The iPhone 17, which will be released in the fall of 2025, will have a Designed by Apple Wi-Fi 7 chip, according to renowned Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
The chip will replace the Broadcom chip that Apple currently uses for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Apple’s Wi-Fi 7 chip will be built using TSMC’s 7nm process. Apple apparently wants to move “nearly all” of its products to its own Wi-Fi chip within about three years, to reduce delivery costs and earn more profits.
Apple is also working on it its own 5G chipwhich will be separate from the Wi-Fi version and will be built using a different TSMC process technology. This will also be gradually put into use from next year. This will be the first product to come with Apple’s own 5G modem the next iPhone SE. However, this still uses a Broadcom Wi-Fi chip.