I have no idea what apple is doing but I will note that "fullmac" style radios have most of their operation internal to the device. The downside is now you have

I have no idea what apple is doing but I will note that "fullmac" style radios have most of their operation internal to the device. The downside is now you have some strange insecure os running on the radio. The upside, the driver is simpler, and the system more power efficient. that is, you don't need an 802.11 stack. https://blog.quarkslab.com/reverse-engineering-broadcom-wireless-chipsets.html https://blog.quarkslab.com/reverse-engineering-broadcom-wire...