Ngenkathi amahemuhemu nge-Apple iPhone 8 elandelayo iqhubeka nokuba phambili emithonjeni yezindaba ezikhethekile, izinkampani ezinkulu ezibambe iqhaza enqubeni yokukhiqiza ingxenye ziqala imishini. Kulokhu sine-TSMC (Inkampani Yezokukhiqiza yaseTaiwan Semiconductor) ene- ukwethulwa kwemigqa yayo yokukhiqiza i-A11 chip ye-iPhone elandelayo kusuka ku-Apple. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi kulo mqondo akukho "ukubandlululwa" phakathi kwe-iPhone 8 kanye ne-iPhone 7s kanye ne-7s Plus yalezi zinhlayiya ze-nanometer eziyi-10, ngakho-ke okungenzeka ukuthi kunezinhlobo ezintathu ze-iPhone, njengoba sekuhlebezwe kuze kube manje, bazoba nokufanayo iprosesa.
Kunoma ikuphi, kulindeleke ukuthi ekupheleni konyaka we-2017 inkampani yeTSMC ibe seyiphethe ukwenziwa kwamachips angaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-100 ze-iPhone, isibalo esingangabazi ukuthi siyasimangaza futhi sisishiye sizibuza ukuthi ngabe sizokwazi nikeza icala lika-Apple. Imemori yethu isemusha ngokwenzekile nge-iPhone 6s kanye ne-6s Plus kanye neprosesa labo le-Samsung ne TSMC, okuthile okwalungiswa yi-Apple ngonyaka odlule nge-iPhone 7 ne-7 Plus ishiya i-TSMC njengomkhiqizi omkhulu.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kubonakala sengathi ukubambezeleka okuthile kuvimbele i-TSMC ukuqala ukukhiqizwa kwala machips we-iPhone phambilini, into esinethemba lokuthi ayikuthinti ukukhiqizwa kwamadivayisi. Manje njengoba izinkinga sezixazululiwe, ukukhiqizwa kwama-processor we-10 nm esizukulwaneni esilandelayo se-iPhone sekuqalile futhi sine kuphela bekezela ukubona ushintsho ekusebenzeni nasekusetshenzisweni okutholakalayo ngalezi processor ezintsha zedivayisi ye-Apple. Empeleni, kunendlela ende okufanele ihanjwe ukubona la maprosesa kuma-iPhones, kepha umkhiqizo kufanele uqale kusengaphambili ukuze ungaphumeleli lapho imigqa yomhlangano isebenza ngokuphelele.
