Apple has announced a new European Silicon Design Center in Munich, Germany, promising an investment of over €1 billion ($1.2 billion) in the facility.
The Munich investment will focus on Apple’s 5G and future wireless technologies and expands its workforce of 1,500 engineers in the southern German city. Apple’s presence in Munich stretches back 40 years.
Apple notes the engineers in Munich are contributing to its custom silicon designs, which feature in the new M1 chips for the 2020 MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini.
