Infineon to make 3G iPhone chips, 3G code in iPhone 2 software

Chauncey Dupree
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April 08, 2008
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Another piece of the 3G iPhone puzzle most likely got revealed today as Zibri of ZiPhone fame found a little bit of code in the newest iPhone SDK.  The code in question references a "SGOLD3" Chipset.  The "old" iPhone uses "SGOLD2".   Other fun stuff in the SGOLD3 chip include SDCard access and support for 5 megapixel cameras.  The processor speed remains the same as its predecessor.

German Infineon would likely work with King of Prussia's  InterDigital corporation (which has already stated that it licensed 3G software to Apple) on the baseband implementation.

Is the evidence conclusive?  Hardly.  However it could represent yet another piece of evidence that the 3G iPhone is, of course on its way...any...minute...now...

Zibri via Engadget

Comments (6)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | April 08, 2008 - 6:23pm

No 3G and no new iPhones this summer. Apple is bypassing 3G altogether. They are banking on wimax.

hunter (not verified) | April 08, 2008 - 8:23pm

do you actually believe that???? hahahhaa
wi-max is HD-DVD! ;)

Sid (not verified) | April 08, 2008 - 9:50pm

Great news!! I doubt we will see a 5 megapixal camera this yr tho...or even SD card slot!

But for sure we will see 3G unit this yr!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | April 09, 2008 - 9:31am

boobies

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | April 10, 2008 - 10:13pm

my lip is bleeding. ouch. but yum at the taste of my own blood

Visitor (not verified) | December 13, 2008 - 12:14am

This is the chip that is responsible for connectivity, roughly speaking the GSM/UMTS modem. Current iPhone uses Infineon SGold 2 for modem and and ARM processor for CPU.
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