Umqondo wokucubungula we-A10
Uma la mahemuhemu egcwaliseka, bonke abaprosesa be-iPhone 7 bazokwenziwa yiTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, eyaziwa kangcono njengeTSMC. Izizathu ikakhulu zimbili: AbakwaSamsung bebengeke bakwazi ukwenza ama-chip ngenqubo ye-10nm futhi i-Apple izoncika kancane komunye wezimbangi zayo ezinkulu. Ukubheka inqubo yokukhiqiza yama-processor, lokhu kungahlala kunjalo isikhathi eside, kusukela I-TSMC ne-ARM chip designer bamemezele ukuthi bazosebenzisana ukudala Amaprosesa we-7nm.
Kumadivayisi we-iOS okuqala, i-Apple isebenzise ukwakheka kwe-ARM baze baqala ukusebenzisa okwabo ngokufika kwe-iPhone 5, kepha baqhubekile nokusebenzisa imiyalelo yayo kusukela lapho. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-TSMC ibingomunye wabakhiqizi abakhulu bama-processor we-iPhone, iPod Touch ne-iPad, into ebukeka ngathi ngeke iguquke eminyakeni eminingi. Okungenani, uTim Cook nenkampani bazoqhubeka nokuthembela inkampani yaseTaiwan kuze kube ngu-2018, njengoba ubambiswano lwe-TSMC-ARM lulindele ukuqala ukukhiqiza amayunithi okuqala ama-7nm chips ku-2017 ukuqala kwawo ukukhiqizwa kwezinto ngobuningi ngo-2018.
I-A12 izokwenziwa yiTSMC kanti izoba ngu-7nm
Uma sibheka ukuthi i-Apple izokwethula iprosesa ye-A10 ngo-2016 nokuthi ukukhiqizwa ngobuningi kwama-processor we-7nm kuzoqala ngo-2018, singacabanga ukuthi Iprosesa ye-A12 Izokwenziwa yi-TSMC ngenqubo ye-7nm. Ukwehla kwenani lama-nanometer enqubeni yokukhiqiza, kukhuphuka ukusebenza kahle futhi kunciphise ukusetshenziswa, ngakho-ke, ngombono, iprosesa le-iPhone 8 lingahle lisetshenziswe ngaphansi kwesigamu lelo le-iPhone 6s.
Kepha khumbula ukuthi akukhona konke ukusetshenziswa okuxhomeke ku-processor. Into elambele amandla kakhulu yisikrini, into engashintsha naku-2018 ukufaka isikrini I-AMOLED. Ukuhlanganisa iprosesa ye-7nm nesikrini esisebenzisa amandla kuphela kumaphikseli asetshenzisiwe, singacabanga ukuthi ukuzimela kwe-iPhone 8 kuzoba kukhulu kakhulu kunalokho kwe-iPhone 6s. Asethembe kanjalo.