Kunabahlaziyi nemibiko embalwa ekhuluma ngokuthengiswa kwe-iPhone ezinyangeni ezedlule. Kepha imininingwane emisha iqinisekisa ukuthi i-Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, eyaziwa kangcono njenge I-TSMC izokuphinda kabili ukukhiqizwa kwayo nyangazonke ngoMashi. Njengoba nazi nonke, futhi uma ngingakhulumi ngakho manje, i-TSMC ingumkhiqizi omkhulu, futhi uma amahemuhemu eyiqiniso, kungaba ukuphela kwento ye-A10 chip, yama-processor we-iPhone. Ngaphezu kwalokho, konke kukhombisa ukuthi ngoMashi i iPhone SE kanye ne-9.7-inch iPad Pro, ngakho-ke, kule nyanga okungenani, sesivele sisazi isizathu salokhu kukhuphuka komkhiqizo.
Emhlanganweni wakamuva nabatshalizimali bayo, i-co-CEO ye-TSMC ithe isabelo semakethe sabaprosesa benkampani yaseTaiwan bazokhula kusuka kuma-40% ka-2015 kuya kuma-70% kulo nyaka. I-Apple ayikhulunywa, kepha inkampani yaseCupertino ingenye yamakhasimende amakhulu eTSMC, eceleni kweXilinx, MediaTek, HiSilicon, Spreadtrum neNvidia. Phakathi kwezizathu ezenza ukuthi i-Apple nezinye izinkampani ezinkulu zikhethe i-TSMC ukwenza amaprosesa azo ngokungangabazeki ikhwalithi yayo ephezulu yokwenziwa ngentengo yokuncintisana kakhulu.
I-TSMC kungaba ukuphela komkhiqizi wama-processor we-A10
Kuze kube ngu-2015, i-Apple ibilokhu ibeka ama-oda akhula njalo azo zonke izinto ze-iPhone. Ngalo lonke ulwazi abatshalizimali abalucabangayo futhi ababhekela ukuthi i-Apple iyiklayenti layo eliyinhloko, isibikezelo seTSMC siyamangaza. Kungenzeka ukuthi inkampani yaseTaiwan yazi ngezinhlelo zesikhathi esizayo zenkampani eholwa nguTim Cook nalapho benyusa khona ivolumu yama-oda ngasizathu simbe. Uma kunjalo, singacabanga ukuthi i-Apple incike kakhulu kwi-Smartphone yayo elandelayo.
Kunamahemuhemu ambalwa aqinisekisa ukuthi i-iPhone 7 izofika ngezinhlobo ezintathu ezihlukene: i-iPhone 7, i-iPhone 7 Plus ne-a I-iPhone 7 Pro lokho kuzoba nehadiwe ekhethekile, njengekhamera enamalensi amabili. Kunoma ikuphi, idivayisi entsha nje akufanele ikhuphule ama-oda weprosesa kangako. Yize i-Apple ingathemba ukuthengisa ama-iPhones amaningi ngo-2016, i-TSMC kungenzeka futhi ukuthi ithole ama-oda amaningi avela kwezinye izinkampani ngenxa yenani elikhulu lemali elinikezwa inkampani yaseTaiwan. Njengenjwayelo, kufanele silinde kuze kube nguSepthemba ukuthi sazi, okungenani, ukuthi i-Apple izothini kukho konke lokhu.
