Apple signs $30B Broadcom deal for US-made wireless chips

Apple has signed a multiyear deal worth $30 billion+ with Broadcom to design and produce more than 15 billion custom wireless connectivity chips — semiconductors that enable wireless features such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth — in the U.S. Broadcom, a semiconductor and infrastructure software company, is already Apple’s primary hardware supplier for wireless components, so this agreement extends an existing partnership rather than starting a new one. The scale of the order, spanning more than 15 billion units, underscores how central wireless connectivity hardware has become to Apple’s product lineup.

To support the added production, Apple will invest $1.5 billion in capital expenditure — funds used to acquire, upgrade, and maintain physical assets — to expand Broadcom’s manufacturing facility in Fort Collins, Colorado. The core figures from the announcement:

• $30 billion+: total value of the multiyear chip-supply deal
• more than 15 billion: custom wireless connectivity chips to be produced in the U.S.
• $1.5 billion: Apple’s capital expenditure to expand the Fort Collins, Colorado facility

The partnership is part of Apple’s broader commitment to invest $600 billion in the U.S. economy over four years, a pledge made in response to pressure from the Trump administration. Last year, Trump threatened to institute new tariffs on Apple products unless the company moved core iPhone manufacturing to the U.S. That threat sits behind much of Apple’s recent U.S.-facing spending, including this Broadcom expansion.

Apple says the Broadcom partnership will create “hundreds of American jobs” — a relatively small number set against the deal’s $30 billion+ price tag. Despite the political pressure and the new domestic chip production, core iPhone assembly remains overseas, meaning the centerpiece of Apple’s product line is not among the manufacturing being reshored under this commitment.

Why it matters

The deal marks a concrete step in Apple’s $600 billion commitment to the U.S. economy, driven by political pressure to move manufacturing domestic — though core iPhone assembly remains overseas.