Umdyarho wokuphucula iiprosesa awupheli. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, yenye yeengxabano apho i-Apple isekwe ekuqaliseni izixhobo ezitsha. Abaqhelekanga ukuhluka kuyilo lwangaphandle, kodwa bahlaziywa ngeeprosesa ezintsha ezingcono kunemodeli yangaphambili. Inamandla ngakumbi, kwaye isebenza ngakumbi.
Kwaye oko kufezekiswa ngokuphucula i-architecture yayo yangaphakathi. Ngalo nyaka ka-2023, i-Apple ifuna uninzi lwe-iPhone kunye ne-Mac yayo entsha esungulwe ukuba sele ifake iiprosesa ezisekwe kuyilo lwe. iinanometers ezintathu. I-TSMC izenzile iinyanga ngoku.
KwiCupertino bahlala becinga malunga nendlela yokuphucula izixhobo zabo. Rhoqo ngonyaka bazisa isoftware entsha, imisebenzi emitsha enkosi kumacandelo angcono, anje ngeekhamera ze-iPhones, kwaye kunjalo, iiprosesa ezintsha.
Yiloo nto ayinyamekelayo TSMC. Iphantse yaba liqabane layo, endaweni yomthengisi, njengoko isenza zonke iiprosesa ezenzelwe i-ARM zezixhobo ze-Apple. Kwaye kuba sele ikwazi ukwenza iitshiphusi ze-3nm, yiza… “qhubeka”….
I-TSMC ikhona ukusukela kwinyanga ka ngomhlaka ukwenza iiprosesa ezintsha ze-Apple ezisekwe kuyilo lweenanometers ezintathu. Ziya kuba zezona iPhones ezibiza kakhulu kunye neeMacs.
Ngowama-2023 iiMacs kunye nee-iPhones
Lo mthwalo omtsha weprosesa uya kuhamba, kwimeko yeeMacs, kwiiprosesa ezintsha M3, kwaye kwimeko ye-iPhone 15 Pro Max, baya kuba likamva A17 Bionic. Ndiyabulela kule sakhiwo esitsha se-3 nm, i-A17 Bionic iya kuba yi-35% ngokufanelekileyo, ngokwemiqathango yamandla, xa kuthelekiswa ne-chips ye-A16 Bionic yangoku, eyakhiwe kwii-nanometers ze-4.
Amahemuhemu amva nje acebisa ukuba isixhobo sokuqala sika-Apple ukubetha imarike ngenye yezi processors iya kuba yelandelayo MacBook Air, kunye netshiphu ye-M3. Ziya kulandelwa yiMacBook Pro eneM3 Pro kunye neM3 Max, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo ngo-2024.
Ezangoku M2 ehamba ngezixhobo ezahlukeneyo ze-Apple, zisekwe kuyilo lwe-5 nm. Nangona ezi sele zinamandla kakhulu kwaye zisebenza kakuhle, i-3nm entsha iya kuba yinto eninzi kakhulu, ngaloo ndlela inikezela indawo enkulu yokuthengisa ezi zixhobo zitsha.