Kubonakala sengathi abalandeli be-Apple kuzodingeka baqinise izibopho zabo kancane. Ngemva kwezinyanga zamahemuhemu nokuvuza mayelana nokuthi isizukulwane esilandelayo samafoni e-Cupertino sizoletha ini, uTim Cook ngokwakhe ukhiphe ihlaya. Enkulumweni yamuva nje, i-CEO yenkampani ikwenze kwacaca ukuthi Izindleko zokukhiqiza zikhuphuke kakhulu ukuze bangabe besakwazi ukumunca ukushaywa ngaphandle kokuthinta amalebula esitolo.
Icala lale nkinga lilele entweni yamanje: ubuhlakani bokwenziwa. Akukhona nje ukuthi i-iPhone 18 idinga amandla engeziwe ukuze isebenzise izici ezintsha ze-Siri, kodwa nezinkampani emhlabeni wonke ziyakwenza lokho. ukuqongelela ama-memory chips ngezikhungo zayo zedatha, okushiya imakethe yabathengi okungenani. Lesi simo siphoqelele i-Apple, ebilokhu izigqaja ngochungechunge lokuhlinzeka oluqinile, ukuthi ivume ukuthi isimo samanje asizinzile uma ifuna ukugcina ezezimali zayo ziphilile.
Isiphepho esiphelele sezingxenye
Umsuka wenkinga usezifinyezweni ezimbili ezizodala ingxoxo eningi: i-DRAM ne-NAND. Lezi zinhlobo zememori zibalulekile kunoma iyiphi i-smartphone ukuze isebenze kahle futhi igcine izithombe zethu, kodwa intengo yazo Isiphindeke kane ngonyaka owodwa nje Ngenxa yokwanda okukhulu kwe-AI ekhiqizayo, iziqhwaga ezifana neMicrosoft neGoogle zikhokha noma yini edingekayo ngalezi zingxenye zamaseva azo, okudala isithiyo esinabakhiqizi behadiwe abasematheni.
UCook ubelokhu ethembekile lapho ephawula ukuthi, eminyakeni engaphezu kwamashumi amane yomsebenzi wakhe, wayengakaze abone ukuguquguquka okungaka kwezinto zokusetshenziswa. Nakuba i-Apple izamile ukuvikela abasebenzisi ngesikhathi sokwethulwa kwakamuva, i- ukushoda kwama-semiconductor akhethekile Kufike eqophelweni elibucayi. Akuyona indaba yokufuna ukuthola imali eyengeziwe, kodwa kunalokho ukuthi izingxenye ezingaphakathi kweshasi yocingo manje sezibiza ingalo nomlenze uma kuqhathaniswa nalokho ezazikubiza ezinyangeni eziyishumi nambili ezedlule.
Yimaphi amanani esingawalindela eSpain?
Uma sisebenzisa lezi zibalo esifundeni sethu, izinto ziba zimbi kakhulu. Ngokusho kokuhlaziywa kochwepheshe bemboni, izindleko zokufaka lobu buchwepheshe obusha nokunciphisa intengo ekhuphukile yama-chip zibalulekile. Kungaba cishe ama-euro angu-200 noma angu-250 Izindleko ezengeziwe ngedivayisi ngayinye. Uma ubheka ukuthi i-iPhone 17 Pro yayivele inentengo enkulu yokuqala, ukubona i-iPhone 18 Pro idlula kalula ama-euro angu-1.500 ezitolo zaseSpain kungenzeka ukuthi cishe akekho onesibindi sokuphika.
Endabeni yemodeli enesifiso esikhulu, i-Pro Max, izibalo ezibonisa ukungabi nathemba okukhulu zibonisa ukuthi ingakwazi isondela kumaki wama-euro angu-2.000 ezinguqulweni zabo ezinamandla aphezulu. Kuyigxathu elibuhlungu, ikakhulukazi ngemva kwesikhathi lapho amanani abonakala sengathi azinzile khona eYurophu. Isu lenkampani lingase lihilele ukwethula amanye inguqulo emfushane kancane ukuze wonge izindleko ukuze bangalahlekelwa yizithameli ezingafuni ukuchitha umholo wonke kumakhalekhukhwini, yize kusazobonakala ukuthi lokho kuhambisana kanjani nekhathalogi yazo ye-premium.
Ikusasa elingeke licace kuze kube ngu-2028
Kulabo abacabanga ukuthi lokhu kuyiphutha lesikhashana elithatha izinyanga ezimbalwa, izindaba azikhuthazi ngempela. Izinhlangano zokulinganisa kanye nabeluleki bezobuchwepheshe baxwayisa ngokuthi ingcindezi yokwehla kwamandla emali kuma-chips Kuzohlala kufana, okungenani kuze kube ngu-2028. Isidingo sobuhlakani bokwenziwa asiyona into edlulayo, futhi izimboni ze-silicon zithatha iminyaka ukwandisa amandla azo okukhonza umhlaba wonke.
Naphezu kokuba nezimali eziningi kanye nezigidigidi zemali egciniwe, i-Apple inqume ukungazakhi izimboni zayo zokukhiqiza imemori, ikhetha ukugxila kulokho ekwenza kahle kakhulu. Lokhu kubaphoqa ukuthi benze kanjalo. ncintisana emakethe evulekile Uma kuqhathaniswa nezinye izinhlobo, i-iPhone manje idinga i-RAM eningi kakhulu ukuvimbela i-Siri entsha ukuthi ingabi manzi. Lena yintengo oyikhokhela ngokuba nomsizi ohlakaniphile ngempela ephaketheni lakho, yize abantu abaningi bezojuluka uma bebona irisidi.
Lesi simo sonke sidweba isithombe lapho ubuchwepheshe obusezingeni eliphezulu buqala ukuba obukhethekile. Ukuqinisekiswa okusemthethweni kokuthi Ukwenyuka kwentengo akunakugwenywa Lokhu kuphawula ukuguquka kwesu le-Apple, njengoba ilungiselela ushintsho lobuholi noJohn Ternus osezofika ekhoneni. Ekugcineni, phakathi kwezindleko zokukhiqiza ezikhuphukayo nesidingo sehadiwe yesimanje ye-AI, ngumsebenzisi wokugcina ozothwala umthwalo wenkinga yezingxenye ebonakala ingenasiphelo esibonakalayo.
