Iminyaka eminingi, i-Apple ibisebenza ekuthuthukiseni imodemu yayo ye-5G, okufanele ithathe indawo yesixazululo se-Qualcomm kumafoni we-Apple. Lona omunye wemigomo ebalulekile ye-Cupertino giant. Ngenxa yalokhu, ngo-2019 waze wathenga yonke ingxenye yemodemu kwa-Intel, eyayingumphakeli walezi zingxenye (4G/LTE) zama-iPhones esikhathini esidlule. Ngeshwa, omunye wabahlaziyi abahlonishwa kakhulu, uMing-Chi Kuo, usekhulume manje, ngokusho kwakhe i-Apple engenzi kahle kakhulu ekuthuthukisweni.
Kuze kube muva nje, bekunenkulumo yokuthi i-iPhone yokuqala enemodemu yayo ye-5G kungenzeka ifike kulo nyaka, noma mhlawumbe ngo-2023. Kodwa lokho manje sekuhlukana ngokuphelele. Ngenxa yezinkinga ngasohlangothini lwentuthuko, i-Apple kuzofanele iqhubeke nokwaneliswa ngamamodemu avela kwaQualcomm futhi ngokusobala ithembele kuwo okungenani kuze kufike isikhathi se-iPhone 15.
Izinkinga zentuthuko kanye nokubaluleka kwezixazululo ezenziwe ngokwezifiso
Yiqiniso, umbuzo uwukuthi kungani umdondoshiya empeleni silwa nezinkinga ezishiwo. Uma uthi nhlá, kungase kungabi nangqondo nhlobo. I-Apple ingomunye wabaholi emkhakheni wezobuchwepheshe besimanje, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo inkampani yesibili ebaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni, ngokusho okungaphetha ngokuthi izinsiza cishe aziyona inkinga kuyo. Inkinga isemongweni wengxenye eshiwo. Ukuthuthukiswa kwemodemu yeselula ye-5G ngokusobala kufuna kakhulu futhi kudinga imizamo ebanzi, eye yaboniswa esikhathini esidlule, isibonelo, nabancintisana nabo. Isibonelo, i-Intel enjalo yazama iminyaka eminingi ukuqhamuka nengxenye yayo, kodwa ekugcineni yehluleka ngokuphelele futhi yathengisa yonke ingxenye yayo ku-Apple, njengoba yayingekho emandleni ayo ukuqedela ukuthuthukiswa.
Ngisho ne-Apple ngokwayo yayine-Intel ngemuva kwayo ngaleso sikhathi. Ngisho nangaphambi kokufika kwe-iPhone yokuqala ene-5G, umdondoshiya weCupertino uthembele kubahlinzeki ababili bamamodemu eselula - i-Intel ne-Qualcomm. Ngeshwa, izinkinga ezibaluleke kakhulu zaphakama lapho kuqubuka izingxabano ezingokomthetho phakathi kwe-Apple ne-Qualcomm mayelana nezimali zelayisensi zamalungelo obunikazi asetshenzisiwe, okwenza i-Apple ifune ukunqamula umphakeli wayo futhi ithembele kuphela ku-Intel. Kungalesi sikhathi lapho umdondoshiya wabhekana khona nezithiyo eziningi. Njengoba sekushiwo, ngisho ne-Intel ayikwazanga ukuqedela ukuthuthukiswa kwemodemu ye-5G, okwaholela ekuxazululeni ubudlelwano ne-Qualcomm.
Kungani imodemu yangokwezifiso ibalulekile ku-Apple
Ngasikhathi sinye, kuhle ukusho ukuthi kungani i-Apple empeleni izama ukwakha isixazululo sayo lapho ikwazi ukuthembela ezingxenyeni ezivela ku-Qualcomm. Singabala ukuzimela nokuzanelisa njengezizathu ezibalulekile. Uma kunjalo, umdondoshiya we-Cupertino ngeke uthembele kunoma ubani omunye futhi uzomane uzimele, lapho futhi uzuza khona, isibonelo, esimweni se-chipsets ye-iPhones ne-Macs (i-Apple Silicon). Njengoba inokulawula okuqondile phezu kwezingxenye eziyinhloko, ingaqinisekisa kangcono ukuxhumeka kwabo nayo yonke i-hardware (noma ukusebenza kahle kwayo), okwanele izingcezu ezidingekayo, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo kunciphisa izindleko.
Ngeshwa, izinkinga zamanje zisikhombisa ngokusobala ukuthi ukwenza amamodemu ethu edatha ye-5G akulula ngokuphelele. Njengoba sishilo ngenhla, kuzodingeka silinde i-iPhone yokuqala enengxenye yayo kuze kube uLwesihlanu oluthile. Njengamanje, ikhandidethi eliseduze libonakala kuyi-iPhone 16 (2024).
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