Vhara shambadzo

Tim Cook akashanyira padivi peMutungamiriri weUS, Joe Biden, fekitori iri kuuya yeTSMC semiconductor muPhoenix, Arizona. Asi iyi sumo inofinha yenyaya yacho inoreva zvakawanda kupfuura zvazvingangoratidzika pakutanga. Cook akasimbisa kuti machipi emidziyo yeApple achagadzirwa pano, ayo achazvikudza kutakura iyo Made in America label, uye iri inhanho hombe mudambudziko ririkuenderera mberi chip. 

TSMC ishamwari yeApple pakugadzira Apple Silicon chips inoshandiswa mune zvese zvigadzirwa zvayo. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ndiyo hombe pasi rose yakazvimirira inogadzira semiconductor disks, iyo, kunyangwe ichitungamirwa muHsinchu Science Park muHsinchu, Taiwan, ine mamwe mapazi muEurope, Japan, China, South Korea, India, uye North America.

Pamusoro peApple, TSMC inoshanda pamwe nevagadziri vepasi rose vevagadziri uye maseketi akabatanidzwa, akadai seQualcomm, Broadcom, MediaTek, Altera, Marvell, NVIDIA, AMD nevamwe. Kunyangwe vanogadzira chip avo vane mamwe semiconductor masimba vanoburitsa chikamu chekugadzira kwavo kuTSMC. Parizvino, kambani inotungamira tekinoroji mumunda we semiconductor machipisi, sezvo ichipa yakanyanya kugadzirwa maitiro. Iyo fekitori nyowani inotarisirwa kuburitsa maA-series machipi anoshandiswa muPhones, iPads uye Apple TVs, pamwe neM chips inoshandiswa muMacs uye yatove iPads.

Kuendesa nekukurumidza 

Iyo fekitori nyowani yevatengi vekuAmerica yeTSMC inongoreva kukurumidza kuendeswa kwemachipi mashoma. Apple zvino yaifanira kutenga machipisi ese "pamusoro pegungwa", uye zvino ichave "yemari shoma". Pachiitiko chayo chekutanga cheveruzhinji, TSMC yakagamuchira vatengi, vashandi, vatungamiriri venzvimbo uye vatori venhau kuti vaone fekitori itsva (kana kunze kwayo). Biden zvakare ane chikwereti chake chechiitiko chese nekusaina icho chinodaidzwa kuti CHIPS Act inobata nemabhiriyoni emadhora mukukurudzira kugadzirwa kwemasemiconductors kunoitika munharaunda yeUS, uko Cook akamutendawo ipapo.

Nekudaro, Apple yakati "ichaenderera mberi nekugadzira nekugadzira" zvigadzirwa zvakakosha muUnited States uye "kuenderera mberi nekudzika" mari yayo muhupfumi. Zvinogona kunge zvakanaka kutaura, asi chokwadi chekuti vaunganidzi vari kuramwa mabasa muChina uye kugadzirwa kweiyo iPhone 14 Pro kuri kuderera iko kupokana kwakajeka kweaya mazwi akakwirira. Iyo nyowani TSMC chirimwa muArizona haizovhurwa kusvika 2024.

Maitiro ekugadzira echikuru 

Pakutanga, fekitori yaifanirwa kutarisa nezvekugadzirwa kwe5nm chips, asi nguva pfupi yadarika yakaziviswa kuti ichashandisa iyo 4nm maitiro pachinzvimbo. Nekudaro, tekinoroji iyi ichiri kusara kumashure kwezvirongwa zveApple zvakaziviswa zvekuchinja kune 3nm maitiro kutanga kwa2023. Zvinonyatsotevera kuti, semuenzaniso, machipisi ePhones matsva haazobudiswi pano zvakadaro, asi iwo evakuru, i.e. achiripo, zvishandiso zvichagadzirwa (A16 Bionic mu iPhone 14 Pro pamwe neM2 machipi anogadzirwa ne5nm maitiro). Muna 2026 chete iyo fekitari yechipiri ichavhurwa, iyo inenge yatove yakakosha mu 3nm machipisi, ayo ari madiki uye akaomarara processors, asi ari kutogadzirwa nhasi. Mushure mezvose, TSMC inofanirwa kuunza iyo 2nm maitiro mumiti yayo mikuru kutanga 2025.

TSMC irikudyara mabhiriyoni makumi mana emadhora muchirongwa chese, chinova chimwe chekudyara kwakakura kwakananga kunze kwenyika mukugadzira kwakamboitwa muUS. Mafekitori maviri aya achagadzira anopfuura mazana matanhatu ezviuru zvimedu pagore panosvika 40, izvo zvinofanirwa kukwana kuvhara zvese zvinodiwa neAmerica zvemachipisi epamberi, sekureva kwevakuru veWhite House. Huwandu hwemidziyo inoshandisa imwe mhando yemachipi iri kukura nekukurumidza, asi pachine kushomeka kwakanyanya kwemachipi. Pakupedzisira, hazvina basa kuti machipisi haagadziriswe muUSA vachishandisa nzira dzemazuva ano, nekuti vanoenda kugehena zvakadaro. 

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