Apple will invest another billion euros in its European Center for Chip Design in Munich. The Californian technology group announced this on Thursday in the Bavarian capital. The iPhone group thus increases its investment commitment from 2021 to two billion euros. Munich is already Apple’s largest development location in Europe.
The Apple developers at the chip center in Munich are working on three main topics. 5G wireless technology, energy-saving solutions for chips and so-called analog and mixed-signal solutions. With the help of the results from Bavaria, Apple wants to make itself independent of supplies from chip manufacturer Qualcomm, where the iPhone manufacturer previously obtained its radio chips for the fifth generation of mobile communication (5G). When it comes to “power management”, ie the particularly energy-saving systems, Apple customers are already using developments from Munich, for example in the MacBook Pro with the Apple M2 Pro and M2 Max chips.
Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, said: “Our engineering teams in Munich are some of the most innovative in the world, helping to develop new technologies that are at the heart of our products. Apple has been based in Munich for more than 40 years and we’ve been watching more than ever looking forward to our future here.”
Several new locations planned
In addition to the new location on Seidlstrasse, the Apple teams will move to several additional research and development areas on the two adjacent streets, Denisstrasse and Marsstrasse, as part of the expansion of the European Center for Chip Design. The new locations are located directly opposite Apple’s recently opened research and development facility on Karlstrasse and are intended to form a “hub for innovation” in the heart of Munich.
During his recent visit to Munich for Oktoberfest, Cook justified his commitment to Munich with the quality of its employees. “We’re here for the people,” Cook said. Apple has found the universities in the Munich area to be excellent. In addition, there are many qualified workers in the region. But Munich also has in common with Silicon Valley in California that people like to live there. It is therefore easy to attract workers from other countries to work in Munich.
Johny Srouji, Apple’s Chief Hardware Officer, said: “The expansion of our European chip design center will enable even closer collaboration between our more than 2,000 engineers in Bavaria working on groundbreaking innovations such as our own chip designs, power management and future wireless communications. technologies.”
Source: Krone
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