alt Hacker NewsWhy would you guess Chinese? Broadcom, Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Realtek are the typical answers for radio chips, no? None of whom are Chinese? There certainly are Chinese radio chips, such as from Espressif or Huawei, but they aren't especially popular in APs or anything
Most of those chips are made in TSMC or samsung foundries, the majority of which are currently in China or South Asia.