Amaya Toman Mlandu pakati pa Qualcomm ndi Apple udakalipobe. Jeff Williams, wamkulu wa opareshoni ya Apple, adawonekera pamaso pa Federal Trade Commission lero. Ngakhale palibe mbiri ya msonkhano, seva CNet koma adatulutsa zambiri zakuyika kwa Williams, komwe tidaphunzira, mwa zina, kuti Qualcomm anakana kugulitsa tchipisi ta Apple pamitundu yaposachedwa ya iPhone.
Jeff Williams adanenanso kuti Apple ikufuna kugwiritsa ntchito tchipisi kuchokera ku Intel ndi Qualcomm mu iPhone XS, XS Max ndi XR, ngakhale panali mkangano woopsa. Komabe, Qualcomm anakana kugulitsa tchipisi ta Apple, ndendende pamaziko ankhondo yomwe tatchulayi. Williams adatsimikiza kuti Apple ikufunanso kutsata njira zothandizira anthu awiri mu 2018, koma Qualcomm anakana kumuthandiza pankhaniyi. Chifukwa chake Apple idalumikizana ndi director wa Intel, Brian Krzanich, yemwe adakambirana naye zoperekera tchipisi ta LTE pama iPhones onse achaka chatha.
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Tsatanetsatane wa misonkhano yapitayi idakambidwanso. Mu 2011, Apple idachita mgwirizano ndi Qualcomm pakupereka ma modemu. Qualcomm amayenera kulowa m'malo mwa Infineon ngati wothandizira, yemwe sakanatha kupereka Apple ndi tchipisi ta CDMA. Mgwirizanowu unaphatikizansopo mgwirizano woti Qualcomm idzalipiritsa gawo limodzi la mtengo wopanga iPhone chifukwa cha mgwirizano. Apple idayeneranso kutsutsa poyera muyezo womwe umadziwika kuti WiMax.
Monga gawo lakukonzanso mgwirizano mu 2013, Qualcomm idayamba kufuna kuti chiwonjezeko chandalama zomwe tafotokozazi komanso, kuphatikiza kwa ogulitsa okha. Apple monyinyirika idavomereza izi chifukwa idangofunika zida za Qualcomm. Mu 2016, iPhone 7 idabwera, yomwe Apple idayambitsa ma modemu kuchokera ku msonkhano wa Intel kuphatikiza ma modemu ochokera ku Qualcomm. Kuyankha kotsatira kwa Qualcomm sikunatenge nthawi.
Nkhani yonseyi tsopano ikuyendetsedwa ndi Federal Trade Commission, yomwe, komabe, ilibe tsankho kwa Qualcomm. Komabe, mkanganowu sunathe ndipo Apple iyenera kuganiziranso njira zina zoperekera tchipisi tawo.
