Emhlanganweni waminyaka yonke nabatshalizimali eSeoul, ummeleli wakwaSamsung uthe njengamanje inkampani ibhekene nokushoda okukhulu kwama-semiconductor chips. Lokhu kushoda kulindeleke ukuthi kujule ezinyangeni ezizayo, okungase kube nomthelela ezingxenyeni ezithile zebhizinisi lesiqhwaga saseNingizimu Korea.
Omunye wezinhloko zophiko olubaluleke kakhulu kwaSamsung, u-DJ Koh, u-Samsung Electronics, uthe ukushoda okuqhubekayo kwama-chips emhlabeni jikelele kungase kudale inkinga enkampanini engxenyeni yesibili neyesithathu yalo nyaka. Selokhu kwaqubuka ubhubhane lwe-coronavirus, kube nesidingo esingakaze sibonwe semishini kagesi efana nama-smartphones, amaphilisi, amalaptop, amakhompyutha, ama-consoles wegeyimu, kodwa futhi, ngokwesibonelo, amaseva wamafu. Ukushoda kwama-chips emakethe kuzwakale isikhathi eside yiziqhwaga zobuchwepheshe ezifana ne-AMD, i-Intel, i-Nvidia ne-Qualcomm, ama-oda abo agcwaliswa ngabasunguli be-Samsung kanye ne-TSMC ngokubambezeleka. Ngaphezu kwabo, nokho, ukuntuleka kwama-chips kuthinte nezinkampani ezinkulu zezimoto ezifana neGM noma iToyota, okwadingeka ukuthi imise ukukhiqizwa kwezimoto amasonto ambalwa.
Ukuntuleka kwama-chips nakho kwaba ngesinye sezizathu zokuthi kungani kulo nyaka ngeke sibone isizukulwane esisha salolu chungechunge Galaxy Note.
“Kunokungalingani okukhulu emhlabeni jikelele ekuhlinzekeni nasekudingeni ama-chips emkhakheni we-IT. Naphezu kwesimo esinzima, abaholi bethu bamabhizinisi bahlangana nabalingani bangaphandle ukuze baxazulule lezi zinkinga. Kunzima ukusho ukuthi inkinga yokushoda kwe-chip isixazululwe ngamaphesenti ayi-100, ”kusho uKoh. Ngaphezu kwe-Samsung, umphakeli omkhulu we-Apple uFoxconn uphinde wazwakalisa ukukhathazeka ngokushoda kwama-chip.
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