Broadcom will develop and supply custom chips for Apple through 2031 under an expanded partnership that covers wireless components and accounts for about 20 percent of the chipmaker's revenue.
Even as Apple advances its in-house silicon portfolio, which now features the C1 modem, the company continues to source wireless and radio-frequency parts from Broadcom.
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