The main question we are going to address in this paper is: How much does the representation theory of the $p$-adic group $\mathrm{ GL}_n(\mathcal{ D})$ depend on the $p$-adic division algebra $\mathcal{ D}$? Let $\mathcal{ D}$ be a central division algebra defined over some locally compact non-archimedean local field. Using Bushnell-Kutzko theory of types and S\'echerre-Stevens decomposition of spherical Hecke algebras associated to types, we obtain that the cuspidal blocks in the Bernstein decomposition of the category $\mathcal{ R} \left( \mathrm{ GL}_n(\mathcal{ D}) \right)$ of smooth complex representations of $\mathrm{ GL}_n(\mathcal{ D})$ do not depend on the $p$-adic division algebra $\mathcal{ D}$. In particular, when $n=1$ or $2$, the category $\mathcal{ R} \left( \mathrm{ GL}_n(\mathcal{ D}) \right)$ does not depend on the $p$-adic division algebra $\mathcal{ D}$.
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