Adam Kos Njengoba isikhathi siqhubeka, imininingwane yokuthi i-Apple izoyenza kanjani imodemu yayo ye-5G iya ngokuya iba namandla. Phela, amahlebezi okuqala mayelana nokuhamba kwakhe aziwa kusukela ngo-2018, lapho i-5G isanda kwethulwa. Kodwa ngokuncintisana engqondweni, kungaba isinyathelo esinengqondo, futhi i-Apple eyodwa kufanele ithathe ngokushesha kunokuba kamuva.
Inkomba yokuthi i-Apple izokhiqiza okuthile iyadukisa impela. Endabeni yakhe, uzokhetha ukuklama imodemu ye-5G, kodwa ngokomzimba cishe izokwakhelwa yena yi-TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), okungenani ngokusho kombiko. I-Nikkei Asia. Ubalula ukuthi imodemu izophinde yenziwe ngobuchwepheshe be-4nm. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kuthiwa ngaphandle kwemodemu, i-TSMC kufanele futhi isebenze ezingxenyeni zegagasi ze-high-frequency kanye ne-millimeter ezixhuma kumodemu ngokwayo, kanye ne-chip yokuphatha amandla yemodemu.
Lo mbiko ulandela isimangalo sika-Qualcomm sikaNov. 16 sokuthi ilinganisela ukuthi izonikeza kuphela u-2023% wamamodemu ayo kwa-Apple ngo-20. Kodwa-ke, i-Qualcomm ayizange isho ukuthi ubani ocabanga ukuthi uzohlinzeka i-Apple ngamamodemu. Umhlaziyi owaziwayo naye ubheke ngabomvu ku-2023, okusho unyaka okungenzeka ukuthi kusetshenziswe isixazululo sokuphathelene samamodemu e-5G kuma-iPhones. I-Ming-Chi Kuo, osevele wabikezela ngoMeyi ukuthi kulo nyaka kuzoba umzamo wokuqala we-Apple wokusebenzisa isisombululo esinjalo.
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Qualcomm njengomholi
I-Qualcomm ingumphakeli wamanje wamamodemu wakwa-Apple ngemuva kokuthi yenze isivumelwano sokuwanikeza ilayisense ngo-Ephreli 2019, eqeda icala elikhulu lelayisense lelungelo lobunikazi. Isivumelwano siphinde sahlanganisa nenkontileka yeminyaka eminingi yokuhlinzekwa kwama-chipset kanye nesivumelwano selayisense seminyaka eyisithupha ngokwaso. NgoJulayi 2019, ngemuva kokuthi i-Intel imemezele ukuphuma kwayo ebhizinisini lemodemu, i-Apple yasayina isivumelwano samadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ukuze ithathe impahla ehlobene, okuhlanganisa amalungelo obunikazi, impahla yengqondo nezisebenzi ezibalulekile. Ngokuthenga, i-Apple yakuthola ngempumelelo konke ebikudinga ukuze izakhele amamodemu ayo e-5G.
Igalari yezithombe
Noma ngabe yisiphi isimo phakathi kwe-Apple ne-Qualcomm, le yakamuva isengumkhiqizi ohamba phambili wamamodemu we-5G. Ngasikhathi sinye, iyinkampani yokuqala ukwethula i-chipset yemodemu ye-5G emakethe. Bekuyimodemu ye-Snapdragon X50 enikeza isivinini sokulanda esingafika ku-5 Gbps. I-X50 iyingxenye yesikhulumi se-Qualcomm 5G, esihlanganisa ama-mmWave trans-receivers nama-chips okuphatha amandla. Lemodemu nayo bekumele ihlanganiswe nemodemu ye-LTE nephrosesa ukuze isebenze ngempela emhlabeni oxubile wamanethiwekhi e-5G kanye ne-4G. Ngenxa yokwethulwa kwangaphambi kwesikhathi, i-Qualcomm ikwazile ukusungula ubudlelwano obubalulekile ngokushesha nama-OEM angu-19 afana ne-Xiaomi ne-Asus nabahlinzeki benethiwekhi abangu-18, okuhlanganisa i-ZTE ne-Sierra Wireless, ngokuqhubekayo nokuqinisa isikhundla senkampani njengomholi wemakethe.
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U-Vratislav Holub Samsung, Huawei, MediaTek
Emzamweni wokunciphisa ukuthembela kwabo kubahlinzeki be-chip yemodemu ye-telecom yase-US futhi bazame ukukhipha i-Qualcomm njengomholi wemakethe yemodemu ye-smartphone, kusho inkampani. Samsung yethule imodemu yayo ye-Exynos 2018 5G ngo-Agasti 5100. Iphinde inikeze ngesivinini esingcono sokulanda, esingafika ku-6 Gb/s. I-Exynos 5100 bekufanele futhi kube imodemu yokuqala enamamodi amaningi ukusekela i-5G NR eceleni kwezindlela zefa ukusuka ku-2G kuya ku-4G LTE.
Ngokuphambene, umphakathi Huawei ibonise imodemu yayo ye-Balong 5G5 01G engxenyeni yesibili ka-2019. Nokho, isivinini sayo sokulanda sasingu-2,3 Gbps kuphela. Kepha iqiniso elibalulekile ukuthi uHuawei uthathe isinqumo sokungayinikezi imodemu yakhe kubakhiqizi bezingcingo abaqhudelanayo. Ungathola lesi sixazululo kuphela kumadivayisi akhe. Inkampani I-MediaTek wabe esethula imodemu ye-Helio M70, ehloselwe kakhudlwana kulabo abakhiqizi abangayifuni isixazululo se-Qualcomm ngezizathu ezifana nentengo yayo ephezulu kanye nezinkinga zamalayisensi ezingaba khona.
I-Qualcomm nakanjani inokuhola okuqinile kunabanye futhi cishe izogcina isikhundla sayo esiphezulu isikhashana. Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yezitayela zakamuva, abakhiqizi be-smartphone bakhetha ukwenza ama-chipsets abo, okuhlanganisa amamodemu nama-processor we-5G, ukuze banciphise izindleko futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ukuncika kubakhiqizi be-chipset. Kodwa-ke, uma i-Apple iza nemodemu yayo ye-5G, njengeHuawei, ngeke inikeze noma ubani omunye, ngakho-ke ngeke ikwazi ukuba umdlali omkhulu njengeQualcomm.
Kodwa-ke, ukutholakala kwezentengiselwano kwamanethiwekhi e-5G kanye nesidingo esikhulayo sezinsizakalo kule nethiwekhi kungaholela ekungeneni kwabakhiqizi abengeziwe be-modem/processor ye-5G emakethe ukuze banelise isidingo esikhulu sabakhiqizi ngaphandle kwesixazululo sabo, esingase siqinise ukuncintisana imakethe. Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yenkinga yamanje ye-chip, akunakulindeleka ukuthi lokhu kuzokwenzeka noma nini maduze.
