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Twenty years ago this would have been wrong with a kernel of truth. Today, it's just wrong. There were chips that integrated all this but they weren't that popu
by jeffbee 3mo ago
Twenty years ago this would have been wrong with a kernel of truth. Today, it's just wrong. There were chips that integrated all this but they weren't that popular in the West and ultimately nobody cared.
https://www.mediatek.com/press-room/mediatek-announces-worlds-smallest-4-in-1-combo-chip-wi-fi-bluetooth-gps-fm-solution https://www.mediatek.com/press-room/mediatek-announces-world...
- userbinator 3mo agoMTK still has the largest marketshare of smartphone SoCs worldwide and they still use their combo RFICs. https://pccentral.net/q1-2026-smartphone-soc-market-share-mediatek-leads/ https://pccentral.net/q1-2026-smartphone-soc-market-share-me... https://www.androidheadlines.com/2025/03/mediatek-leads-global-smartphone-soc-market-as-samsung-slips-again.html https://www.androidheadlines.com/2025/03/mediatek-leads-glob...
- numpad0 3mo agoAnd it's not a tiny kernel of truth, even iPhone(2007) had Wi-Fi/BT combo chips with FM radio. Apple was partly responsible for death of FM radio, by not implementing the software feature. That's also literally 20 years ago.