Ondrej Holzman Ngati ndinu ogulitsa gawo lalikulu la ma iPhones omwe amagulitsa mamiliyoni ambiri kotala lililonse, mungakhale otsimikiza kuti muchita bwino. Koma Apple ikasiya kukhala ndi chidwi ndi inu, muli ndi vuto. Wopanga zojambula za chip Imagination Technologies amawononga ndendende zomwe zachitikazo pafupifupi theka la biliyoni. Mtengo wa kampaniyo unatsika kwambiri pambuyo pakutsika kwakukulu kwa magawo.
Imagination Technologies m'mawu atolankhani Lolemba iwo analemba, kuti Apple yawauza kuti "m'miyezi 15 mpaka 24" idzasiya kugula ma GPU awo pazinthu zake, zomwe ndi iPhones, iPads, TV, Watch ndi iPods. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, Apple wakhala akugula makina ojambula zithunzi kuchokera ku kampani ya ku Britain kwa zaka zambiri, kotero kusintha kwa ndondomekoyi ndikofunika kwambiri.
Kupatula apo, izi zikuwonetsedwa ndi kutsika kwakukulu komwe kwatchulidwa kale pamtengo wagawo, zomwe zikuwonetsa kusiyana komwe kulipo mukagulitsa ndi Apple komanso pomwe simutero. Ndipo kwa Imagination Technologies, chimphona cha California chinalidi kasitomala wofunikira, chifukwa chimapereka pafupifupi theka la ndalama zawo. Tsogolo la wopanga GPU waku Britain lingakhale losatsimikizika.
Chip chachisanu cha Apple
Dongosolo la Apple loti ayambe kupanga GPU yake pambuyo pa CPU sizodabwitsa, komabe. Kumbali imodzi, ikugwirizana ndi njira ya Apple yoyendetsera chitukuko ndipo pamapeto pake kupanga gawo lalikulu kwambiri la magawo a iPhones ndi zinthu zina, ndipo kumbali ina, m'zaka zaposachedwa, yasonkhanitsa imodzi mwazolemekezeka kwambiri " silicon", komwe idalembanso akatswiri akatswiri opanga zojambulajambula.
Kwa gulu la Apple lopanga chip, lomwe motsogozedwa ndi John Srouji, oyang'anira ndi mainjiniya angapo adachokera ku Imagination Technologies m'miyezi yaposachedwa, ndipo panalinso malingaliro oti Apple ingagule kampani yonse yaku Britain. Anasiya ndondomekoyi panthawiyi, koma chifukwa cha kuchepa kwakukulu kwa magawo, ndizotheka kuti oyang'anira a Apple abwerere ku lingaliro ili.
Pambuyo pa A-series, S-series (Watch), T-series (Touch Bar with Touch ID) ndi W-series (AirPods) chips, Apple tsopano yatsala pang'ono kulowa m'dera lotsatira la "silicon" ndipo cholinga chake chidzakhala bwino. kukhala wopambana wofanana ndi ma CPU ake pomwe, mwachitsanzo, A10 Fusion yaposachedwa ili kutali ndi mpikisano. Tchipisi zomwe Google kapena Samsung zimayika m'mafoni awo nthawi zambiri sizingafanane ndi chipangizo chakale cha A9 kuyambira 2015.
Mpikisano chenjerani
Komabe, chitukuko cha purosesa yazithunzi ndi chimodzi mwazovuta kwambiri za tchipisi tonse, kotero zidzakhala zosangalatsa kwambiri kuwona momwe Apple imachitira ndi vutoli. Ngakhale poganizira kuti ikuyenera kuyambitsa GPU yake mkati mwa zaka ziwiri posachedwa, malinga ndi Imagination Technologies. Mwachitsanzo, John Metcalfe, yemwe adagwira ntchito ku kampani ya ku Britain kwa zaka khumi ndi zisanu, posachedwapa monga woyang'anira ntchito, ndipo wakhala akugwira ntchito ku Cupertino kuyambira July watha, akuthandiza pa chitukuko.
Kuonjezera apo, vutoli likhoza kubwera osati ndi chitukuko chotere, koma makamaka chifukwa chakuti ambiri mwazinthu zofunikira pazithunzi zojambula zojambula zatha kale ndipo Apple idzafunika kupeza ufulu waumwini. Ichi ndi chifukwa chake akadayenera kuganizira zogula Imagination Technologies, ndichifukwa chake akatswiri samaletsa kusunthaku mtsogolomu. Ndikupeza, Apple ikadateteza chilichonse chofunikira chomwe chingafune kutulutsa GPU yake.
Ngati pamapeto pake Apple ilibe chidwi ndi Imagination Technologies, aku Britain safuna kusiya popanda kumenyana ndipo akuyembekeza kuti atha kusonkhanitsa ndalama kuchokera ku Apple chifukwa cha matekinoloje awo ovomerezeka, ngakhale akuyenera kupita kukhoti. "Imagination ikukhulupirira kuti zingakhale zovuta kupanga kamangidwe katsopano ka GPU kuchokera pansi popanda kuphwanya nzeru zake," inatero kampaniyo. Mwachitsanzo, mgwirizano wamalayisensi ndi ARM ukuwoneka ngati njira ina ya Apple.
Khalani ndi GPU ngati kiyi yamtsogolo
Komabe, chomwe chidzakhala chofunikira kwambiri pokhudzana ndi GPU yokha ndi chifukwa chomwe Apple ikuchitira. "Ngakhale pamwamba zonse zikukhudza mafoni, mfundo yoti (Imagination) Apple ikuwasiya zikutanthauza kuti Imagination idzakhala kunja kwa chilichonse chomwe Apple ingachite kupita patsogolo," adatero. Financial Times katswiri Ben Bajarin kuchokera Njira Zopangira.
"GPU ndiyofunikira kwambiri pazinthu zonse zosangalatsa zomwe akufuna kuchita m'tsogolomu," adatero Bajarin, ponena za zinthu monga luntha lochita kupanga, kuzindikira nkhope, magalimoto odziimira okha, komanso zowonjezereka komanso zenizeni zenizeni.
Ma purosesa azithunzi ndi abwino kwambiri pantchito zapayekha komanso zogwiritsa ntchito kwambiri, mosiyana ndi ma CPU omwe amangoyang'ana kwambiri, ndichifukwa chake mainjiniya amawagwiritsa ntchito, mwachitsanzo, akamagwira ntchito ndi luntha lochita kupanga. Kwa Apple, GPU yake, yomwe ingakhale yamphamvu kwambiri komanso yothandiza kwambiri ingapereke mwayi wokulirapo wosinthira deta mwachindunji pazida, popeza wopanga iPhone amayesa kukonza deta yaying'ono momwe angathere mumtambo kuti atetezeke kwambiri.
M'tsogolomu, GPU yake imatha kuyimira zopindulitsa m'malo omwe tawatchulawa a zowona zenizeni, momwe Apple ikuyika kale ndalama zambiri.
Apple posachedwa "kugula pansi pa mtengo". Ps: oyang'anira sangapange chip.