Apple inks $600M deal to acquire assets and talent from Dialog Semiconductor

Re:Apple inks $600M deal to acquire assets and talent from D... by superpie on Friday October 12, 2018 @11:14AM (#18201957)

This is pure speculation, but I wonder if this has anything to do with the AirPower wireless charging mat's development?

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Re:Apple inks $600M deal to acquire assets and talent from D... by nimish on Friday October 12, 2018 @06:26PM (#18205159)

Since the issue with wireless charging is power efficiency, having good power engineers onboard will likely help. That said, they are almost certainly buying them for the PMICs inside hardware devices first, and for accessories like AirPower second.

But it's not a bad way to start shipping advanced power electronics like GaN, which dialog has chips for.

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Re:Apple inks $600M deal to acquire assets and talent from D... by giobox on Friday October 12, 2018 @05:36PM (#18204889)

Is AirPower, a fancy induction charger, really important enough to warrant a 600 million dollar investment? I suspect this is more likely iOS device related.

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