Philip Houska "Uma indaba enikeziwe ingangqubuzani nemithetho ye-physics, kusho ukuthi inzima, kodwa iyenzeka," isiqubulo somunye wabaphathi ababaluleke kakhulu be-Apple, okuyinto, nokho, okungakhulunywa ngayo kakhulu. U-Johny Srouji, ongumgqugquzeli wokuthuthukiswa kwama-chips akhe futhi obe yilungu labaphathi abaphezulu be-Apple kusukela ngoDisemba odlule, ungumuntu owenza ama-iPhones nama-iPads abe namanye ama-processor angcono kakhulu emhlabeni.
U-Johny Srouji, odabuka kwa-Israel, uyisekela likamongameli omkhulu wakwa-Apple kwezobuchwepheshe behadiwe, futhi agxile kakhulu kumaphrosesa yena nethimba lakhe abawathuthukisayo ama-iPhones, ama-iPads, futhi manje osenzelwe i-Watch ne-Apple TV. Impela akayena umuntu osanda kungena kulo mkhakha, okufakazelwa wukuba khona kwakhe e-Intel, lapho alibangise khona ngo-1993, eshiya i-IBM (aphinde wabuyela kuyo ngo-2005), lapho asebenza khona ezinhlelweni ezihlukaniselwe abantu. Kwa-Intel, noma kunalokho endaweni yaselabhorethri yenkampani edolobheni lakubo e-Haifa, wayephethe izindlela zokudala ezazihlola amandla amamodeli we-semiconductor esebenzisa ukulingisa okuthile.
USrouji ujoyine ngokusemthethweni i-Apple ngo-2008, kodwa sidinga ukubheka phambili emlandweni. Isihluthulelo kwaba ukwethulwa kwe-iPhone yokuqala ngo-2007. Lowo owayengu-CEO ngaleso sikhathi uSteve Jobs wayazi ukuthi isizukulwane sokuqala sinezimpukane eziningi, eziningi zazo ngenxa yeprosesa ebuthakathaka kanye nokuhlanganiswa kwezingxenye ezivela kubahlinzeki abahlukahlukene.
"USteve ufinyelele esiphethweni sokuthi okuwukuphela kwendlela yokwenza umshini oyingqayizivele futhi omuhle ngempela ukwenza eyakhe i-silicon semiconductor," kusho uSrouji engxoxweni no. Bloomberg. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho uSrouji efika kancane endaweni yesigameko. U-Bob Mansfield, inhloko yazo zonke i-hardware ngaleso sikhathi, wabona i-Israel enekhono futhi wamthembisa ithuba lokudala umkhiqizo omusha kusukela phansi. Ezwa lokhu, uSrouji washiya i-IBM.
Ithimba lonjiniyela elajoyina uSrouji ngo-2008 lalinamalungu angama-40 kuphela ngesikhathi lijoyina. Ezinye izisebenzi eziyi-150, umsebenzi wazo kwakuwukudala ama-chips ahlanganisiwe, zatholwa ngo-Ephreli wonyaka ofanayo ngemuva kokuthi i-Apple ithenge isiqalo esisebenzisana namamodeli wezomnotho wezinhlelo ze-semiconductor, i-PA Semi. Lokhu kutholwa bekubalulekile futhi kumake kusengaphambili okubonakalayo kwesigaba "se-chip" ngaphansi komyalo ka-Srouji. Phakathi kokunye, lokhu kubonakale ngokuqiniswa ngokushesha kokuxhumana phakathi kweminyango eyahlukene, kusukela kubahleli bezinhlelo zesoftware kuya kubaklami bezimboni.
Umzuzu wokuqala obalulekile ku-Srouji nethimba lakhe kwaba ukuqaliswa kwe-chip ye-ARM eguquliwe esizukulwaneni sokuqala se-iPad ne-iPhone 4 ngo-2010. I-chip ebhalwe ukuthi A4 yaba ngeyokuqala ukuphatha izimfuno zesibonisi se-Retina, i-iPhone 4 eyayinayo. Kusukela lapho, inani lama-chip "A" lihlala likhula futhi lithuthuka ngokuphawulekayo.
Unyaka ka-2012 nawo ubuyisizinda kuleli phuzu lokubuka, lapho uSrouji, ngosizo lonjiniyela bakhe, edala ama-chips athile e-A5X kanye ne-A6X esizukulwane sesithathu se-iPad. Ngenxa yohlobo oluthuthukisiwe lwama-chips avela kuma-iPhone, isibonisi se-Retina sikwazile nokungena kuma-apula amaphilisi, futhi ngemva kwalokho umncintiswano waqala ukuba nentshisekelo kumaphrosesa akwa-Apple. I-Apple nakanjani yasula wonke amehlo ngemva konyaka, ngo-2013, lapho ikhombisa inguqulo ye-64-bit ye-chip ye-A7, into eyayingakaze izwakale kumadivayisi eselula ngaleso sikhathi, njengoba amabhithi angu-32 ayejwayelekile.
Ngenxa yeprosesa engu-64-bit, uSrouji nozakwabo babe nethuba lokuqalisa imisebenzi efana ne-Touch ID futhi kamuva ne-Apple Pay ku-iPhone, futhi kwaba wushintsho olubalulekile kubathuthukisi abangakha imidlalo nezinhlelo zokusebenza ezingcono nezishelelayo.
Umsebenzi wesigaba sikaSrouji ubulokhu uthandeka kusukela ekuqaleni, ngoba ngenkathi iningi labaqhudelana nalo lithembele ezingxenyeni zezinkampani zangaphandle, i-Apple yabona eminyakeni edlule ukuthi kungasebenza kahle kakhulu ukuqala ukuklama ama-chips ayo. Kungakho banenye yelabhorethri engcono kakhulu futhi ethuthuke kakhulu yokuthuthukiswa kwama-silicon semiconductors e-Apple, lapho ngisho nezimbangi ezinkulu, i-Qualcomm ne-Intel, ingabheka ngokuncoma futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ngokukhathazeka.
Mhlawumbe umsebenzi onzima kakhulu ngesikhathi sakhe e-Cupertino, nokho, wanikezwa uJohny Srouji ngonyaka odlule. I-Apple yayisizokhipha i-iPad Pro enkulu, isengezo esisha ohlwini lwethebhulethi yayo, kodwa yabambezeleka. Amacebo okukhulula i-iPad Pro entwasahlobo ka-2015 awaphumelelanga ngoba isofthiwe, ihadiwe, kanye nesesekeli sePencil esizayo besingakalungi. Ezigabeni eziningi, lokhu kwakusho isikhathi esengeziwe somsebenzi wabo we-iPad Pro, kodwa ku-Srouji, kwakusho okuphambene - ithimba lakhe laqala umjaho ngesikhathi.
Uhlelo lwangempela lwaluwukuthi i-iPad Pro izofika emakethe entwasahlobo ine-chip ye-A8X, eyayine-iPad Air 2 futhi ngaleso sikhathi eyayinamandla kunawo wonke okunikezwa yi-Apple. Kepha lapho ukukhishwa kuthuthela ekwindla, i-iPad Pro yahlangana enkulumweni eyinhloko nama-iPhones amasha kanjalo nesizukulwane esisha samaphrosesa. Futhi lokho kwakuyinkinga, ngoba ngaleso sikhathi i-Apple yayingenakukwazi ukuqhamuka neprosesa enonyaka ubudala ye-iPad yayo enkulu, eyayiqondise kumkhakha wezinkampani kanye nabasebenzisi abafuna ngamandla.
Engxenyeni nje yonyaka - ngemodi ebucayi - onjiniyela abangaphansi kobuholi buka-Srouji bakha iphrosesa ye-A9X, ngenxa yokuthi bakwazi ukulingana namaphikseli ayizigidi ezingu-5,6 esikrinini esicishe sibe i-intshi eyishumi nantathu se-iPad Pro. Ngemizamo yakhe nokuzimisela, u-Johny Srouji waklonyeliswa ngokuphana okukhulu ngoDisemba odlule. Endimeni yephini likamongameli ophezulu wobuchwepheshe behadiwe, ufinyelele abaphathi abaphezulu be-Apple futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo wathola amasheya enkampani angu-90. Okwe-Apple yanamuhla, engenayo imali ecishe ibe ngamaphesenti angama-70 kuma-iPhones, amakhono kaSrouji abalulekile.
