Ondrej Holzman Apple ngempelasonto yokuqala kudayiswe imali ehloniphekile engu-13 million yama-iPhones amasha i-6S ne-6S Plus, futhi mhlawumbe ukuze akwazi ukwanelisa isidingo esikhulu kangaka, wabheja abakhiqizi ababili ekukhiqizeni ama-chips akhe. Kodwa-ke, amaphrosesa avela ku-Samsung ne-TSMC awafani.
I-Chipworks iqhamuke nokuqonda okuthakazelisa kakhulu ngaphansi Ukuhlolwa okuningiliziwe kwama-chips e-A9. Bathole ukuthi akuwona wonke ama-iPhone 6S anamaphrosesa afanayo. I-Apple ine-chip yayo eyakhiwe ngokwayo ekhiqizwa abahlinzeki ababili - i-Samsung ne-TSMC.
Ezingxenyeni ezibalulekile njengama-chips wama-iPhone ngokungangabazeki, i-Apple imvamisa ukubheja kumphakeli oyedwa ngoba yenza kube lula lonke uchungechunge lokukhiqiza. Iqiniso lokuthi ukhethe kokubili i-Samsung ne-TSMC kulo nyaka kufakazela ukuthi uma oyedwa kuphela wabo enza ama-chips akhe, kungaba nenkinga enkulu ngempahla, okungenani ekuqaleni.
Okuthakazelisa nakakhulu ukuthi ama-chips avela ku-Samsung ne-TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor) ahlukile. Evela ku-Samsung (emakwe ngokuthi APL0898) incane ngamaphesenti ayishumi kunaleyo ehlinzekwe yi-TSMC (APL1022). Isizathu silula: AbakwaSamsung basebenzisa inqubo yokukhiqiza eyi-14nm, kuyilapho i-TSMC isathembele kubuchwepheshe be-16nm.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, lesi yisiqiniseko sokuqala esibambekayo sokuthi ukuhlukana phakathi kwabahlinzeki ababili, okuye kwacatshangwa izinyanga, kwenzeke ngempela, futhi kubheka ukuthi izinqubo ezahlukene zokukhiqiza zingathinta yini ukusebenza. I-Chipworks isahlola womabili ama-chips, nokho, kuwumthetho ukuthi inqubo yokukhiqiza incane, sinciphisa isidingo seprosesa kubhethri.
Kodwa-ke, esimweni sama-chips amanje, umehluko kufanele ungabi nalutho. I-Apple ayikwazi ukukhokhela amafoni ayo nezingxenye ezahlukene ezenza amadivaysi afanayo aziphathe ngendlela ehlukile.
