Tsekani malonda

Ma processor a A-series omwe amayendetsa ma iPads, kuphatikiza mtundu wa A8X mu iPad Air 2 yaposachedwa, akuwononga Intel mabiliyoni a madola pakuwonongeka kwachuma ndikuwonjezera matsoka amakampani monga Qualcomm, Samsung ndi Nvidia. Msika wamapiritsi ndiwofunika kwambiri kwa makampaniwa, ndipo Apple ikupanga makwinya amphamvu kwa iwo ndi zochita zake.

Apple itayambitsa iPad yoyamba mu 2010, panali mphekesera za mgwirizano ndi Intel ndi purosesa yake ya x86, yotchedwa Silverthorne, yomwe pambuyo pake inadzakhala Atom. Komabe, m'malo mwa iPad yokhala ndi purosesa ya Intel, Steve Jobs adayambitsa A4, purosesa ya ARM yosinthidwa mwachindunji ndi Apple.

M'chaka chake choyamba, iPad inatsala pang'ono kuthetsa mpikisano mu mawonekedwe a Windows Tablet PC ya Microsoft. Patatha chaka chimodzi, iPad 2 idakumana ndi opikisana nawo monga HP TouchPad yokhala ndi WebOS, BlackBerry PlayBook ndi mapiritsi angapo omwe akuyenda pa Android 3.0 OS, monga Motorola Xoom. Kumapeto kwa 2011, Amazon idachita khama popanda Kindle Fire. Mu 2012, Microsoft idayambitsa Surface RT yake, popanda kuchita bwino.

Chiyambireni kukhazikitsidwa kwa Surface RT, Apple yakhala ikugulitsa ma iPads pamtengo wolemekezeka wa mayunitsi 70 miliyoni pachaka, ndikupanga gawo lalikulu kwambiri pamsika wamapiritsi. Komabe, Apple sikuti ikugonjetsa Samsung, Palm, HP, BlackBerry, Google, Amazon ndi Microsoft monga opanga mapiritsi, komanso makampani omwe amapanga tchipisi tomwe timapatsa mphamvu mapiritsi amakampani omwe atchulidwa.

Otayika m'gulu la opanga chip

Intel

Mosakayikira, okhudzidwa kwambiri anali Intel, yomwe siinangopeza bizinesi yopindulitsa yopanga mapurosesa a iPads, komanso inayamba kutaya kwambiri m'munda wa netbooks, kuchepa kwake komwe kunalinso chifukwa cha iPad. Apple idaphatu msika wa Ultra-mobile PC ndi zida ngati Celeron M-powered Samsung Q1 Kukula mumakampani a Intel omwe akulamulidwa ndi Intel kwayima ndipo kukuchepa pang'ono. Pakadali pano, palibe chomwe chikuwonetsa kuti Intel iyenera kuchita zoyipa kwambiri, mulimonse, idaphonya sitimayi pazida zam'manja.

Zida za Texas

Tchipisi za OMAP za kampaniyo zidathandizira BlackBerry PlayBook, Amazon Kindle Fire, Motorola Xyboard ndi mitundu ingapo ya Galaxy kuchokera ku Samsung. Apple idawaposa onse ndi iPad. Ngakhale tchipisi ta OMAP sinali ndi mlandu mwachindunji, zida zomwe zidawayendera zidalephera kupikisana ndi iPad yomwe ikuyenda ndi iOS, motero Texas Instruments idasiya kupanga mapurosesa amagetsi ogula.

NVIDIA

Ndani sadziwa wopanga makadi ojambula zithunzi. Ndikudziwa anthu ambiri omwe poyamba ankakonda kuphatikiza purosesa ya Intel ndi "zithunzi" za Nvidia pakompyuta yawo. Zikuwoneka kuti Nvidia atsatira mapazi a Intel mu gawo la mafoni. Tegra yoyamba idayikidwa mu zida za Microsoft zomwe zidalephera za Zune HD ndi KIN, Tegra 2 mu Motorola's Xoom, ndi Tegra 3 ndi 4 mu Surface ya Microsoft.

Chip chaposachedwa kwambiri kuchokera ku Nvidia chimatchedwa K1 ndipo simudzachipeza mu Google Nexus 9 yatsopano. Ndilo chipangizo choyamba cha 64-bit ARM chomwe chingathe kugwira ntchito pansi pa Android OS, ndipo chili ndi 192 ALUs. Komabe, K1 isanagulitsidwe mu Nexus 9, Apple idayambitsa iPad Air 2 yokhala ndi A8X yokhala ndi 256 ALUs. A8X imamenya K1 pakuchita komanso kugwiritsa ntchito pang'ono. Nvidia wasiya kale mafoni am'manja, amathanso kusiya mapiritsi.

Qualcomm

Kodi mudamvapo za HP TouchPad ndi Nokia Lumia 2520 kupatula pomwe zidakhazikitsidwa? Ngati sichoncho, zilibe kanthu - piritsi loyamba lotchulidwa linagulitsidwa mu 2011 kwa miyezi itatu yokha, ndipo lachiwiri silikuyenda bwino. Ngakhale kuti iPad yokhala ndi A-series processors idakhala ndi mitengo yapamwamba kwambiri, Qualcomm idasiyidwa ndi msika wamapiritsi otsika, makamaka mapiritsi achi China, pomwe malire ake ndi ochepa.

Qualcomm imapereka mapurosesa a Snapdragon ku mafoni ndi mapiritsi a Samsung a 4G, koma Samsung imaphatikiza ma Exynos ake, ngakhale pang'onopang'ono, mitundu ya Wi-Fi. Kampaniyo ikupitilizabe kupereka Apple ndi tchipisi ta MDM kuti kasamalidwe ka antenna mu 4G iPhones ndi iPads, koma mwina ndi nthawi yochepa kuti Apple ipange izi molunjika mu mapurosesa ake a A-series, monga momwe Intel, Nvidia ndi Samsung adachitira kale.

Popeza Qualcomm ilibe zambiri zogulitsira Snapdragon, titha kutsutsana ngati ingayese kupanga purosesa yatsopano yomwe ingapikisane ndi Apple A8X kuti ipereke kwa opanga otsogola. Ngati izi sizichitika, Qualcomm ikhalabe ndi mapurosesa a mapiritsi otsika mtengo, kapena ma semiconductors ena ofunikira pamakompyuta ndi zida zam'manja.

Kutsazikana ndi Samsung

Isanafike 2010, mapurosesa onse a iPhone ndi iPod touch adapangidwa ndikuperekedwa ndi Samsung. Makasitomala aliyense wa Samsung adapindula ndi ma processor a ARM, komanso Samsung yokha. Komabe, izi zidasintha ndikufika kwa A4, monga idapangidwa ndi Apple komanso "yokha" yopangidwa ndi Samsung. Kuphatikiza apo, gawo lazopangazo linatengedwa ndi TSMC, motero kuchepetsa kudalira Samsung. Kuphatikiza apo, anthu aku South Korea akukangana ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa purosesa ya 64-bit ARM yomwe ingapikisane kwambiri ndi A7 ndi A8. Pakadali pano, Samsung imagwiritsa ntchito ARM popanda mapangidwe ake, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti magwiridwe antchito azichepa poyerekeza ndi mapangidwe a Apple.

Njira ina ya Intel

Madola mabiliyoni ambiri omwe amapeza kuchokera ku malonda a iPads ndi ma iPhones omwe akuyenda pa A-series processors alola Apple kuyika ndalama zambiri popanga tchipisi ta m'badwo wotsatira zomwe zimayandikira makompyuta otsika mtengo ndi makompyuta awo komanso zojambulajambula. Poyerekeza ndi iwo, komabe, amatha kupangidwa motsika mtengo ndipo panthawi imodzimodziyo amapereka kayendetsedwe kabwino ka mphamvu.

Izi ndizowopseza Intel chifukwa Mac akuwonetsa malonda abwino kwambiri. Apple tsiku lina ikhoza kuganiza kuti yakonzeka kupanga mapurosesa ake amphamvu pamakompyuta ake. Ngakhale izi siziyenera kuchitika m'zaka zikubwerazi, Intel akukumana ndi chiopsezo chobweretsa mtundu watsopano wa chipangizo chomwe Apple ingakonzekeretse ndi mapurosesa ake. Zida za iOS ndi Apple TV mwina ndi zitsanzo zabwino kwambiri.

Chogulitsa chotsatira cha Apple - Watch - chikuyembekezeka kukhala ndi chip chake chomwe chimatchedwa S1. Apanso, panalibe malo a Intel. Momwemonso, opanga mawotchi ena anzeru amagwiritsa ntchito ma processor a ARM, komabe, chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito ma generic, sadzakhala amphamvu kwambiri. Panonso, Apple imatha kulipira ndalama zopangira pulosesa yake, yomwe idzakhala yamphamvu kwambiri kuposa mpikisano komanso nthawi yomweyo yotsika mtengo kupanga.

Apple ili ndi njira yabwino yogwiritsira ntchito makina ake opangira purosesa kuti adumphe mpikisano. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, njirayi siingakhoze kukopera mwanjira iliyonse, osachepera popanda ndalama zambiri. Ndipo kotero enawo akumenyera "kusintha kwakung'ono" m'gawo lotsika, pomwe Apple imatha kupindula ndi malire akulu kumapeto, komwe imayikanso ndalama mu chitukuko.

Chitsime: Apple Insider
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