Muva nje, i-Apple ithathe isinyathelo esibalulekile ekwandiseni isabelo sama-chips ayo kuma-smartphones: Iningi lebhizinisi lemodemu le-Intel libiza amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1. Ngaphansi kwesivumelwano, abasebenzi be-Intel abangu-2200 17 bazothuthela e-Apple; laba bakamuva bazothola impahla yengqondo, okokusebenza kanye namalungelo obunikazi angu-000 kubuchwepheshe obungenawaya, kusukela kumazinga amaselula kuya kumamodemu. I-Intel igcine ilungelo lokuthuthukisa amamodemu kwezinye izindawo ngaphandle kwama-smartphone, njengama-PC, imishini yezimboni nezimoto ezizishayelayo.
I-Apple ibilokhu ithembele kubahlinzeki bezinkampani zangaphandle ukuze bathole amamodemu. Ngonyaka odlule, i-Intel kwaba ukuphela komkhiqizi walezi zingxenye ze-iPhone, kulandela impi yelayisense ye-Apple ne-Qualcomm. Ngo-Ephreli, i-Apple yafinyelela isivumelwano esingalindelekile ukuze ama-iPhones amasha azophinde asebenzise amamodemu e-Qualcomm. Ngemuva kwamahora ambalwa nje lezi zindaba, i-Intel imemezele ukuthi izolishiya ibhizinisi lemodemu ye-smartphone.
I-Apple ivamise ukuthola izinkampani noma amabhizinisi amancane kakhulu: isivumelwano se-Intel besingesesibili ngobukhulu ngemuva kokuthengwa kwayo kwe-Beats Electronics ngo-$3,2 billion ngo-2014. Vele, abasebenzi abasha, ukuthuthukiswa kanye namalungelo obunikazi kuzovumela i-Apple ukuthi izenzele amamodemu ayo e-5G. Izimbangi ezimbili ezinkulu zomhlaba zika-Apple, i-Samsung neHuawei, sezivele zinalo leli khono.
Ngonyaka odlule, Ulwazi lwabika ngemizamo ye-Apple yokwakha imodemu yayo, kodwa umdondoshiya weCupertino akazange ayivume ngokusemthethweni. NgoFebhuwari, abakwaReuters babike ukuthi i-Apple ihambise imizamo yayo yokuthuthukisa imodemu esigabeni esifanayo esidala izinhlelo ze-Apple A single-chip, okubonisa ukuthi inkampani yandisa imizamo yokudala amamodemu ayo.
Ukuthenga izimpahla ze-Intel kufanele kusize i-Apple isheshise izinhlelo zayo zemodemu. Umthombo wakwaReuters ubika ukuthi inkampani ihlela ukusebenzisa ama-chips e-Qualcomm emndenini we-iPhone kulo nyaka ukusekela i-5G, kodwa ihlela ukushintshela kuma-chips ayo emikhiqizweni eminingi ngo-2021. I-Intel ihlele ukukhipha imodemu ye-5G ngo-2020, ngakho-ke ukusebenzisa ukuthuthukiswa kwayo kufanele kusize i-Apple ukufeza izinhloso zayo.
Kodwa, ngokusho kwe-tipster efanayo, noma yikuphi ukushintshwa kwe-Qualcomm kuzokwenzeka ngezigaba: I-Apple ithatha indlela yokuqapha futhi ifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuthi imikhiqizo yayo izosebenza kuwo wonke amanethiwekhi nasemazweni lapho ithengiswa khona. Izixazululo ze-Qualcomm ziqinile ngokwesiko kule ndawo, ngakho-ke i-Apple kusazodingeka ishiye amamodemu esincintisana nawo kwamanye amadivayisi ayo. "U-Apple ufuna ngempela ukwenza ukulutheka into yesikhathi esedlule, kodwa futhi uyakuqonda ukuthi kufanele kwenziwe ngokuzibophezela," kusho ongaphakathi.
Omunye umakadebona embonini utshele izintatheli ukuthi isivumelwano selayisense se-Apple neQualcomm sizohlala eminye iminyaka eyisithupha, futhi isivumelwano sokuhlinzekwa kwe-chip esihambisana naso singahlala sisebenza ngaleso sikhathi. Ngokubona kwakhe, i-Apple izoqhubeka nokusebenzisa ama-Qualcomm chips kumamodeli ayo aphambili, futhi kwashibhile namadala izoshintshela ezixazululweni zayo.
Ekuthuthukisweni kwemodemu, kubikwa ukuthi i-Apple isebenzisane ne-Global Unichip yaseTaiwan, esekelwa yi-TSMC, kodwa umsebenzi usaqala. Lokhu, ngokusobala, kwakuyisizathu sesivumelwano neQualcomm futhi lokhu kwenze i-Apple yathola ibhizinisi le-Intel.
Isisetshenziswa esibaluleke kakhulu sedili le-Intel le-Apple kungenzeka kube amalungelo obunikazi. Ukuze uthengise i-iPhone ye-5G, inkampani idinga ukungena ezivumelwaneni nabaphathi abakhulu be-5G, okuhlanganisa i-Nokia, i-Ericsson, i-Huawei ne-Qualcomm. Ummeli welungelo lobunikazi u-Erick Robinson, owake wasebenza emnyangweni wamalayisensi wakwa-Qualcomm e-Asia, uthe amalungelo obunikazi anganikeza i-Apple izingxoxo ezinkulu ezingxoxweni zamalayisense: "Angicabangi ukuthi iphothifoliyo ye-Intel's wireless patent iqhathaniswa ne-Qualcomm, kodwa impela, inkulu ngokwanele kunomthelela ezindlekweni zokuthola amalayisense amaningi."
Source: 3dnews.ru