Ukuba ulandela iindaba malunga nezixhobo zobuchwepheshe, ngakumbi ezo zivela kwi-Apple, uya kwazi ukuba kukho ukunqongophala kweetshiphusi kwihlabathi liphela. Umcimbi obalulekileyo ode wakhokelela kuMongameli wase-United States, owayesakuba nguTrump kwaye ngoku uBiden, athathe amanyathelo ngalo mba. Imbalela ichaphazela zonke iinkampani kulo naliphi na icandelo. I-Apple ayikho enye yezo zibandezeleka kakhulu, kodwa iphinda ihlawule kwaye yiyo loo nto ukuba ufuna ukuthenga isixhobo, musa ukulinda ukuba isizukulwana esilandelayo siphume ngenxa yokuba. Unokufumana ukothuka okubi.
Ukunqongophala kwemveliso yetshiphu, Iya isiba mandundu kulo lonke ihlabathi. Iinkampani ezifana ne-Samsung okanye i-Apple zezona zihlupheka kancinci. Ngokukodwa ngoku i-Apple kunye ne-Apple Silicon yayo entsha, kuba imveliso icacile kakhulu. Kodwa kwizikrini, iifowuni eziphathwayo okanye ii-iPads, zikwakho nezinye iintlobo zeechips eziyimfuneko kwaye ezinqongopheleyo emarikeni. Kwiimeko ezilungileyo kakhulu, ixabiso linokunyuka kakhulu kwaye siya kuqhubeka sinezixhobo ngamaxabiso aphezulu kakhulu. Okona kubi, akuyi kubakho sitokhwe.
Amahemuhemu ahlala ethetha malunga nokubona oku okanye esinye isixhobo kwi-2022. Inyaniso, kubonakala ngathi, ngaphandle kweNtengiso kunye nezicwangciso zenkampani, ukunqongophala kwee-chips kubangela ukuba izixhobo ezitsha zingafiki ngokukhawuleza njengoko zingathanda. Iqela leMali leSusquehanna latsho oko amaxesha okulinda chip anda ukusuka 9-12 iiveki ukuya kwiiveki 19 ehlotyeni, ukunyuka ukuya kwiiveki 22 ngo-Oktobha. Kwezinye iimeko, njengamacandelo olawulo lwamandla, ziiveki ezingama-25 ngokomndilili, ngelixa ii-microcontrollers ezisetyenziswa kushishino lweemoto zinokuthatha ukuya kwiiveki ezingama-38 ukufika.
Apple, kunxibelelwano lokugqibela Apple ukunika akhawunti zemali, walumkisa ukuba iingxaki "kwiindawo zelifa", oko kukuthi, iimodem kunye nabalawuli bamandla, yiyona nto iphambili yokhuphiswano lwenkampani. Kulo mmandla kukho ingxaki yokwenyani yokunqongophala.
IiChipmakers ezifana ne-Apple partner TSMC ziye zabhengeza izicwangciso zokutyala imali eninzi kumaziko okuphucula imveliso, kodwa iinzame ezixabisa kakhulu. Kungathatha iminyaka ukuba ingasebenzi kuphela, kodwa nokwenza okwaneleyo ukuququzelela izibonelelo.
