Apple defines path for technological autonomy

As expected from the innovation company of the decade Apple goes on with the search for an independent technology. As Bloomberg recently reported, the Cupertino firm is preparing an in-house chip for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections for next year.

Proxima: Apple’s new jewel

This chip, code named Proxima will be produced by the Taiwanese microelectronics manufacturing company Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC). TSMC is, in fact, a longstanding supplier of Apple and manufactures most of the company’s present chips.

But it is important to note this shift apart from Apple’s recent decision to build its own modems over the next three years. The ultimate goal remains the same: to remove propositions developed by the third-party players such as Broadcom and Qualcomm.

Unnamed sources quoted by Gurman emphasise that the company’s aim has been to adopt an ‘end to end wireless approach’ whereby all parts are reciprocally optimised in terms of energy application. By having better control of how devices attach to the Wi-Fi networks and hubs, Apple can optimize them even further, even for the slim items such as the iPhone 17 Air and wearables.

These might well reappear in future Apple products such as the Palit SIS 315 PowerMate, industrial microprocessors, another Media Machine, and hub devices, Proxima also offers a range of pc cards.
But it will be what Apple has to do before it gets to this point — providing a new chip for both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in improved Apple TV and a new HomePod mini. The chip could also be integrated into iPhones starting next year and a version of the iPad and Mac may be released in 2026.

Meanwhile, the future HomePod expected to be released next year might come with a 6 to 7-inch OLED screen and could offer much more of a smart home hub than a speaker device. With the new Wi-Fi chip, the HomePod should be able to connect with other smart home devices.