Philip Houska "Ngati nkhani yomwe wapatsidwayo sikutsutsana ndi malamulo a fizikiya, ndiye kuti ndizovuta, koma zotheka," ndi mawu a m'modzi mwa oyang'anira ofunikira kwambiri a Apple, omwe, komabe, samayankhulidwa zambiri. Johny Srouji, yemwe ali kumbuyo kwa chitukuko cha tchipisi chake ndipo wakhala membala wa oyang'anira apamwamba a Apple kuyambira Disembala watha, ndiye munthu yemwe amapanga ma iPhones ndi iPads kukhala ndi mapurosesa abwino kwambiri padziko lapansi.
Johny Srouji, wochokera ku Israel, ndi wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wamkulu wa Apple paukadaulo wa hardware, ndipo cholinga chake chachikulu ndi mapurosesa omwe iye ndi gulu lake amapanga ma iPhones, iPads, komanso pano a Watch ndi Apple TV. Sikuti siwongobwera kumene kumunda, monga zikuwonetseredwa ndi kukhalapo kwake ku Intel, komwe adapita ku 1993, ndikusiya IBM (komwe adabwereranso ku 2005), komwe adagwira ntchito zamadongosolo. Ku Intel, kapena m'malo mwa labotale ya kampaniyo kumudzi kwawo ku Haifa, anali kuyang'anira kupanga njira zomwe zimayesa mphamvu ya zitsanzo za semiconductor pogwiritsa ntchito zoyeserera zina.
Srouji adalumikizana ndi Apple mu 2008, koma tiyenera kuyang'ana patsogolo pang'ono m'mbiri. Chinsinsi chinali kukhazikitsidwa kwa iPhone yoyamba mu 2007. Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa nthawiyo Steve Jobs ankadziwa kuti m'badwo woyamba unali ndi "ntchentche" zambiri, ambiri mwa iwo chifukwa cha purosesa yofooka ndi kusonkhana kwa zigawo zochokera kwa ogulitsa osiyanasiyana.
"Steve adazindikira kuti njira yokhayo yopangira chida chapadera komanso chachikulu ndikudzipangira yekha silicon semiconductor," adatero Srouji pokambirana ndi. Bloomberg. Inali nthawi imeneyo pomwe Srouji adabwera pang'onopang'ono pamalopo. Bob Mansfield, mtsogoleri wa zida zonse panthawiyo, adawona Israeli waluso ndipo adamulonjeza mwayi wopanga chinthu chatsopano kuchokera pansi. Atamva izi, Srouji adachoka ku IBM.
Gulu la mainjiniya lomwe Srouji adalowa nawo mu 2008 linali ndi mamembala 40 okha pomwe adalowa nawo. Ogwira ntchito ena a 150, omwe cholinga chawo chinali kupanga tchipisi chophatikizika, adagulidwa mu Epulo chaka chomwecho Apple atagula zoyambira zomwe zimagwirizana ndi mitundu yochulukira yazinthu zama semiconductor, PA Semi. Kupeza uku kunali kofunikira ndipo kudawonetsa kutsogola kwa gawo la "chip" motsogozedwa ndi Srouji. Mwa zina, izi zidawonekera pakuwonjezereka kwachangu kwa kulumikizana pakati pa madipatimenti osiyanasiyana, kuyambira opanga mapulogalamu mpaka opanga mafakitale.
Mphindi yoyamba yofunika kwambiri kwa Srouji ndi gulu lake inali kukhazikitsidwa kwa chipangizo chosinthidwa cha ARM m'badwo woyamba wa iPad ndi iPhone 4 mu 2010. Chip cholemba A4 chinali choyamba kuthana ndi zofuna za chiwonetsero cha Retina, chomwe iPhone 4 inali nacho. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, tchipisi ta "A" zambiri zimakula mosalekeza komanso zikuyenda bwino.
Chaka cha 2012 chinalinso chochititsa chidwi kwambiri, pamene Srouji, mothandizidwa ndi akatswiri ake, adapanga tchipisi ta A5X ndi A6X za m'badwo wachitatu iPad. Chifukwa cha tchipisi tating'ono ta ma iPhones, chiwonetsero cha retina chidathanso kulowa pamapiritsi aapulo, ndipo ndipamene mpikisano udayamba kuchita chidwi ndi mapurosesa a Apple omwe. Apple ndithudi inapukuta maso a aliyense patatha chaka chimodzi, mu 2013, pamene inawonetsa mtundu wa 64-bit wa chipangizo cha A7, chinthu chomwe sichinamveke pazida zam'manja panthawiyo, popeza 32 bits anali muyezo.
Chifukwa cha purosesa ya 64-bit, Srouji ndi anzake anali ndi mwayi wogwiritsa ntchito ntchito monga Touch ID ndipo kenako Apple Pay mu iPhone, ndipo kunalinso kusintha kwakukulu kwa opanga omwe amatha kupanga masewera abwino komanso osavuta kugwiritsa ntchito.
Ntchito yagawo la Srouji yakhala yosangalatsa kuyambira pachiyambi, chifukwa ngakhale opikisana nawo ambiri amadalira zida za chipani chachitatu, Apple idawona zaka m'mbuyomo kuti zingakhale bwino kuyamba kupanga tchipisi tawo. Ndicho chifukwa chake ali ndi ma laboratories abwino kwambiri komanso apamwamba kwambiri opangira ma semiconductors a silicon ku Apple, omwe ngakhale opikisana nawo, Qualcomm ndi Intel, amatha kuyang'ana ndi chidwi komanso nthawi yomweyo ndi nkhawa.
Mwina ntchito yovuta kwambiri panthawi yake ku Cupertino, komabe, idaperekedwa kwa Johny Srouji chaka chatha. Apple inali pafupi kumasula iPad Pro yayikulu, chowonjezera chatsopano pamndandanda wake wa piritsi, koma idachedwa. Mapulani otulutsa iPad Pro kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2015 adagwa chifukwa mapulogalamu, zida, ndi zida za Pensulo zomwe zikubwera sizinali zokonzeka. Kwa magawo ambiri, izi zidatanthauza nthawi yochulukirapo pantchito yawo ya iPad Pro, koma kwa Srouji, zimatanthawuza zosiyana kwambiri - gulu lake lidayamba mpikisano ndi nthawi.
Dongosolo loyambirira linali loti iPad Pro ifika pamsika kumapeto kwa masika ndi A8X chip, yomwe inali ndi iPad Air 2 ndipo ndiye inali yamphamvu kwambiri pakuperekedwa kwa Apple. Koma pamene kutulutsidwa kudasamukira ku autumn, iPad Pro idakumana pachimake ndi ma iPhones atsopano komanso m'badwo watsopano wa mapurosesa. Ndipo ilo linali vuto, chifukwa panthawiyo Apple sakanatha kubwera ndi purosesa yazaka zakubadwa ya iPad yake yayikulu, yomwe imayang'ana pamakampani komanso ogwiritsa ntchito omwe akufuna.
Pakangotha theka la chaka - munjira yovuta kwambiri - mainjiniya motsogozedwa ndi Srouji adapanga purosesa ya A9X, chifukwa chake adatha kuyika ma pixel 5,6 miliyoni pazithunzi pafupifupi inchi khumi ndi zitatu za iPad Pro. Chifukwa cha zoyesayesa zake komanso kutsimikiza mtima kwake, Johny Srouji adadalitsidwa mowolowa manja kwambiri Disembala watha. Monga wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wamkulu waukadaulo wa hardware, adafika pa utsogoleri wapamwamba wa Apple ndipo nthawi yomweyo adapeza magawo 90 akampani. Kwa Apple yamakono, yomwe ndalama zake ndi pafupifupi 70 peresenti kuchokera ku iPhones, ndi luso la Srouji lofunika kwambiri.
