Apple invest recently announced plans to provide its own 5G chips and modems and therefore the company could also be one step closer to doing so. The Cupertino giant has announced that it’s funding a replacement chip design facility in Munich, Germany with 1 billion euros over the approaching three years.

This was announced through an officer release from Apple which revealed plans to speculate during a new R&D facility in Europe. This facility is named the eu Center for Chip Design and can function Apple’s largest semiconductor facility in Europe. it’ll also become the biggest development site for mobile communication semiconductors and software within the region.

Apple invest are going to be constructing a 30,000 square metre site (pictured above) which can be home to engineering teams with plans to maneuver in by 2022.

With this development, Apple clearly wants to scale back reliance on Qualcomm for its mobile chipsets. Speculation on this matter has been occurring for several years ever since Apple acquired Intel’s smartphone modem business back in 2019.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook commented on the event saying:

I couldn’t be more interested in what our engineering teams in Munich will discover – from exploring new possibilities in 5G technology to a replacement generation of technologies which will enable even more performance, speed and connectivity.