I-Apple ngeke ithembe i-Samsung ukuthi yenze iprosesa le-A11; izoqhubeka neTSMC

Kuze kube manje, ezikhathini eziningi esikhulume ngazo nge-Samsung, sibize lesi sidlakela saseKorea ngokuthi "isitha esiseduze" se-Apple. Yize ngithambekele kakhulu ekucabangeni ukuthi imininingwane eminingi esifunda ngayo izingxabano phakathi kwe-Apple ne-Samsung bayingxenye yecebo lokumaketha, iqiniso ukuthi zombili lezi zinkampani ziyizimbangi futhi kuyingozi ezifisweni zazo "ukondla" isitha. Lokhu yinto abayaziyo eCupertino, yingakho i-Apple ifuna ukulahlekelwa ukuncika kumaKorea.

Uma amahemuhemu eyiqiniso, futhi kungekho okusenza sicabange ukuthi ngeke kube njalo, bonke abaprosesa be-A10 abazofakwa yi-iPhone 7 bazokwenziwa yiTSMC. Ekuqaleni singacabanga ukuthi lokhu kuzoba njalo ngo-2016 kepha, ngokusho abezindaba baseChina i-Economic Daily News, i-Apple izoqhubeka nokuthembela kwiTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ngonyaka ka-2017, okusho ukuthi, i- "iPhone 8", "Ishumi Lonyaka" noma yini abazonquma ukuyibiza nge-iPhone yangonyaka ozayo nayo izofaka phakathi i- Iprosesa ye-A11 kudalwe ngokuphelele yi-TSMC.

Hhayi i-A10, kepha i-A11 izokwenziwa ngenqubo ye-10nm FinFET

I-TSMC Co-CEO u-Mark Liu usevele umemezele ukuthi umkhiqizo wayo wokuqala owenziwe ngenqubo ye-10nm FinFET usuvele wenziwe nge- "Satisfactory Performance" nokuthi imikhiqizo emithathu seyivele ilungiselelwe amakhasimende ayo, okungukuthi, isivele isiqedile ukwakhiwa kokuqala ukudala izikhumba ezizosetshenziselwa ukuphrinta ama-chips kumakhasimende amathathu. Umklamo usengaba nezinguquko, kepha kuthiwa izinyathelo zokuqala zokwenziwa kwe-A11 zizokwenzeka May ka-2017. Ezinye izinkampani ezimbili ezizosebenzisa inqubo ye-TSMC ye-10nm yiMediaTek neHiSilicon.

Yize kubonakala kucace ukuthi i-Apple iyaqhubeka nemizamo yayo yokulahla ukuthembela kwi-Samsung, kubukeka sengathi ngeke iphinde ikwazi ukuyeka ukwethemba amaKorea ngo-100%. Ikusasa lezikrini zamadivayisi we-iOS lidlula kufayela le- OLED ekhombisa Futhi, noma kunezinye izinkampani ezizimisele ukudala lezi zikrini, iSamsung yinkampani enganikela ngekhwalithi ephezulu kakhulu. Kunoma ikuphi, akumele baphumule ngokuqinile noma umncintiswano ungagcina unawo wonke ama-oda.