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>Intuitively I would’ve guessed the opposite was true.

It wouldn't be intuitive if people actually have some basic understanding of how modern wireless network works. Unfortunately even those who work on Hardware, CPU design and embedding programming dont understand that. Let alone 99.99999999% of HN.

[Sporktacular]

So, what's the answer?

[baby_souffle]

> So, what's the answer?

Probably a mix of things. QCM has a lot of IP/Patents in this space so there are some "intuitive" engineering solutions that ... can't be pursued w/o a license.

But even if there was no legal blockers, RF engineering is a _whole other ball game_ compared to the "routine" circuits used in CPUs. I don't just mean from a "well, the schematic sure looks different" perspective, I mean from a "how you build it in the fab" perspective as well.

TL;DR: if electricity is magic, RF is black magic.