Vala isikhangiso

Ama-A-series processors anika amandla ama-iPads, okuhlanganisa imodeli ye-A8X ku-iPad Air 2 yakamuva, abiza i-Intel izigidigidi zamadola ekulahlekelweni kwezimali futhi anezela osizini lwezinkampani ezifana ne-Qualcomm, Samsung ne-Nvidia. Imakethe yethebhulethi ibaluleke kakhulu kulezi zinkampani, futhi i-Apple idala imibimbi eqinile kubo ngezenzo zayo.

Ngenkathi i-Apple yethula i-iPad yokuqala ngo-2010, kwaba namahemuhemu okubambisana ne-Intel kanye nephrosesa yayo yeselula ye-x86, ebizwa ngokuthi i-Silverthorne, kamuva eyaba yi-Atom. Nokho, esikhundleni se-iPad ene-Intel processor, uSteve Jobs wethula i-A4, iphrosesa ye-ARM elungiswe ngokuqondile yi-Apple.

Ngonyaka wayo wokuqala, i-iPad yacishe yawuqeda kalula ukuncintisana ngendlela ye-Microsoft Windows Tablet PC. Ngemva konyaka, i-iPad 2 yabhekana nezimbangi ezifana ne-HP TouchPad ene-WebOS, i-BlackBerry PlayBook kanye nenani lamathebulethi asebenza ku-Android 3.0 OS, njenge-Motorola Xoom. Ekupheleni kuka-2011, i-Amazon yenza umzamo oyize nge-Kindle Fire yayo. Ngo-2012, iMicrosoft yethula i-Surface RT yayo, futhi ngaphandle kwempumelelo enkulu.

Selokhu kwethulwa i-Surface RT, i-Apple ibidayisa ama-iPads ngenani elihloniphekile lamayunithi ayizigidi ezingu-70 ngonyaka, okwenza ingxenye enkulu yemakethe yamathebulethi. Kodwa-ke, i-Apple ayinqobi kuphela i-Samsung, i-Palm, i-HP, i-BlackBerry, i-Google, i-Amazon ne-Microsoft njengomkhiqizi wamathebhulethi, kodwa nezinkampani ezikhiqiza ama-chips anika amandla amaphilisi ezinkampani ezishiwo.

Abahluliwe emazingeni abenzi bama-chip

Intel

Ngokungangabazeki, abathinteka kakhulu yi-Intel, engazange nje ithole ibhizinisi elinenzuzo yokukhiqiza ama-processor we-iPads, kodwa futhi yaqala ukulahlekelwa kakhulu emkhakheni we-netbooks, ukwehla kwawo okwakubangelwa i-iPad. I-Apple ibulale ngokuphelele imakethe ye-Ultra-mobile PC ngamadivayisi afana ne-Celeron M-powered Samsung Q1 Ukukhula embonini ye-Intel elawulwa yi-Intel kumile futhi yehla kancane. Kuze kube manje, akukho okukhombisa ukuthi i-Intel kufanele yenze okubi kakhulu, kunoma yikuphi, iphuthelwe isitimela kumadivayisi eselula.

Texas Instruments

Ama-chips enkampani e-OMAP anike amandla i-BlackBerry PlayBook, i-Amazon Kindle Fire, i-Motorola Xyboard kanye namamodeli ambalwa e-Galaxy avela kwa-Samsung. U-Apple ubadlule bonke nge-iPad. Nakuba ama-chips e-OMAP ayengenacala ngokuqondile, amadivaysi asebenza kuwo ahlulekile ukuncintisana ngempumelelo ne-iPad esebenzisa i-iOS, ngakho-ke i-Texas Instruments yakushiya ngokuphelele ukukhiqizwa kwamaphrosesa e-electronics abathengi.

I-Nvidia

Ubani ongamazi umkhiqizi wamakhadi wezithombe. Ngazi abantu abaningi abake bakhetha inhlanganisela ye-Intel processor kanye ne-Nvidia "ihluzo" kudeskithophu yabo. Kubonakala sengathi uNvidia uzolandela ezinyathelweni ze-Intel emkhakheni weselula. I-Tegra yokuqala yafakwa emishinini ye-Microsoft ehlulekile ye-Zune HD ne-KIN, i-Tegra 2 ku-Xoom yakwaMotorola, kanye ne-Tegra 3 kanye ne-4 ku-Surface ye-Microsoft.

I-chip yesizukulwane sakamuva esivela ku-Nvidia ibizwa ngokuthi i-K1 futhi ngeke uyithole ku-Google Nexus 9 entsha. Iyi-chip yokuqala ye-ARM engu-64-bit ekwazi ukusebenza ngaphansi kwe-Android OS, futhi iqukethe ama-ALU angu-192. Kodwa-ke, ngaphambi kokuthi i-K1 ithengiswe ku-Nexus 9, i-Apple yethule i-iPad Air 2 nge-A8X equkethe ama-ALU angama-256. I-A8X ishaya i-K1 ekusebenzeni nasekusetshenzisweni okuphansi. I-Nvidia isivele ilahlile omakhalekhukhwini, ingase futhi ilahle amaphilisi.

Qualcomm

Uke wezwa nge-HP TouchPad ne-Nokia Lumia 2520 ngaphandle kwalapho bethulwa? Uma kungenjalo, akunandaba - ithebhulethi yokuqala okukhulunywe ngayo yathengiswa ngo-2011 izinyanga ezintathu kuphela, kanti eyesibili ayiphumelelanga kakhulu. Ngenkathi i-iPad enama-A-series processors ithathe isikhundla esiphezulu ngamanani ayo, i-Qualcomm yasala nemakethe yamathebulethi asezingeni eliphansi, ikakhulukazi amaphilisi aseShayina, lapho amamajini amancane.

I-Qualcomm ihlinzeka ngama-Snapdragon processors kwamanye amafoni namathebulethi e-4G akwa-Samsung, kodwa abakwaSamsung bahlanganisa ama-Exynos ayo, nakuba ahamba kancane, amamodeli e-Wi-Fi. Le nkampani iyaqhubeka nokuhlinzeka i-Apple ngama-chips e-MDM okuphatha i-antenna kuma-iPhones we-4G nama-iPads, kodwa cishe kuyindaba yesikhathi ngaphambi kokuba i-Apple yakhe lokhu kusebenza ngokuqondile kumaphrosesa ayo ochungechunge lwe-A, njengoba nje i-Intel, i-Nvidia ne-Samsung sezivele zenzile.

Njengoba i-Qualcomm ingenakho okuningi engadayisela i-Snapdragon, singaphikisana kuphela ngokuthi izozama yini ukwakha iphrosesa entsha engaqhudelana ne-Apple A8X ukuze inikeze abakhiqizi abahamba phambili. Uma lokhu kungenzeki, i-Qualcomm izohlala nama-processor amaphilisi ashibhile, noma amanye ama-semiconductors adingekayo kumakhompyutha namadivayisi eselula.

Evalelisa ku-Samsung

Ngaphambi kuka-2010, wonke ama-iPhone ne-iPod touch processors akhiqizwa futhi ahlinzekwa ngabakwaSamsung. Wonke amakhasimende akwa-Samsung ahlomula ngokuhlinzekwa kwama-ARM processors, kanye ne-Samsung ngokwayo. Kodwa-ke, lokhu kwashintsha lapho kufika i-A4, njengoba yaklanywa i-Apple futhi "kuphela" eyenziwa ngabakwaSamsung. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ingxenye yomkhiqizo yathathwa yi-TSMC, ngaleyo ndlela yehlisa ukuncika ku-Samsung. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abantu baseNingizimu Korea bayaphuthaza ngokwethulwa kweprosesa ye-ARM engu-64-bit engaqhudelana ne-A7 ne-A8. Okwamanje, i-Samsung isebenzisa i-ARM ngaphandle komklamo wayo, okubangela ukusebenza kahle nokusebenza kancane uma kuqhathaniswa nomklamo we-Apple.

Enye indlela ye-Intel

Izigidigidi zamarandi ezitholwe ekuthengisweni kwama-iPads nama-iPhones asebenza kuma-A-series processors avumele i-Apple ukuthi itshale imali eningi ekuthuthukisweni kwama-chips obunikazi esizukulwane esilandelayo asondela kumakhompyutha angabizi kakhulu ngokusebenza kwawo kwekhompuyutha nokusebenza kwezithombe. Uma kuqhathaniswa nazo, nokho, zingakhiqizwa ngokushibhile futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo zinikeze ukuphathwa kwamandla okungcono.

Lokhu kuwusongo ku-Intel ngoba ama-Mac akhombisa ukuthengisa okuhle kakhulu. Ngolunye usuku i-Apple ingase inqume ukuthi isikulungele ukuzenzela amaphrosesa anamandla amakhompyutha ayo. Ngisho noma lokhu kungafanele kwenzeke eminyakeni ezayo, i-Intel ibhekene nengozi yokwethula uhlobo olusha ngokuphelele lwedivayisi i-Apple engayihlomisa ngamaphrosesa ayo. Amadivayisi we-iOS kanye ne-Apple TV cishe yizibonelo ezinhle kakhulu.

Umkhiqizo olandelayo we-Apple - i-Watch - kulindeleke ukuthi uqukathe i-chip yawo ebizwa ngokuthi i-S1. Futhi, yayingekho indawo ye-Intel. Ngokunjalo, abanye abakhiqizi bewashi elihlakaniphile basebenzisa ama-ARM processors, nokho, ngenxa yokusetshenziswa komklamo ojwayelekile, abasoze baba namandla njengawo. Nalapha, i-Apple iyakwazi ukuxhasa ngezimali ukuthuthukiswa kweprosesa yayo, ezoba namandla kakhulu kunomncintiswano futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ishibhile ukuyikhiqiza.

I-Apple inendlela ephumelelayo yokusebenzisa idizayini yayo yeprosesa yobunikazi ukuze igxumeke emncintiswaneni. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, le nqubo ayikwazi ukukopishwa nganoma iyiphi indlela, okungenani ngaphandle kwesamba esikhulu semali. Ngakho-ke abanye balwela "ushintsho oluncane" engxenyeni esezingeni eliphansi, kuyilapho i-Apple ingakwazi ukuzuza emaphethelweni amakhulu ekugcineni, ephinde itshale ekuthuthukisweni.

Umthombo: Apple Insider
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