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Mphekesera zoyamba kuti Apple ikufuna kupanga modemu yake ya 5G yadziwika kuyambira 2018, pomwe kampaniyo sinawaphatikizepo m'ma iPhones ake. Idachita izi koyamba ndi iPhone 12 mu 2020, mothandizidwa ndi Qualcomm. Komabe, akufuna kumuchotsa pang'onopang'ono, pamene kuchoka kumeneku kungayambe chaka chamawa. 

Ngakhale makampani ambiri akuwonekera pamsika wa chip wa 5G, pali atsogoleri anayi okha. Kupatula Qualcomm, awa ndi Samsung, Huawei ndi MediaTek. Ndipo monga mukuwonera, makampani onsewa amapanga ma chipsets awo (osati) mafoni a m'manja okha. Qualcomm ili ndi Snapdragon, Samsung Exynos, Huawei Kirin yake, ndi MediaTek Dimensity yake. Chifukwa chake, zikunenedwa mwachindunji kuti makampaniwa amapanganso ma modemu a 5G, omwe ndi gawo la chipset. Makampani ena akuphatikizapo Unisoc, Nokia Networks, Bradcom, Xilinx ndi ena.

Kugwirizana koyipa ndi Qualcomm 

Apple imapanganso tchipisi ta mafoni a m'manja, pomwe mbiri yake ndi A15 Bionic. Koma kuti ikhale ndi modemu ya 5G, kampaniyo iyenera kugula, kotero si yankho lake, lomwe likufuna kusintha. Izi makamaka chifukwa ngakhale ali ndi mgwirizano ndi Qualcomm mpaka 2025, ubale pakati pawo si wabwino kwambiri. Makhothi a patent, omwe pambuyo pake, anali ndi mlandu pa chilichonse kuthetsa kwatheka.

Kuchokera kumalingaliro a Apple, ndikofunikira kutsanzikana ndi makampani onse ogulitsa ofanana ndikuchita zonse bwino pansi pa denga "lake" ndikupeza ufulu wochulukirapo (Apple mwina ipeza ufulu wodziyimira pawokha). opangidwa ndi TSMC). Ngakhale ipanga modemu yakeyake ya 5G, pambuyo pake idzagwiritsa ntchito pazida zake zokha, ndipo sidzatsata njira yomwe Samsung imachita. Iye, mwachitsanzo, ndi ma modemu ake a 5G malinga ndi nkhani zaposachedwa ipereka, mwachitsanzo, ku Pixel 7 yomwe ikubwera ya Google (yomwe ndi wosewera wina pagawo la chipsets chake, pomwe idayambitsa Tensor yake ndi Pixel 6). 

Si ndalama chabe 

Apple ili ndi zida zopangira modemu ya 5G, popeza idagula gawo la modem la Intel mu 2019. Chifukwa chake, ngakhale atatha, sapita kwa opikisana nawo a Qualcomm kuti amupatse modemu. Sizingakhale zomveka chifukwa zimatha kungochoka kumatope kupita kumatope. Zachidziwikire, sadzatiuza momwe Apple ikuchitira ndi chitukuko tsopano. Chotsimikizika, komabe, ndikuti ngakhale atayambitsa chaka chamawa, akadali womangidwa ndi mgwirizano ndi Qualcomm, ndiye akuyenera kupitiliza kutenga gawo lina lake. Koma sakanagwiritsa ntchito ma iPhones, koma mwina ma iPads okha.

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Chofunikira ndichakuti ngati muchita zonse nokha, mutha kuthana ndi zovuta zambiri zomwe simungakhudze ndi zigawo zomwe zaperekedwa. Zomwe zili ndendende vuto la makampani ena omwe amapereka ma modemu awo kwa opanga ambiri. Chifukwa chake amayenera "kukonza" yankho lawo pazomwe amapereka. Ndipo Apple sakufunanso zimenezo. Kwa ogwiritsa ntchito, phindu pankhani ya yankho la kampaniyo likhoza kukhala makamaka pakuwongolera mphamvu, komanso kusamutsa deta mwachangu.

Phindu la Apple likhoza kukhala kusiyana kwakukulu mu kukula kwa modemu, komanso kutsika mtengo wogula, popanda kufunika kolipira malayisensi ndi ma patent. Ngakhale ili ndi funso, popeza Apple tsopano ili ndi ma patent omwe adapitako atapeza gawo la modem la Intel, koma sizikuphatikizidwa kuti izigwiritsabe ntchito zina za Qualcomm. Ngakhale zili choncho, zikanakhala zandalama zocheperapo kuposa mmene zilili panopa. 

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