I-Samsung ibingumnikezeli omkhulu wenkampani Apple kusukela ekuqaleni. Umkhiqizi waseKorea uhlinzeka ngezinto ezimbalwa ezibalulekile embangi yakhe enkulu, okuhlanganisa ama-chips we-A-series noma i-DRAM kanye nama-memory chips e-NAND. Nokho, kusukela 2011, sonke isimo sishintshile ngoba Apple umangalele i-Samsung ngokwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi. Inkampani yaseNingizimu Korea manje isihlinzeka ngama-chip e-DRAM kuphela iPhone 7, ephinde yaqinisekiswa yi-iFixit.
Kodwa manje yonke into ithatha indlela ehluke ngokuphelele. Ngokusho kweForbes, umphakeli omusha oyinhloko wonyaka ozayo kufanele kube yi-Samsung futhi.
Izibonisi ze-OLED
Apple ekugcineni, bazosebenzisa amaphaneli e-OLED kuma-iPhone abo, nawo azogoba. Umphakeli oyinhloko walesi sibonisi ngeke kube omunye ngaphandle komkhiqizi oyimbangi i-Samsung uqobo.
"Okwamanje, imakethe yesibonisi ye-OLED eguquguqukayo ilawulwa inkampani eyodwa, futhi leyo yi-Samsung..."
Inkumbulo chips
AbakwaSamsung bangabahlinzeki abakhulu kunabo bonke be-NAND flash memory chips of sonke isikhathi, enesabelo esingaphezu kwengxenye yesithathu yemakethe yomhlaba wonke. Ngenxa yokukhiqiza ngobuningi, abakwaSamsung bakwazile ukuhlinzeka la ma-chips ku-Apple iminyaka eminingana.
Manje, i-Samsung idinga umphakeli omkhulu njengoba ibinjalo manje Apple, ukusizakala ngobuchwepheshe bayo obusha be-semiconductor. Ngo-2014, i-Samsung yathululela ngaphezulu kwe- $ 14,7 billion ezimbonini ezintsha zama-chip. Lokhu, phakathi kwezinye izinto, utshalomali lwakhe olukhulu kunawo wonke owake waba nawo. Ukukhiqizwa kwenqwaba kuzokwenzeka ngonyaka ozayo, kanti i-ETNews ibike ukuthi izophinde ibe umthengi omkhulu Apple.
A-series chips
Indawo eyodwa lapho i-Samsung ibhekene nokuncintisana ukukhiqiza amaprosesa. Okuwukuphela komncintiswano lapha yi-TSMC yaseTaiwan, ehole i-Samsung njengomphakeli oyinhloko izikhathi eziningana. Zombili izinkampani zibambe iqhaza kumkhiqizi wama-chips e-A9 ngonyaka odlule iPhone 6, kodwa manje i-TSMC isiwine inkontileka ekhethekile eyenza ibe umkhiqizi oyinhloko wama-chips e-A10 iPhone 7. Lapha kungalindelwa ukuthi iqhubeke nokuba umphakeli omkhulu we-TSMC onyakeni ozayo. Lokhu ngeshwa ukudumala okukhulu kwe-Samsung.
Umthombo: Forbes
