I-TSMC ukuqala imveliso ngobuninzi beetshiphusi ze-nanometer ezilishumi ngokuphela konyaka

I-TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited), inkampani esebenza ne-Apple kwaye eyilwe i-chip ye-A10 Fusion enika amandla i-iPhone 7, iqinisekise ukuveliswa ngobuninzi kweetshiphusi ze-nanometer ezilishumi kubathengi bayo ukuba baqale ekupheleni konyaka, ukodlula i-Intel ngokwezixhobo zesilicon ezisebenza kakhulu.

I-Intel iya kuqalisa ukuveliswa kwee-chips ze-nanometer ezilishumi kwisiqingatha sesibini se-2017.

Ethetha kwingqungquthela yetekhnoloji kwisixeko esisemantla eTaiwan eHsinchu, i-CEO ye-TSMC uMarcos Liu uthe inkampani yakhe isandula kuqalisa isicwangciso sayo sophando kunye nophuhliso (R&D) sebenza kwitekhnoloji yokusika ukwenza i-chip ye-five gauge.

I-semiconductor foundry iya kuqalisa kwakhona ukuveliswa kwezilingo ze-chips ze-nanometer ezisixhenxe ngamanani amancinci kwikota yokuqala ye-2017. Baye babela iinjineli ezimalunga nama-300 ukuya kuma-400 ukuba ziphuhlise ubugcisa beenanometer ezintathu.

Kwakhona, I-TSMC ngoku iphanda inkqubo yeenanometer ezimbini.

Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwe-R&D lwe-TSMC lunyuke kakhulu ukusuka kwi-690 yezigidi zeedola ngo-2009 ukuya kwi-2,1 yezigidigidi ngo-2015. Kunyaka wonke ka-2016, uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwe-10 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi lwabelwa iindleko zophando.

I-TSMC yakhe i-A9 chip kunye ne-Samsung kwaye ivelisa ngokukodwa i-A10 Fusion chip yamva nje ye-iPhone 7 kwinkqubo yayo ye-nanometer eyi-16. Inkampani ikwanamarhe okuba ifumene isivumelwano sokwakha iitshiphusi ze-A11 ngo-2017. kwisizukulwana esitsha se-iPhone.

Kukwakholelwa ukuba i-Apple inokuqalisa ukutshintsha i-Intel chips kwi-MacBooks yayo ngetekhnoloji ye-TSMC kwiminyaka ezayo, ngokuthe ngcembe njengoko ibisenza nge-iPhone kunye ne-iPad.