Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, emva koko ngexilongo waphula izivumelwano zorhwebo kunye neChina, i-Apple yaqonda ukuba inengxaki kuba ukuveliswa kwezixhobo zayo kunye namacandelo angaphakathi kuxhomekeke kwelo lizwe. Kwaye izinto zaba mandundu xa ubhubhani we-coronavirus ngelishwa wafika kwaye amashishini aseTshayina aqala ukuvala okwethutyana.
Yayingumququ lowo owaphula umva wenkamela, waza waqalisa ukuwulungisa. Ngoko yaqalisa ukucinezela ababoneleli bayo ukuba batshintshe izityalo zabo zemveliso ziye kwamanye amazwe. Kwaye inyaniso kukuba uyaphumelela. Abavelisi becandelo elikhulu kunye nabahlanganisi bafudukela eIndiya, eVietnam, eKorea, nase-US, njenge-US ngokwayo. TSMC.
UMongameli we-TSMC uMark Liu uqinisekisile kule veki ukuba ulindele ukuba isityalo se-TSMC singene Arizona imveliso ngobuninzi iqala ngo-2024. Ngoko ke, kuyo yonke into enokwenzeka, loo mzi-mveliso waseMelika uza kuqalisa ukuvelisa iiprosesa ze-ARM i-TSMC eyenzela i-Apple.
Ngenyanga kaMeyi, sele saqhubela phambili Iindaba. Kwaye emva kweentsuku ezimbalwa zamahemuhemu, ngoku isemthethweni. I-TSMC ibhengeze kwingxelo yeendaba ukuba izimisele ukwakha chip mveliso eUnited States, ngakumbi eArizona.
Ulwakhiwo kulindeleke ukuba luqale ngo-2021 kwaye iiprosesa zokuqala «Yenziwe e-USA» Zinokuveliswa ngo-2024. I-TSMC ngumenzi okhethekileyo we-A series chips esetyenziswa yi-Apple kwizixhobo zayo ze-iOS, kunye ne-M1 entsha ye-Apple Silicon.
U-Liu uye waqinisekisa okokuqala ukuba umzi-mveliso 12.000 izigidi yeedola ukuba TSMC yakha e Arizona uya kuqalisa imveliso ngobuninzi kwi kwikota yokuqala yowama-2024. Kwakhona wachaza ukuba iqela lokuqala leenjineli eziqeshwe e-US ukuba zisebenze indawo yafika eTaiwan ngasekupheleni kuka-Epreli ukuze bafumane uqeqesho oluyimfuneko.
