Kwanan nan, Apple ya ɗauki muhimmin mataki don haɓaka rabon kwakwalwan kwamfuta a cikin wayoyin hannu: yawancin kasuwancin modem na Intel akan dala biliyan 1. A karkashin yarjejeniyar, ma'aikatan Intel 2200 za su koma Apple; Har ila yau, na karshen zai karbi kayan fasaha, kayan aiki da kuma haƙƙin mallaka 17 akan fasahar mara waya, kama daga ka'idodin salon salula zuwa modem. Intel yana riƙe da haƙƙin haɓaka modem don wuraren ban da wayoyi, kamar PC, kayan masana'antu da motoci masu tuƙi.
Apple ya kasance koyaushe yana dogara ga masu ba da kayayyaki na ɓangare na uku don modem. A bara, Intel ne kaɗai ke kera waɗannan abubuwan haɗin gwiwar na iPhone, bayan yaƙin lasisin Apple da Qualcomm. A watan Afrilu, Apple ya cimma matsaya mai ban mamaki ta yadda sabbin iPhones za su sake amfani da modem na Qualcomm. Bayan 'yan sa'o'i kadan bayan wannan labari, Intel ya sanar da cewa zai bar kasuwancin modem na wayoyin hannu.
Apple yawanci yana samun ƙananan kamfanoni ko kasuwanci: yarjejeniyar Intel ita ce mafi girma ta biyu bayan siyan dala biliyan 3,2 na Beats Electronics a cikin 2014. Tabbas, sabbin ma'aikata, haɓakawa da haƙƙin mallaka za su ba da damar Apple ya ƙirƙiri nasa modem na 5G. Manyan manyan masu fafatawa na Apple guda biyu, Samsung da Huawei, sun riga sun sami wannan damar.
A bara, The Information ya ba da rahoto game da ƙoƙarin Apple na haɓaka modem ɗin nasa, amma Giant Cupertino bai taɓa yarda da shi a hukumance ba. A watan Fabrairu, kamfanin dillancin labarai na Reuters ya ruwaito cewa Apple ya matsar da kokarin bunkasa modem dinsa zuwa bangare guda wanda ke samar da tsarin Apple A guda-chip, wanda ke nuna cewa kamfanin yana kara yunƙurin ƙirƙirar nasa modem.
Siyan kadarorin Intel yakamata ya taimaka Apple ya hanzarta tsare-tsaren modem ɗin sa. Majiyar Reuters ta ba da rahoton cewa kamfanin yana shirin yin amfani da kwakwalwan kwamfuta na Qualcomm a cikin dangin iPhone a wannan shekara don tallafawa 5G, amma yana shirin canzawa zuwa kwakwalwan nasa a cikin samfuran da yawa a cikin 2021. Intel ya shirya sakin modem na 5G a cikin 2020, don haka amfani da abubuwan haɓakawa yakamata ya taimaka Apple cimma burinsa.
Amma, a cewar mai ba da shawara iri ɗaya, duk wani maye gurbin Qualcomm zai faru a matakai: Apple yana yin taka tsantsan kuma yana son tabbatar da cewa samfuransa za su yi aiki a duk cibiyoyin sadarwa da ƙasashen da aka sayar da su. Maganganun Qualcomm suna da ƙarfi a al'adance a wannan yanki, don haka Apple yana iya zama dole ya bar modem ɗin masu fafatawa a cikin wasu na'urorin sa. "Apple da gaske yana son sanya jaraba ya zama abin da ya gabata, amma kuma ya fahimci cewa yana buƙatar yin hakan cikin gaskiya," in ji mai binciken.
Wani tsohon sojan masana'antu ya shaida wa manema labarai cewa yarjejeniyar lasisin Apple da Qualcomm za ta dau tsawon shekaru shida, kuma yarjejeniyar samar da guntu mai rahusa ita ma na iya ci gaba da aiki a wannan lokacin. A ra'ayinsa, Apple zai ci gaba da yin amfani da kwakwalwan kwamfuta na Qualcomm a cikin ƙirar ƙirarsa, kuma a cikin masu rahusa da tsofaffi zai canza zuwa nasa mafita.
Don haɓaka modem, an bayar da rahoton cewa Apple yana haɗin gwiwa tare da Taiwan's Global Unichip, wanda ke samun goyon bayan TSMC, amma har yanzu aikin yana kan matakin farko. Wannan, a fili, shine dalilin yarjejeniya da Qualcomm kuma wannan ma ya sa Apple ya mallaki kasuwancin Intel.
Mafi mahimmancin albarkatu na yarjejeniyar Intel don Apple na iya zama haƙƙin mallaka. Don sayar da 5G iPhone, kamfanin yana buƙatar shiga yarjejeniya tare da manyan masu riƙe ikon mallakar 5G, ciki har da Nokia, Ericsson, Huawei da Qualcomm. Lauyan Patent Erick Robinson, wanda a baya ya yi aiki a sashen ba da lasisi na Qualcomm a Asiya, ya ce haƙƙin mallaka na iya ba wa Apple babban guntun ciniki a shawarwarin lasisi: "Ba na tsammanin fayil ɗin haƙƙin mallaka mara waya ta Intel yana kama da na Qualcomm, amma tabbas ya isa ya isa. shafi farashin giciye lasisi."
source: 3dnews.ru