A few days ago, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo made shocking revelations that Apple’s 5G baseband chip, which was originally planned to be commercialized on a large scale next year, has suffered a development failure. This year and next, Apple’s iPhones will still only be able to use Qualcomm’s 5G baseband chip. .
Affected by this news, Apple’s stock price fell, while Qualcomm’s stock price followed the trend and rose.
Many people are very surprised. Why did Apple, which is obviously the world's largest technology company with deep financial resources and strong strength, fail?
In response to this question, some foreign media recently gave an answer. The reason is not that Apple’s research and development technology is not good, but that Apple cannot circumvent the legal restrictions of Qualcomm’s patents and is stuck by Qualcomm.
Prior to this, in order to design its own communication baseband chip, Apple tried to appeal to the US court to invalidate two Qualcomm communication patents.
But on June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Apple’s appeal.
In other words, these two patents still belong to Qualcomm. If Apple wants to continue to develop 5G baseband chips, it must pay Qualcomm high patent fees. It is precisely because these two Qualcomm patents are stuck in the front that Apple has many difficulties in developing 5G baseband chips.
Because of this, if Apple wants to use self-developed 5G baseband chips, it must either solve the patent issue at the legal level or find another way to bypass Qualcomm’s 5G patent system. However, due to the objective realities of the market and industry chain , this one is simply impossible.
Therefore, it may still be a very distant thing for everyone to see Apple's self-developed baseband chips.