Apple ithathe isinyathelo esibalulekile esu layo lokuzimela kwezobuchwepheshe ngokwethula i-iPhone 16e, ehlanganisa imodemu entsha ye-Apple C1. Le ngxenye iphawula ukuqala kwesiteji esisha senkampani, osekuyiminyaka ifuna ukunciphisa ukuncika kwayo Qualcomm, umphakeli wamanje wama-chips okuxhumana wamadivayisi akhe.
I-Apple C1 iyimodemu yokuqala ye-5G eklanywe yinkampani ngokwayo futhi iqala kule modeli yezinga lokungena. Ngokusho kwe-Apple, ukuthuthukiswa kwayo kuvumele ukuthi ithuthukise i- ukusebenza kahle kwamandla futhi unikele a ukuxhumana okuzinzile. Lesi sinyathelo siphinde simele igxathu eliya phambili lokuthi i-Apple ikwazi ukulawula ukukhiqizwa kwezingxenye zayo, into esuvele iyenze ngama-Apple Silicon processors kuma-Mac ayo kanye namadivayisi eselula.
Ukuphela kokuncika ku-Qualcomm
Sekuyiminyaka i-Apple isebenzela ukwakha imodemu yayo, ngenhloso yokunciphisa izindleko ezitholakala kumalayisense e-Qualcomm kanye nokuthuthukisa ukuhlanganiswa kwehadiwe nesofthiwe kumadivayisi ayo. Ngo-2019, inkampani yathola isigaba semodemu ye-Intel Ama-dollar ayi-1.000, obuhlanganisa ubuchwepheshe, amalungelo obunikazi kanye nabasebenzi abakhethekile abangaphezu kuka-2.000.
Kusukela lapho, ukwenza imodemu yayo kube yinselele, nemibiko ekhombisa ubunzima ekufaniseni ukusebenza kwezixazululo ze-Qualcomm. Kodwa-ke, nge-C1 ekugcineni emakethe, Apple ihlola ukwethembeka kwayo ku-iPhone 16e ngaphambi kokwelula ukusetshenziswa kwayo kumamodeli athuthuke kakhulu ezizukulwaneni ezizayo.
Izici ze-Apple C1
Imodemu entsha ye-C1 igqama ngokuba yiyo i-Apple eyonga kakhulu amandla esike yayisebenzisa ku-iPhone kuze kube manje. Ngokusho kwenkampani, ubuchwepheshe bayo buvumela a ukusetshenziswa kwebhethri okuphansi ngaphandle kokudela ukusebenza kokuxhumana.
- Ukusebenza kahle kwamandla aphezulu: Ngenxa yokuhlanganiswa kwayo ne-iOS 18 kanye neprosesa ye-A18, i-Apple C1 ithuthukisa ukuphathwa kokusetshenziswa.
- Ukuxhumana okulungiselelwe: Inikeza uxhumano olusheshayo noluzinzile lwe-5G, nakuba ingahambisani nobuchwepheshe be-mmWave, obuhlala bugcinelwe amanye amamodeli ebangeni le-iPhone 16.
- Ukukhiqiza kumanodi angu-4nm kanye ne-7nm: Ibhalansi phakathi kokusebenza kahle kwamandla nezindleko zokukhiqiza.
Umnyakazo wokuhlola?
Iqiniso lokuthi le modem iqala ukuvela ku-iPhone 16e hhayi ebangeni eliphezulu lingahunyushwa ngokuthi isu lokuyihlola kudivayisi enethonya eliphansi. Uma izinkinga zokusebenza noma ukuxhumeka ziphakama, ngeke zithinte amamodeli enkampani athengiswa kakhulu.
I-Apple ihlela, ngokusho kwemithombo ehlukahlukene, ukuqhubeka nokusebenzisa amamodemu Qualcomm kumamodeli ayo athuthuke kakhulu kuze kube ngu-2026 noma 2027, lapho ethemba ukuthi ubuchwepheshe bayo bangaphakathi buzoba sezingeni lemboni.
Ikusasa lokuxhumana ku-iPhone
Lesi isinyathelo sokuqala nje secebo le-Apple lokulawula izingxenye ezibalulekile zemikhiqizo yayo. Uma i-C1 iphila ngokuvumelana nokulindelwe, kungenzeka lokho inkampani izosebenzisa izinguqulo ezithuthuke kakhulu zale modemu ezizukulwaneni ezizayo, iqede ngokuphelele ukuncika kwayo ku-Qualcomm futhi isungule i-ecosystem evaleke nakakhulu futhi ethuthukisiwe.
Kubasebenzisi, lokhu kungasho ngcono ekusebenzeni kahle kwamandla, nakuba uxhumano lwe-mmWave luhlala lugcinelwe amamodeli e-premium. Esikhathini esifushane, labo abathenga i-iPhone 16e bazokwazi ukuzibonela mathupha ukuthi lolu shintsho lungcono yini.