Tsekani malonda

Tim Cook anapita pamodzi ndi Purezidenti wa US Joe Biden, fakitale yomwe ikubwera ya TSMC ku Phoenix, Arizona. Koma mawu oyamba otopetsa awa a nkhaniyo akutanthauza zambiri kuposa momwe angawonekere poyang'ana koyamba. Cook watsimikizira kuti tchipisi cha zida za Apple zidzapangidwa pano, zomwe modzikuza zizikhala ndi zilembo za Made in America, ndipo ichi ndi gawo lalikulu pamavuto omwe akupitilira. 

TSMC ndi mnzake wa Apple popanga tchipisi ta Apple Silicon zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pazogulitsa zake zonse. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ndiye kampani yayikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi yopanga ma semiconductor disks, yomwe, ngakhale ili ku Hsinchu Science Park ku Hsinchu, Taiwan, ili ndi nthambi zina ku Europe, Japan, China, South Korea, India, ndi North America.

Kuphatikiza pa Apple, TSMC imagwirizana ndi opanga padziko lonse lapansi opanga mapurosesa ndi mabwalo ophatikizika, monga Qualcomm, Broadcom, MediaTek, Altera, Marvell, NVIDIA, AMD ndi ena. Ngakhale opanga ma chip omwe ali ndi mphamvu zina za semiconductor amatulutsa gawo lazopanga zawo ku TSMC. Pakadali pano, kampaniyo ndi mtsogoleri waukadaulo pantchito ya tchipisi ta semiconductor, chifukwa imapereka njira zapamwamba kwambiri zopangira. Fakitale yatsopanoyi ikuyembekezeka kupanga tchipisi ta A-series zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito mu iPhones, iPads ndi Apple TVs, komanso ma chips omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito mu Macs ndi iPads kale.

Kutumiza mwachangu 

Fakitale yatsopano yamakasitomala aku America aku TSMC imangotanthauza kubweretsa mwachangu tchipisi tosowa. Apple tsopano idayenera kugula tchipisi tonse "panyanja", ndipo tsopano ikhala "yopanda pake". Pamwambo wake woyamba wapagulu, TSMC idalandira makasitomala, antchito, atsogoleri am'deralo ndi atolankhani kuti aziyendera fakitale yatsopano (kapena kunja kwake). Biden alinso ndi mbiri yake pamwambo wonsewo posaina chomwe chimatchedwa CHIPS Act chokhudza mabiliyoni a madola polimbikitsa kupanga ma semiconductors omwe akuchitika ku US, pomwe Cook adamuthokozanso pomwepo.

Komabe, Apple idati "ipitiliza kupanga ndi kupanga" zinthu zazikuluzikulu ku United States ndi "kupitiliza kukulitsa" ndalama zake pazachuma. Zomwe zingakhale zabwino kunena, koma mfundo yoti osonkhanitsawo ali pachiwopsezo ku China ndipo kupanga kwa iPhone 14 Pro kukucheperachepera ndikusemphana koonekeratu kwa mawu apamwambawa. Chomera chatsopano cha TSMC ku Arizona sichidzatsegulidwa mpaka 2024.

Njira zopangira zakale 

Poyamba, fakitale imayenera kuyang'ana kwambiri kupanga tchipisi ta 5nm, koma posachedwa idalengezedwa kuti igwiritsa ntchito njira ya 4nm m'malo mwake. Komabe, teknolojiyi ikutsalirabe kumbuyo kwa mapulani omwe Apple adalengeza kuti asinthe ku ndondomeko ya 3nm kumayambiriro kwa 2023. Izi zikutsatira momveka bwino kuti, mwachitsanzo, tchipisi ta iPhones zatsopano sizidzapangidwa pano, koma zachikale, mwachitsanzo, zidakalipobe. zida zidzapangidwa (A16 Bionic mu iPhone 14 Pro komanso tchipisi ta M2 zimapangidwa ndi njira ya 5nm). Pokhapokha mu 2026 fakitale yachiwiri idzatsegulidwa, yomwe idzakhala yodziwika kale mu tchipisi ta 3nm, zomwe ndizochepa kwambiri komanso zovuta kwambiri, koma zikupangidwa kale lero. Kupatula apo, TSMC ikuyenera kuyambitsa njira ya 2nm muzomera zake zazikulu kuyambira 2025.

TSMC ikuyika ndalama zokwana madola 40 biliyoni pantchito yonseyi, yomwe ndi imodzi mwazinthu zazikulu kwambiri zomwe zapangidwa kuchokera kumayiko ena ku US. Mafakitole awiriwa azipanga zowotcha zopitilira 2026 pachaka pofika 600, zomwe ziyenera kukhala zokwanira kukwaniritsa zomwe America akufuna tchipisi tapamwamba, malinga ndi akuluakulu a White House. Kuchuluka kwa zida zomwe zimagwiritsa ntchito tchipisi tamtundu wina kukukulirakulira, koma pakadali kuchepa kwakukulu kwa tchipisi. Pamapeto pake, zilibe kanthu kuti tchipisi sichidzapangidwa ku USA pogwiritsa ntchito njira zamakono, chifukwa adzapita ku gehena. 

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