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Apple will reportedly design its own power management chips (archive) for new iPhones within 1-2 years. The news sent shares of Dialog Semiconductor plummeting:
Apple's long-term plans to cut dependence on suppliers to boost its semiconductor capabilities have been widely-flagged as it consolidates its production chain to better compete with its rivals. But these plans may have claimed a victim, with Dialog shares down 19.16% soon after these exclusive plans were revealed on Nikkei Asian Review. They were down 17.58% at 13:59GMT.
The main power management chip controls an iPhone's charging function, battery management, and energy consumption. "Based on Apple's current plan, they are set to replace partially, or around half of its power management chips to go into iPhones by itself starting next year," said the source. Another person said Apple was indeed developing its own power management chips for iPhones but the time frame was less certain and could be delayed to 2019.
Apple's main power management chips for the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch are now exclusively designed and made by Dialog, according to Credit Suisse. Apple accounted for 74% of Dialog's revenue in 2016. Power management chips are one of the most crucial and expensive components after core processors, modems and memory chips.
Also at Bloomberg and The Verge.
(Score: 2) by fyngyrz on Saturday December 02 2017, @10:46PM (1 child)
Here's the thing about Apple. If you know OS X / MacOS, you may be familiar with the debacle that is "App Nap", which is pretty much guaranteed to break almost anything you run that does real-time work. I have had to tell my users hundreds times, turn App Nap off, and then of course I have to explain how. It's so badly implemented. Ugh.
Apple is clueless when it comes to what should be running on a particular user's computer in software. I have no faith at all that they would get a hardware power controller right either. Especially after the "trashcan" Mac Pro, an Apple hardware debacle. Again, ugh.
Sometimes the things they do - like "App Nap" - are so stupidly implemented I am just left speechless. Luckily, I can still type. :)
(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday December 03 2017, @01:31AM
Was there a problem with it other than that its appearance was ridiculed? Such as ergonomics or overheating?
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