed Wi-Fi 7 chip, according to Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All current iPhone models are equipped with a combined Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip supplied by Broadcom, but Kuo expects Apple to equip \u201cnearly all\u201d of its products with its own in-house Wi-Fi chip \u201cwithin about three years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chip will replace the Broadcom chip that Apple currently uses for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Apple\u2019s Wi-Fi 7 chip will be built using TSMC\u2019s 7nm process. Apple apparently wants to move \u201cnearly all\u201d of its products to its own Wi-Fi chip within about three years, in order to cut supply costs and rake in more profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All four iPhone 16 models already support Wi-Fi 7 with Broadcom\u2019s chip, but with some limited specifications. Kuo said Apple\u2019s in-house Wi-Fi chip will support \u201cthe latest Wi-Fi 7 spec,\u201d but he did not provide any further details. The chip will be manufactured with TSMC\u2019s 7nm manufacturing process known as N7, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kuo has aligned with information shared last year by Jeff Pu, another analyst who covers companies within Apple\u2019s supply chain. Pu said the iPhone 17 Pro models would be equipped with an Apple-designed Wi-Fi 7 chip, and he said the in-house chip would expand to the entire iPhone 18 lineup the following year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apple is also working on its own 5G chip, which will be separate from the Wi-Fi one and built using a different TSMC process technology. This will also start to be used gradually from next year onwards. The first product to come with Apple\u2019s own 5G modem will be the next iPhone SE. This will however still use a Broadcom Wi-Fi chip. There have been conflicting rumors about whether the Apple-designed 5G and Wi-Fi chips will be separate chips, or one combined chip with 5G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wi-Fi 7 allows for data transmission over the 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz bands simultaneously with a supported router, resulting in faster Wi-Fi speeds, lower latency, and more reliable connectivity. Wi-Fi 7 can provide peak speeds of over 40 Gbps, a 4\u00d7 increase over Wi-Fi 6E, if a device supports the maximum specifications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At least one iPhone 17 model launching next year will be equipped with an Apple-designed Wi-Fi 7 chip, according to Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. All current iPhone models are equipped with a combined Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip supplied by Broadcom, but Kuo expects Apple to equip \u201cnearly all\u201d of its products with its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7,37],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-apple","tag-iphone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}