Njengoba izintatheli ze-CNET zibika, zicaphuna izimpimpi zabo, omunye wonjiniyela abakhulu be-semiconductor be-Apple uyishiyile inkampani, yize izifiso zika-Apple zokuklama ama-chips e-iPhone ziqhubeka nokukhula. UGerard Williams III, umqondisi omkhulu wezokwakha yesikhulumi, ushiye ngoFebhuwari ngemuva kweminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye esebenzela umdondoshiya weCupertino.
Nakuba engaziwa kabanzi ngaphandle kwe-Apple, uMnu. Williams uhole ekuthuthukisweni kwawo wonke ama-SoCs aphathelene ne-Apple, kusukela ku-A7 (i-chip yokuqala ye-ARM engu-64-bit etholakala ngokuthengiswa emhlabeni) kuya ku-A12X Bionic esetshenziswa kumathebulethi akamuva e-Apple e-Apple. U-Apple uthi lolu hlelo lwakamuva lwe-single-chip lenza i-iPad isheshe kunama-92% amakhompyutha omuntu siqu omhlaba.
Eminyakeni yamuva nje, izibopho zikaGerard Williams zedlulele ngale kokuhola ukuthuthukiswa kwama-CPU cores ama-Apple chips - wayenesibopho sokubeka amabhlogo ezinhlelweni ze-single-chip zenkampani. Amaphrosesa esimanje eselula ahlanganisa ku-chip eyodwa amayunithi ekhompiyutha amaningi ahlukene (i-CPU, i-GPU, i-neuromodule, iphrosesa yesignali, njll.), amamodemu, okokufaka/okuphumayo kanye nezinhlelo zokuphepha.
Ukuhamba kochwepheshe onjalo kuwukulahlekelwa okukhulu kwe-Apple. Umsebenzi wakhe cishe uzosetshenziswa kuma-Apple processors isikhathi eside, ngoba uGerard Williams ubhalwe njengombhali wamalungelo obunikazi angaphezu kwama-60 we-Apple. Okunye kwalokhu kuhlobene nokuphathwa kwamandla, ukucindezelwa kwenkumbulo, kanye nobuchwepheshe beprosesa obunama-multi-core. UMnu. Williams uyayishiya inkampani njengoba i-Apple iqinisa imizamo yayo yokwakha izingxenye ezintsha zasendlini kanye nokuqasha inqwaba yonjiniyela emhlabeni jikelele. Ngokusho kwamahemuhemu akamuva, i-Apple isebenza ngama-accelerator ayo ezithombe, amamodemu amaselula e-5G namayunithi okuphatha amandla.
Ngo-2010, i-Apple yethula i-chip yayo yokuqala yobunikazi ngendlela ye-A4. Kusukela lapho, inkampani ikhiphe ama-A-series processors amasha njalo ngonyaka, futhi kubikwa ukuthi ihlela ukusebenzisa ama-chips ayo kumakhompyutha we-Mac kusukela ngo-2020. Isinqumo se-Apple sokuthuthukisa amaphrosesa asekuqaleni siyinikeze ukulawula okwengeziwe kumadivayisi ayo futhi sayivumela ukuthi ihlukanise nezimbangi zayo.
Sekuyiminyaka, inkampani idale ama-chips ayo e-iPhone ne-iPad kuphela, kodwa muva nje ibilokhu ithatha izinyathelo zokwenza izingxenye ezengeziwe endlini. Isibonelo, inkampani ithuthukise i-chip yayo ye-Bluetooth enika amandla ihedisethi engenantambo ye-AirPods, kanye nama-chips okuvikela agcina izigxivizo zeminwe nenye idatha kuma-MacBooks.
UGerard Williams akayena unjiniyela wokuqala ovelele wakwa-Apple ukushiya ibhizinisi le-chip ngokwezifiso eliholwa nguJohny Srouji. Isibonelo, eminyakeni emibili edlule, umakhi we-Apple SoC u-Manu Gulati wathutha, kanye nabanye onjiniyela, endaweni efanayo kwa-Google. Ngemuva kokuthi uGulati eshiye i-Apple, uWilliams wathatha indima yokwengamela jikelele kwezakhiwo ze-SoC. Ngaphambi kokujoyina i-Apple ngo-2010, uWilliams wasebenza iminyaka eyi-12 kwa-ARM, inkampani emiklamo yayo esetshenziswa cishe kuwo wonke amaphrosesa eselula. Akakakathutheli kunoma iyiphi inkampani entsha.
Source: 3dnews.ru