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Mlandu wogulitsa bankirapuse GT Advanced Technologies safiro yakhala ikugwira ntchito kwa mwezi wopitilira. Ngakhale Apple idagwirizana ndi mnzake kuti athetse mgwirizanowu, idalephera kuletsa kusindikizidwa kwa mapangano ofunikira omwe amawonetsa machitidwe a zokambirana za chimphona cha California ndi GTAT.

Zambiri zosangalatsa zokhudzana ndi mgwirizano wa Apple ndi GT Advanced Technologies zidatuluka m'mawu ochokera ku GTAT COO Daniel Squiller, zomwe Apple idati zingamuwononge ngati zitadziwika. Komabe, Woweruza Henry Boroff anali wosasunthika ndipo kampani yaku California sinamutsimikizire za kuvulaza kwenikweni.

Zotsatira zake, mawu onse a Squiller, osasinthika adatulutsidwa, kufotokoza chifukwa chake GTAT idayenera kusungitsa chitetezo cha bankirapuse koyambirira kwa Okutobala. Squiller adapatsa khothi zikalata zapadera zofotokoza mapangano pakati pa Apple ndi ogulitsa, omwe opanga iPhone mwamwambo amawateteza kwambiri. Squiller akuwonetsa ndi zolemba izi kuti mgwirizano womwe udamaliza sunali wokhazikika kwa GTAT ndipo umakonda kwambiri Apple. Zonse zidafika pachimake pakutha kwa GTAT.

Squiller adawulula kuti Apple sanakambirane, koma adangonena zomwe adakakamiza woimira GTAT kuvomereza. Adawauza kuti asataye nthawi yake chifukwa Apple samakambirana ndi omwe amamupatsa. GTAT idakayika kuvomereza zomwe adauzidwa, zomwe Apple idati izi ndi zomwe amagulitsa ndipo GTAT iyenera "kuvala mathalauza anu akulu ndikuvomera mgwirizano".

Ambiri mwa ogulitsa a Apple ali ku China ndipo mapanganowo ndi achinsinsi kwambiri, kotero ndizosatheka kutsimikizira ngati mgwirizano womwe waperekedwa ku GTAT unali wofanana ndi ena, koma mfundo yoti Apple ikugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu ndi udindo wake kwambiri ndiyotheka. wosatsutsika. Izi zikutsimikiziridwa ndi zomwe zangosindikizidwa kumene za mgwirizano ndi GTAT. Malingana ndi COO Squiller, patapita nthawi Apple inasintha zoopsa zonse zachuma ku GT Advanced, zomwe zinali ndi zotsatira imodzi yokha: ngati mgwirizanowu ukugwira ntchito, Apple ikanapanga ndalama zambiri, ngati mgwirizanowo utalephera, monga momwe zinakhalira, GT Advanced makamaka. angachichotse kwa ambiri .

Zambiri zidadziwika kale kumapeto kwa Okutobala, pomwe zinali poyera gawo la umboni wa Squiller, ndipo Woweruza Boroff atatsutsa zotsutsa za Apple, tsopano tikudziwa zolemba zonse zomwe zidatumizidwa. Mwa iwo, Squiller akufotokoza Apple ngati wokambirana mwamphamvu yemwe nthawi yake yomalizira ndi zoyembekeza zinali zosatheka kukwaniritsa.

Mwachitsanzo, poyambirira Apple idakonza zogula ng'anjo za safiro kuti apange safiro yokha, koma pamapeto pake idatembenuka ndikupereka mawu osiyanasiyana a GTAT: Apple ingabwereke ndalama ku GTAT kuti igule ng'anjo za safiro zokha. Apple pambuyo pake idaletsa GTAT kuti isachite malonda ndi makampani ena aukadaulo, wopanga safiroyo sanaloledwe kusokoneza ntchito zopanga popanda chilolezo cha Apple, ndipo GTAT idayeneranso kukwaniritsa nthawi iliyonse yokhazikitsidwa ndi chimphona cha California, popanda kukakamizidwa kuti achotse. opangidwa safiro.

Squiller adalongosola njira zolankhulirana za Apple ngati njira yachikale ya "nyambo ndikusintha", pomwe amapereka chiyembekezo chabwino kwa omwe amapereka, koma zenizeni ndizosiyana. Squiller adavomereza kuti pamapeto pake mgwirizano ndi Apple unali "wosasangalatsa komanso wokonda mbali imodzi". Izi zikuwonetsedwa, mwachitsanzo, chifukwa ngakhale Apple sanatenge safiro kuchokera ku GTAT pamapeto pake, wopangayo amayenera kubweza ndalama zomwe adabwereka. Pamapeto pake, Apple sanapereke ngakhale gawo lomaliza la ngongoleyo sanatumize.

Koma oimira GT Advanced ali ndi mlandu, monga Squiller mwiniwake adavomereza. Kukula ndi kutchuka kwa Apple kunali koyesa kwa GTAT kotero kuti wopanga safiro pamapeto pake adavomera mawu osapindulitsa. Zobweza zomwe zingabwere zinali zazikulu kwambiri kotero kuti GT Advanced idakhala pachiwopsezo chomwe pamapeto pake chidapha.

Komabe, zomwe zangosindikizidwa kumene za mgwirizanowo sizidzakhudzanso mlandu wonsewo. Apple yokhala ndi GTAT mu Okutobala adavomera pa "kuthetsa mwamtendere" momwe GTAT idzabweza ngongole yake kwa Apple pazaka zinayi zikubwerazi, ndipo potsiriza kuti mawu a Squiller sangasinthe mgwirizano wapachiyambi.

M'mwezi wa Okutobala, GTAT idapempha kuti zikalata zapagulu tsopano zikhale zachinsinsi chifukwa kampaniyo idakumana ndi chindapusa cha $ 50 miliyoni pakuphwanya chinsinsi chilichonse, chomwe chinalinso gawo la mgwirizano pakati pamakampani awiriwa. Apple adayankha mokwiyitsidwa ndi zomwe adanena zambiri za Squirrel, ponena kuti zambiri zomwe zaperekedwa sizinali zofunikira kuti zidziwitse anthu kuti amvetsetse momwe chuma cha GTAT chilili.

Apple adanena m'mawu ake kuti zolemba za Squiller zimapangidwira kupaka Apple moyipa ngati wolamulira wankhanza, komanso kuphatikiza kuvulaza kampaniyo, ndi zabodza. Apple akuti inalibe malingaliro oti azitha kuyang'anira ndikudzitengera mphamvu kwa omwe akuipereka, ndipo kufalitsa zomwe tafotokozazi zitha kusokoneza zokambirana zake zamtsogolo ndi ena ogulitsa.

Chitsime: GigaOM, ArsTechnica
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