Oko iApple yabhengeza ukuba icwangcise ukuyeka ukusebenzisa i-Imagination Technologies kwiitekhnoloji zegrafikhi kwii-iPhones ezizayo, inkampani ibinexesha elibi kakhulu, ukuya kwinqanaba lokuxhoma uphawu lokuthengisa. Injongo ka-Apple yayi baphuhlise itekhnoloji yabo ukuze bangaxhomekeki kubantu besithathu.
Nangona kunjalo, njengoko i-Imagination Technologies yayibonile kwangaphambili, iApple yayinzima kakhulu ngaphandle kokusebenzisa naliphi na ilungelo elilodwa lomenzi elichazwe yile nkampani kunye nexesha. I-Imagination Technologies ibhengeze ngokusesikweni ukuba ifikelele kwisivumelwano esitsha no-Apple.
Esi sivumelwano sivumela inkampani esekwe eCupertino ukuba ibenakho ukufikelela kwipropathi enomgangatho ophezulu wokuqonda yepropathi yokutshintshela amalungelo elayisensi. Ingxaki kule nkampani iyeke ukusebenza neApple kungenxa yokuba ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha sengeniso yaso ivela kuApple.
Izabelo zale nkampani zehle ngama-60% emva kokubhengezwa. Zombini ezi nkampani zaqala idabi apho u-Apple watyhola u-Apple ngokwenza okungagunyaziswanga kwepropathi enomgangatho ophezulu wokuqonda. Ngexesha le mpikiswano, i-Imagination Technologies yabonwa nangokonakala ngakumbi, ukuphulukana ne-70% yexabiso layo.
Emva kokuba inkampani ihlengahlengisile emva kokuphulukana nomthengi wayo oxabisekileyo, yaxhoma uphawu lokuthengisa kwaye yafunyanwa yiCanyon Bridge, inkampani Inkampani yabucala equity exhaswa yiChina, ngoNovemba 2017.
Ayiloxesha lokuqala ukuba iApple izame ukuphuhlisa itekhnoloji esele ikhona kwimarike ukunciphisa ukuxhomekeka kwakho kubantu besithathu kwaye iyahamba gwenxa. Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, waqala ukuvelisa i-chip ye-5G ukuze angaxhomekeki kwiQualcomm, kodwa wathi akubona ukuba ukukhula kwayo kwakungekho lula ngaphandle kokusebenzisa amalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza, wayengenandlela yimbi ngaphandle kokufikelela kwisivumelwano neQualcomm.