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I-Apple izokwethula i-iPad entsha ngonyaka ozayo ezoba neprosesa esekelwe kunqubo entsha ye-TSMC yokukhiqiza ama-chip ama-nanometer ama-3. Okungenani lokho ngokombiko omusha wenkampani I-Nikkei Asia. Ngokusho kwe-TSMC, ubuchwepheshe be-3nm bungakhuphula ukusebenza komsebenzi onikeziwe ngo-10 kuya ku-15% uma kuqhathaniswa nobuchwepheshe be-5nm, kuyilapho kunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamandla ngo-25 kuya ku-30%. 

“I-Apple ne-Intel bahlola imiklamo yabo ye-chip besebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bokukhiqiza be-TSMC obunama-nanometer ama-3. Ukukhiqizwa kwezentengiselwano kwalawa ma-chips kufanele kuqale engxenyeni yesibili yonyaka ozayo. I-iPad ye-Apple kungenzeka ibe idivayisi yokuqala enikwa amandla amaphrosesa enziwe kusetshenziswa ubuchwepheshe be-3nm. Isizukulwane esilandelayo sama-iPhone azophuma ngonyaka ozayo kulindeleke ukuthi sisebenzise ubuchwepheshe be-4nm transition ngenxa yokuhlela,” kubikwe nguNikkei Asia.

I-Apple A15 chip

Uma umbiko unembile, kuzobe kungokwesibili eminyakeni yamuva nje ukuthi i-Apple ikhiphe ubuchwepheshe obusha be-chip ku-iPad ngaphambi kokubusebenzisa kuma-smartphones ayo aphambili, ama-iPhones. Le nkampani isebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bakamuva be-5-nanometer chip ku-iPad Air yamanje, eyethulwe ngoSepthemba 2020, nethebhulethi ifakwe i-6-core A14 Bionic chip.

Manje ngisho neMacBook Air ejwayelekile ingakwazi ukuphatha kalula imidlalo yokudlala (bona ukuhlolwa kwethu):

Kodwa i-Apple ngokuvamile ayisebenzisi ubuchwepheshe obusha be-chip ku-iPad ngaphambi kokwethulwa kwayo ku-iPhone. Lokhu kwenzeke ngonyaka odlule, kodwa kwakungenxa yokubambezeleka kokukhishwa kwamamodeli we-iPhone 12, afaka ne-chip efanayo ye-A14 Bionic. I-chip ye-M1, esetshenziswa hhayi kuphela kuma-Apple Silicon Macs kodwa naku-iPad Pro (2021), isekelwe ekwakhiweni okufanayo kwe-5nm.

Ukuthi i-Apple izokhipha ubuchwepheshe besizukulwane esilandelayo be-chip ye-3nm ku-iPad Air noma i-iPad Pro akucaci, nakuba isikhathi sibonakala sivuna i-iPad Pro. I-Apple ivamise ukuyibuyekeza njalo ezinyangeni eziyi-12 kuye kweziyi-18, okungenzeka nje engxenyeni yesibili ka-2022. Lokhu futhi kusekelwa yiqiniso lokuthi kufanele silindele i-iPad Air enesibonisi se-OLED kakade ekuqaleni kuka-2022, njengoba ukukhiqizwa kwayo kufanele kuqale ngekota yesi-4 yalo nyaka.

I-iPhone 13 Pro (umqondo):

Ngokuqondene ne-Apple iPhone 13, okulindeleke ukuthi iqale ekuqaleni kukaSepthemba/Okthoba kulo nyaka, i-Apple izosebenzisa i-5nm+ A15 chip kuyo. Inqubo ye-5nm+, i-TSMC ebhekisela kuyo ngokuthi i-N5P, "inguqulo ethuthukisiwe yokusebenza" yenqubo yayo engu-5nm. Lokhu kuzoletha intuthuko eyengeziwe ekusebenzeni kahle kwamandla futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, nokusebenza. Ngakho-ke, uma uhlanganisa lonke lolu lwazi, kuvela ukuthi i-chip ye-A16, ezofakwa kuma-iPhones ka-2022, izokwenziwa ngokususelwa kunqubo ye-TSMC yenguquko ye-4nm.

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