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Intel Says 5G Plans For iPhone Are Unchanged (venturebeat.com)

Posted by msmash on from the tussle-continues dept.

Following yesterday's report from Israeli publication CTech that Apple has decided not to use an Intel 5G modem called "Sunny Peak" in future iPhones, Intel has denied part of the report -- and the publication has updated its story to remove its central claim. From a report: "Intel's 5G customer engagements and roadmap have not changed for 2018 through 2020," a spokesperson told VentureBeat. "We remain committed to our 5G plans and projects." When asked whether this meant that Apple is a customer for an Intel 5G modem, the spokesperson said only that "the Intel 5G modem part of the story is inaccurate." The updated report explains that Sunny Peak was not in fact a 5G modem, and did not -- as initially claimed -- combine 5G, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth on one chip. Rather, the unannounced component is only a combined Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip and was expected to include support for 802.11ad WiGig Wi-Fi, but it ran into engineering issues.

11 comments

  1. Intel run into engineering issues? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Nah, surely marketing can cover that right up. How do they blame this failure on AMD somehow?

    1. Re: Intel run into engineering issues? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I think Qualcomm is their competitor in this space, not AMD.

    2. Re: Intel run into engineering issues? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Great, more people to blame who aren't us, go tell marketing.

    3. Re:Intel run into engineering issues? by CajunArson · · Score: 0

      We all know that AMD would dominate 5G modems and would give them away for free along with puppies to orphans if it wasn't for Intel ILLEGALLY bribing Dell to ship Pentium 4s 15 years ago!

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      AntiFA: An abbreviation for Anti First Amendment.
    4. Re:Intel run into engineering issues? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Excellent whataboutism, comrade INCEL.

    5. Re: Intel run into engineering issues? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Idiot. You don't know what 'whataboutism' means.

  2. Sounds like they wanted to fire someone by known_coward_69 · · Score: 1

    "Leak" a few stories to a few people.
    See which one ends up on the internet.
    ???
    Apply for unemployment

  3. Complacency strikes again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    More dead on arrival silicon from Intel? No wonder I'm being flooded with resumes of engineers looking to bail on them. I promise to only poach your best and brightest ;-)

    1. Re:Complacency strikes again by Pinky's+Brain · · Score: 1

      Be careful with the intensely racist ones, at least for senior positions. That's how Intel got in this mess.

  4. in a boardroom somewhere at intel... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    they're doing funky dances and sacrifices to the wall street gods so their stock won't tank when they lose apple's iwhatever business (and if rumors are true... the mac processor business, too)