Sekuyisikhathi eside kukhona ilukuluku lokwazi ukuthi ubani ongaba umenzi we-chip ngayinye ye-Apple yamadivayisi wabo weselula. Kunalokho, ilukuluku laliwukwazi ukuthi i-Samsung izoqhubeka nokuba yinkampani enesibopho sokubeka injini ku-iPad ne-iPhone ngemuva kokuthi lezi zinkampani ezimbili zibambene ngezihluthu ezimpini zomthetho iminyaka embalwa. Manje kubonakala sengathi I-A8 chip izokhiqizwa kakhulu yi-TSMC kodwa noma kunjalo AbakwaSamsung bazohlala bebambekile kule SoC entsha.
Sisanda kuthola ukuthi i-chip ye-A7 etholakala ku-iPhone 5S yenziwe ngabakwaSamsung. I-chip ye-64-bit edale ukwazisa okukhulu ekwethulweni kwayo nayo yaphuma kuhhavini wezimbangi ezinkulu. Lezi zindaba zisithusile ngandlela thize njengoba ukuvuza okuhlukile kuphakamise ukuthi i-TSMC isivele yasebenza futhi i-Apple yayisivele yenze umnyakazo obalulekile wokuqeda izingxenye ezenziwe amaKorea ezingxenyeni abakha ngazo ama-iPads abo.
Umbiko wencwadi yaseNingizimu Korea i-Hankyung eqoqa i-Digitimes uphakamisa ukuthi phakathi kwe Ama-60 kanye nama-70% azokhiqizwa yi-Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, kuyilapho okunye kuzokwenziwa ngabakwaSamsung Electronics.
Omunye umbiko wakamuva uthe i-Samsung izokwazi khiqiza ama-20nm processors kusukela ekuqaleni kuka-2014, njenge-TSMC. Mhlawumbe nasi isihluthulelo sayo yonke into futhi ukuthi kunezinhloso ezimbili esikalini: ukuze [igama lesizinda] siye kuma-chips amancane nasebenza kahle, ngakolunye uhlangothi, futhi yehlisa ukuncika ku-Samsung, komunye.
Imininingwane esiyithola namuhla iqinisekisa ukuthi i-TSMC izonikeza iziqinisekiso ezanele ku-Apple ukuze idlulisele ingxenye enkulu yomkhiqizo kuyo. Kodwa-ke, nakuba kungesona isitsha sokunambitha, bayethemba ngokugcwele imiphumela ye-Samsung njengomkhiqizi wama-chip, njengoba kuboniswa ngokuthunywa ukuba benze i-A7, i-chip eyisihluthulelo esiklanywe yinkampani eminyakeni yamuva nje.
Umthombo: Ama-digitimes