Apple has announced that it has selected Munich to plan the European Silicon Design Center (ESDC). At this center, Apple will focus primarily on wireless technology development.
Munich is already the largest Apple engineering base in Europe. With hundreds of new employees and cutting-edge facilities focusing on connectivity and wireless technology, Apple is making Munich a European Silicon Design Center.
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With over 1,500 engineers from 40 countries across various fields, including power management design, application processors, and wireless technologies. Their work contributes to Apple’s customized silicone designs with industry-leading performance, optimal features, and excellent capabilities.
Over the next three years, the additional investment in Munich expansion and research and development will cross one billion euros. This expansion is the latest in Apple’s long-standing efforts to build a team of world-class engineers across Munich and Germany.
Expanding Apple’s Engineering Teams in Munich
Using the M1 chip, the teams created custom silicone for the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac, which provides excellent performance and high performance. Over the past decade, Apple’s discovery of energy efficiency has reduced average production power consumption by more than 70%.
In 2019 the company added silicon engineering sites at Naber in Kirchhim Undertech. At present, half of Apple’s global power management design team is based in Germany, with Apple’s application processor SoCs in Munich and analog and composite signal solutions for the iPhone.
A New Space for Europe’s Largest Mobile Technologies Engineering Team
The new facility will be Apple’s growing cellular unit and the largest R&D site in Europe for mobile wireless semiconductors and software. The team creates 5G and future technologies that bring innovations in all aspects of the wireless experience through the seamless integration of hardware and software engineering.
Contributing to Germany’s Industrial and Technological Success
Over the past five years, Apple has spent 15 billion euros with more than 700 companies of all sizes across Germany. It includes chip makers Infineon, battery company Varta, and family-owned chemical company DELO, which distributes resin for Face ID technology in Apple’s latest products, including the iPhone 12 Pro.
Apple in the Munich Region
Apple has been operating in Munich with 10 employees since 1981. At the present time, Apple team members operate in seven offices, and two of the 15 German Apple store locations are located in Munich.
As part of the company’s commitment to giving back to local communities, Apple’s Munich employees support a number of local community-based organizations and charities. While bringing unprecedented challenges to the pandemic region, Apple employees have strengthened their commitment to the Munich community.
Since launching the program in 2011, Apple employees have provided approximately 600 million worldwide – volunteering over 1.6 million hours for more than 34,000 companies.
