Silinde i-Apple ukuthi ithumele kusuka ifomu elisemthethweni kwabezindaba i isitatimende sephephandaba lapho kumenyezelwa khona ukwethulwa komkhiqizo omusha. Yize kungekho okuqinisekile, kulindeleke ukuthi kwenzeke ngesonto lesibili likaSepthemba. Esethulweni singabona ifayela le- IPhone entsha phakathi kwayo okuyinguqulo yesibili ye-iPhone X edumile.
Lezi iPhone ezicatshangelwayo, ezizokwethulwa ngoSepthemba, zizophatha i- i-chip A12 kuhlinzekwe yi-TSMC yaseTaiwan. Imibiko yakamuva iya phambili futhi ngiyethemba ukuthi I-chip ye-A13 ye-iPhone 2019 nayo izonikezwa yile nkampani. Yize kunesikhathi eside ukuqinisekiswa, kubalulekile ukuze ulawule utshalomali nezindleko zezinkampani.
I-TSMC isakhula ngenxa yenqubekela phambili yayo: sawubona A13 chip!
Onke amadivayisi we-Apple aphethe uchungechunge lwe-chip olwenziwe kusukela ngo-2016 kuphela futhi kuphela yi-TSMC. Ubukhulu obuthile beza ne-iPhone 7 ne-7 Plus ephethe i-A10 Fusion chip. Kusukela lapho, i-Apple ithembele kumenzi waseTaiwan ukuthi anikeze i-A11 Bionic chip ye-iPhone 8, 8 Plus ne-X.
Imininingwane yakamuva ikhombisa lokho I-TSMC nayo ihlinzekile futhi izonikezela nge-A12 chip ye-iPhone ezokwethulwa ngoSepthemba walo nyaka. Ngale ndlela, i-Apple isayina obala ukuzibophezela kwayo kwi-TSMC. Ukuthuthuka kwezobuchwepheshe nenani lemali elitshalwe ku-R + D + i yile fektri ye-chip kusho ukuthi iBig Apple iyaqhubeka nokuthemba intuthuko yayo ngokuzama ukunciphisa usayizi wezingxenye zemikhiqizo yakho ukwandisa ukusebenza, ibhethri nokuthuthukisa ezinye izinto ukuze uthole isikhala ngaphakathi kwedivayisi.
Izindaba aziweleli ku-chip ye-A12 ezophathwa yi-iPhone 2018 kepha kwi i-chip A13 ezophatha i-iPhone 2019. Yize kusasele isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka ukubona la madivayisi, imininingwane isishicilelwe eqinisekisa ukuthi i-Apple ngabe isivele icabange nge-TSMC yokukhiqiza ngobuningi kusuka kwikota yesibili ka-2019 yama-iPhones ayo. Noma iziphi izindaba zalawa madivayisi azaziwa kepha isizukulwane sesithathu se-iPhone X sizofika, kanye ne-iPhone 10.