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I-Apple iyashesha. Lokhu okungenani kuboniswa yiqiniso lokuthi kulekwindla kufanele ethule isizukulwane esilandelayo se-chip yomndeni wakwa-M, ayifake kumakhompyutha e-Mac kanye namathebulethi e-iPad. Kodwa akusheshi kakhulu? 

I-Apple Silicon chips yethulwa yinkampani ngo-2020, lapho amamodeli okuqala ane-M1 chip efika emakethe ekwindla. Kusukela lapho, isizukulwane esisha besisikhombisa cishe unyaka nesigamu sihlukene. Sithole ama-M3, M3 Pro kanye ne-M3 Max chips ekwindla edlule, lapho i-Apple iwafaka ku-MacBook Pro ne-iMac, futhi kulo nyaka iMacBook Air nayo yayithola. Ngokuvumelana ne UMark Gurman weBloomberg kodwa imishini yokuqala ene-chip ye-M4 izofika kulo nyaka, futhi ekwindla, okungukuthi nje unyaka ngemva kwesizukulwane esedlule. 

Umhlaba wama-chips uya phambili ngesivinini esimangalisayo, futhi kubonakala sengathi i-Apple ifuna ukusizakala ngawo. Uma sibheka emuva eminyakeni edlule, i-Apple yethula imodeli entsha yeMacBook Pro njalo ngonyaka. Emlandweni wanamuhla, obhalwe enkampanini selokhu kwethulwa i-iPhone yokuqala, i.e. ngo-2007, siye sabona ukuthuthukiswa komugqa wekhompiyutha we-Apple minyaka yonke, ngonyaka owedlule kwenzeka kabili. 

Kepha kube nesiphambano esincane nama-Intel processors ngoba i-Apple yayivame ukugxekwa ngokufaka ama-chip amadala kunalawo angatholwa yimishini. Ngo-2014 kwakuyi-Haswell, ngo-2017 i-Kaby Lake, ngo-2018 i-Intel chip yesizukulwane sesi-8, kwathi ngo-2019 isizukulwane sesi-9. Manje i-Apple isingumphathi wayo futhi ingenza noma yini eyifunayo ngama-chips ayo. Futhi kuyakhokha, ngoba ukuthengiswa kwe-Mac kuyaqhubeka nokukhula.

Umthengisi wekhompyutha wesine ngobukhulu

Ngokumaketha kwayo, i-Apple cishe ifuna ukushaya ukuncintisana kwayo nalesi sigaba semakethe, ukuze ikhule futhi yehlule imikhiqizo ephambi kwayo. Lawa ngoDell, HP noLenovo, abusa ingxenye. Yayinama-1% emakethe ku-Q2024 23. I-Apple yenza ama-8,1%. Kodwa ikhule kakhulu, ikakhulukazi ngo-14,6% unyaka nonyaka. Kodwa kuyabonakala ukuthi kukhona ukuthutheleka kwamakhasimende amasha. Ngendlela anamandla ngayo ama-chips amanje we-M-series, asikho isidingo sokuwashintsha njalo, futhi nanamuhla ungagaya ngenjabulo ku-chip ye-1 M2020 ngaphandle kokubanjwa - okungukuthi, ngaphandle uma usebenzisa izinhlelo zokusebenza ezifuna ngempela futhi awuyena umdlali oshisekayo okuyiwo wonke ama-transistor ku-chip. 

Abasebenzisi bekhompyutha abawashintshi amakhompyutha njalo ngonyaka, hhayi njalo kabili, futhi mhlawumbe awashintshi ngisho namathathu. Kuyisimo esihlukile esijwayele ukusisebenzisa ngama-iPhones. Okuxakayo ukuthi lezi zibiza kakhulu kunamakhompyutha ngokwawo, kodwa siyakwazi ukuwashintsha ngesikhathi esifushane ngenxa yezakhiwo zawo. Ngokuqinisekile asitsheli i-Apple ukuthi yehlise ijubane. Ukubona ijubane lakhe kuyamangalisa, futhi vele sibheke ngabomvu kukho konke okungeziwe okusha kuphothifoliyo.

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