Impi yamanje phakathi kweQulacomm ne-Apple iphoqe inkampani eseCupertino ukuthi icishe imshintshe ngokuphelele umphakeli wama-chips we-LTE. Kuze kube manje, umkhiqizi othathe cishe ama-100% ama-oda kwakunguQualcomm, kepha konke kubonakala kukhombisa ukuthi i-Apple ifuna ukwenza amadili ambalwa ngangokunokwenzeka ngale nkampani naku-iPhone 2018, i-Intel izoba ngumhlinzeki omkhulu we-chip.
Imithombo engaqinisekisiwe imemezele i-Fast Company ukuthi iningi le-oda lama-chips we-LTE lizokwenziwa ku-Intel, ikakhulukazi Ama-70%, kanti amanye, ama-30%, azonikezwa yiQualcomm. Mhlawumbe, umenzi weprosesa i-Intel akanawo amandla anele okuhlinzeka ngemfuno ephezulu ye-Apple, yingakho inkampani esekwe eCupertino ibingafuni ukuvala iminyango ngokuphelele.
Lezi zindaba ziqinisekisa kuphela lokho uMing-Chi Kuo asememezele khona ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, ngemibiko yakhe. Lowo mbiko wakusho lokho I-Apple izokhulisa kakhulu iphesenti lama-oda wamachips we-LTE I-Intel ilimaza iQualcomm, ngenxa yempi esemthethweni phakathi kwalezi zinkampani zombili.
Nokho, iThe Wall Street Journal yakusho lokho I-Apple ingasebenzisa kuphela ama-chips avela ku-Intel naku-MediaTek (Umkhiqizi wama-Chinese processor) ukuze ayeke ngokuphelele ukusebenza neQualcomm, kepha ngokusho kweNkampani Esheshayo ubudlelwano bebhizinisi neQualcomm buzoqhubeka nokusebenza.
Kuzoba ngonyaka ozayo lapho I-Intel uma ibhekele ngokuphelele konke okudingwa yi-Apple, ukuqeda noma yibuphi ubudlelwano neQualcomm kuhlumela, ubudlelwano obuqale ukuntengantenga lapho le nhlangano yamazwe ngamazwe imangalela i-Apple esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka odlule.
I-iPhone yokuqala ukusebenzisa ama-Intel's LTE chips yi-iPhone 7, ekhishwe ngo-2016, unyaka lapho I-Qualcomm iyekile ukuba ngumhlinzeki wedwa wama-chips we-LTE ye-Apple iPhones. Kusukela manje, ubukhona be-Intel kumadivayisi eselula e-Apple bebelokhu banda.