UMikhal Marek Ngaphakathi izinguquko zenhlangano ezakhiweni ze-Apple UJohny Srouji ungene kubaphathi abaphezulu benkampani. Usanda kuba yinhloko yobuchwepheshe behadiwe, futhi uma sibheka i-biography yakhe, sizothola ukuthi uTim Cook wayenesizathu esizwakalayo sokumkhuthaza. U-Srouji ubengemuva kwemikhiqizo emibili ebaluleke kakhulu ye-Apple eminyakeni yamuva nje. Ubambe iqhaza ekwakhiweni kwamaphrosesa akhe ochungechungeni A waphinde waba nesandla ekuthuthukisweni kwenzwa yezigxivizo zeminwe ye-Touch ID.
USrouji, um-Arab wase-Israel wasedolobheni lase-Haifa, uthole zombili iziqu zakhe ze-master's eMnyangweni Wesayensi Yekhompyutha waseNyuvesi. Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Ngaphambi kokujoyina i-Apple, uJohny Srouji wasebenza e-Intel nase-IBM. Wasebenza njengomphathi esikhungweni sokuklama sakwa-Israel somkhiqizi owaziwayo wamaprosesa. Kwa-IBM, wabe esehola ukuthuthukiswa kweyunithi yeprosesa ye-Power 7.
Ngenkathi u-Srouji eqala e-Cupertino, wayengumqondisi wesigaba esibhekene nama-chips eselula kanye "nokuhlanganiswa okukhulu-okukhulu kakhulu" (VLSI). Kulesi sikhundla, wabamba iqhaza ekuthuthukisweni kweprosesa yakhe ye-A4, ephawule ushintsho olubaluleke kakhulu kuma-iPhones nama-iPads azayo. I-chip yaqala ukubonakala ngo-2010 ku-iPad futhi ibone ukuthuthuka okuningi kusukela lapho. Iphrosesa kancane kancane yaba namandla futhi kuze kube manje impumelelo enkulu yalo mnyango okhethekile we-Apple Iprosesa ye-A9X, okufezayo "ukusebenza kwedeskithophu". I-chip ye-A9X i-Apple eyisebenzisa ku-iPad Pro.
U-Srouji uphinde wabamba iqhaza ekuthuthukisweni kwenzwa ye-Touch ID, okwenze kwaba nokwenzeka ukuvula ifoni kusetshenziswa izigxivizo zeminwe. Ubuchwepheshe baqala ukuvela kuma-iPhone 5s ngo-2013. Ubuchwepheshe nokufaneleka kuka-Srouji akugcini lapha futhi. Ngokolwazi olushicilelwe yi-Apple mayelana nomqondisi wayo omusha, i-Srouji iphinde ibambe iqhaza ekuthuthukiseni izixazululo zayo emkhakheni wamabhethri, izinkumbulo nezibonisi enkampanini.
Ukukhushulelwa kumqondisi wobuchwepheshe bezingxenyekazi zekhompiyutha kubeka uSrouji ngokulingana no-Dan Ricci, ophethe isikhundla somqondisi wobunjiniyela behadiwe enkampanini. U-Riccio ube ne-Apple kusukela ngo-1998 futhi okwamanje uhola amaqembu onjiniyela abasebenza ku-Mac, iPhone, iPad ne-iPod.
Eminyakeni yamuva, omunye unjiniyela wehadiwe, uBob Mansfield, uhole amaqembu asebenza ezingxenyeni ze-semiconductor. Kodwa ngo-2013, wahlehla kancane waba ngasese, lapho eshiya iqembu "amaphrojekthi akhethekile". Kodwa iMansfield ngokuqinisekile ayizange ilahlekelwe ukuhlonishwa kwayo. Le ndoda iyaqhubeka nokuvuma kuphela kuTim Cook.
Ukunyuselwa kuka-Srouji esikhundleni esinjalo kufakazela ukuthi kubaluleke kangakanani ukuthi i-Apple izenzele ezayo izixazululo nezingxenye zayo zehadiwe. Ngenxa yalokho, i-Apple inesikhala esengeziwe sokuqanjwa kabusha esifanelana nemikhiqizo yayo futhi inethuba elingcono lokubalekela izimbangi zayo. Ngokungeziwe kuma-chips ochungechungeni lwe-A, i-Apple futhi ithuthukisa ama-coprocessors ayonga amandla ochungechunge lwe-M kanye nama-S chips akhethekile adalelwe i-Apple Watch ngqo.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, kusanda kuba namahemuhemu okuthi i-Apple kungenzeka ngokuzayo futhi zinikeza ama-chips ezithombe zangokwezifiso, okungaba yingxenye yama-chip "A". Manje eCupertino basebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-PowerVR obushintshwe kancane obuvela ku-Imagination Technologies. Kepha uma i-Apple ikwazile ukwengeza i-GPU yayo kuma-chips ayo, ingacindezela ukusebenza kwamadivayisi ayo phezulu kakhulu. Ngokombono, i-Apple ingenza ngaphandle kwamaphrosesa avela ku-Intel, futhi ama-Macs azayo anganikwa amandla ama-chips awo anezakhiwo ze-ARM, ezinganikeza ukusebenza okwanele, ubukhulu obuhlangene kanye nokusetshenziswa kwamandla okuphansi.
