AbakwaSamsung sekuyiminyaka eminingi bengabahlinzeki abakhethekile bamaphrosesa eselula Apple namaphone akhe. Kodwa-ke, eminyakeni embalwa edlule, inkampani yaseNingizimu Korea yaxoshwa yi-TSMC, engomunye wabakhiqizi abakhulu bamasekethe ahlanganisiwe emhlabeni. Ngokusobala, ama-processor avela kuma-workshops akwa-Samsung angabuyela kumafoni namathebulethi akwa-Apple ekuqaleni konyaka olandelayo.
Ngokusho kwe-Digitimes, i-Samsung kufanele ikhiqize ama-A13 processors amafoni azayo we-Apple. Apple ifuna ukuthanda umdondoshiya waseNingizimu Korea kune-TSMC ikakhulukazi ngoba ithuthukisa ubuchwepheshe be-InFO obuthuthukisiwe futhi isebenzisa inqubo ye-EUV.
I-TSMC kubikwa ukuthi ikwazile ukwakha ubuchwepheshe bayo be-InFO ngokusekelwe ku-7nm architecture, okuyinto Apple kugunyazwe ama-chips e-A12 azovela ohlelweni lwalo nyaka lwe-iPhone. AbakwaSamsung manje sebesebenza kanzima ukuze babe umphakeli we-chip we-iPhone.
AbakwaSamsung banobudlelwano bebhizinisi obunempilo no Applem. Ihlinzeka ngezibonisi ze-Super Retina OLED ze-iPhone X yamanje, futhi kufanele futhi inikeze amaphaneli afanayo (noma okungenani afanayo) wamamodeli we-iPhone walo nyaka.
