Over 9 months after it announced its new Munich-based chip design plant, Apple has begun hiring engineers with experience in the modem chips and wireless semiconductor business in Irvine, California. A recent Bloomber report confirms the development and specifies Apple is looking for people with experience in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi semiconductors, wireless radios, radio-frequency integrated circuits and wireless system-on-a-chip designs.
This marks yet another clear sign that Apple is hard at work on transitioning away from Qualcomm modems and wants to develop its own in-house wireless chips…