Pani hoʻolaha

ʻO nā kaʻina hana A-series e hoʻohana ana i nā iPads, me ka hiʻohiʻona A8X i ka iPad Air 2 hou loa, ke kumu kūʻai nei ʻo Intel mau piliona kālā i nā poho kālā a hoʻohui i nā pilikia o nā hui e like me Qualcomm, Samsung a me Nvidia. He mea koʻikoʻi ka mākeke papa no kēia mau hui, a ke hana nei ʻo Apple i nā wrinkles ikaika loa no lākou me kāna mau hana.

I ka wā i hoʻokomo ai ʻo Apple i ka iPad mua i ka makahiki 2010, aia nā lono o ka hui pū ʻana me Intel a me kāna polokalamu kelepona x86, i kapa ʻia ʻo Silverthorne, i lilo i Atom. Eia naʻe, ma kahi o kahi iPad me kahi kaʻina Intel, ua hoʻolauna ʻo Steve Jobs i ka A4, kahi mea hana ARM i hoʻololi pololei ʻia e Apple.

I kona makahiki mua, aneane pau loa ka iPad i ka hoʻokūkū ma ke ʻano o ka Windows Tablet PC a Microsoft. I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻopiʻi ka iPad 2 me nā mea hoʻokūkū e like me ka HP TouchPad me WebOS, ka BlackBerry PlayBook a me kekahi mau papa e holo ana ma ka Android 3.0 OS, e like me ka Motorola Xoom. I ka hopena o 2011, ua hana ʻo Amazon i kahi hoʻoikaika makehewa me kāna Kindle Fire. I ka makahiki 2012, ua hoʻokomo ʻo Microsoft i kāna Surface RT, me ka ʻole o ka holomua.

Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Surface RT, ua kūʻai aku ʻo Apple i nā iPads ma ke kumukūʻai hanohano o 70 miliona mau ʻāpana i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e kālai ana i ka hapa nui loa o ka mākeke papa. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole lanakila wale ʻo Apple iā Samsung, Palm, HP, BlackBerry, Google, Amazon a me Microsoft ma ke ʻano he mea hana papa papa, akā ʻo nā hui pū kekahi e hana ana i nā chips e mana ana i nā papa o nā hui i ʻōlelo ʻia.

ʻO nā poʻe pio i ka pae o nā mea hana chip

Intel

ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka mea i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia ʻo Intel, ʻaʻole wale i loaʻa ka ʻoihana waiwai no ka hana ʻana i nā kaʻina hana no nā iPads, akā ua hoʻomaka pū nō hoʻi e nalowale nui i ke kahua o nā netbooks, ʻo ka emi ʻana o ia mea i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka iPad. Ua luku loa ʻo Apple i ka mākeke PC Ultra-mobile me nā mea like me ka Celeron M-powered Samsung Q1. Ua kū ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana PC i hoʻomalu ʻia e Intel a ua emi iki. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe mea hōʻike e hana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o Intel, i kēlā me kēia hihia, nalo ia i ke kaʻaahi ma nā polokalamu kelepona.

Texas mea hana

Ua hoʻohana nā ʻāpana OMAP o ka hui i ka BlackBerry PlayBook, Amazon Kindle Fire, Motorola Xyboard a me kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona Galaxy mai Samsung. Ua ʻoi aku ʻo Apple iā lākou a pau me ka iPad. ʻOiai ʻaʻole i hoʻopiʻi pololei ʻia nā chips OMAP, ʻaʻole i hoʻokūkū maikaʻi nā polokalamu e holo ana ma luna o lākou me ka iPad e holo ana iā iOS, a no laila ua haʻalele loa ʻo Texas Instruments i ka hana ʻana i nā mea hana uila uila.

Nvidia

ʻO wai ka mea ʻike ʻole i ka mea hana i nā kāleka kiʻi. ʻIke wau i nā poʻe he nui i makemake i ka hui pū ʻana o kahi kaʻina Intel a me Nvidia "kiʻi" ma kā lākou papapihi. Me he mea lā e hahai ʻo Nvidia i nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae o Intel i ka honua kelepona. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka Tegra mua ma nā polokalamu ʻo Zune HD a me KIN, Tegra 2 ma Motorola's Xoom, a me Tegra 3 a me 4 ma Microsoft's Surface.

Ua kapa ʻia ka chip hanauna hou mai Nvidia ʻo K1 a ʻaʻole ʻoe e loaʻa iā ia ma ka Google Nexus 9. ʻO ia ka 64-bit ARM chip mua hiki ke holo ma lalo o ka Android OS, a he 192 ALU. Eia naʻe, ma mua o ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana o ka K1 ma ka Nexus 9, ua hoʻolauna ʻo Apple i ka iPad Air 2 me kahi A8X i loaʻa iā 256 ALU. Paʻi ka A8X i ka K1 i ka hana a me ka hoʻohana haʻahaʻa. Ua haʻalele ʻo Nvidia i nā kelepona paʻa, hiki paha iā ia ke haʻalele i nā papa.

ʻO Qualcomm

Ua lohe paha ʻoe i ka HP TouchPad a me Nokia Lumia 2520 ma mua o ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai? Inā ʻaʻole, ʻaʻohe mea pili - ua kūʻai ʻia ka papa mua i ʻōlelo ʻia ma 2011 no ʻekolu mahina wale nō, a ʻaʻole kūleʻa ka lua. ʻOiai ʻo ka iPad me nā mea hana A-series i noho i nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa me kāna mau kumukūʻai, ua waiho ʻia ʻo Qualcomm me ka mākeke o nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā papa Kina, kahi i liʻiliʻi ai nā palena.

Hāʻawi ʻo Qualcomm i nā mea hana Snapdragon i kekahi o nā kelepona 4G a me nā papa o Samsung, akā hoʻohui ʻo Samsung i kāna Exynos, ʻoi aku ka lohi, nā hiʻohiʻona Wi-Fi. Ke hoʻomau nei ka hui i ka hāʻawi ʻana iā Apple me nā ʻāpana MDM no ka hoʻokele antenna ma 4G iPhones a me iPads, akā he mea liʻiliʻi wale nō ia ma mua o ka hana ʻana o Apple i kēia hana i loko o kāna mau mea hana A-series, e like me Intel, Nvidia a me Samsung i hana mua ai.

No ka mea, ʻaʻohe nui o Qualcomm e kūʻai aku iā Snapdragon, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa inā e hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e hoʻomohala i kahi kaʻina hana hou e hiki ke hoʻokūkū me Apple A8X i mea e hāʻawi aku ai i nā mea hana alakaʻi. Inā ʻaʻole hiki kēia, e noho pū ʻo Qualcomm me nā mea hana no nā papa haʻahaʻa, a i ʻole nā ​​​​ semiconductor ʻē aʻe e pono ai i nā kamepiula a me nā polokalamu kelepona.

Ke haʻi aku nei iā Samsung

Ma mua o 2010, ua hana ʻia a hoʻolako ʻia nā mea hana iPhone a me iPod touch e Samsung. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia mea kūʻai aku ʻo Samsung mai ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā mea hana ARM, a me Samsung ponoʻī. Eia naʻe, ua loli kēia me ka hiki ʻana mai o ka A4, ʻoiai ua hoʻolālā ʻia e Apple a "wale" i hana ʻia e Samsung. Eia kekahi, ua lawe ʻia kahi hapa o ka hana e TSMC, no laila e hōʻemi ana i ka hilinaʻi iā Samsung. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka poʻe South Korea e hoʻopiʻi nei me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kahi kaʻina hana 64-bit ARM hiki ke hoʻokūkū koʻikoʻi me ka A7 a me A8. I kēia manawa, hoʻohana ʻo Samsung i ka ARM me ka ʻole o kāna hoʻolālā ponoʻī, ʻo ia ka mea e emi ai ka maikaʻi a me ka hana i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kā Apple hoʻolālā ponoʻī.

ʻO kahi koho no Intel

ʻO nā piliona kālā i loaʻa mai ke kūʻai ʻana aku i nā iPads a me nā iPhones e holo ana ma nā kaʻina hana A-series ua ʻae iā Apple e hoʻopukapuka nui i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā chips proprietary e hiki mai ana e pili ana i nā kamepiula haʻahaʻa me kā lākou hana hoʻopili a me nā hana kiʻi. Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia iā lākou, akā naʻe, hiki iā lākou ke hana maʻalahi a ma ka manawa like e hāʻawi i ka hoʻokele mana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.

He mea hoʻoweliweli kēia iā Intel no ka mea ke hōʻike nei nā Mac i nā kūʻai maikaʻi loa. E hoʻoholo paha ʻo Apple i kekahi lā ua mākaukau e hana i kāna mau kaʻina hana ponoʻī no kāna kamepiula. ʻOiai inā ʻaʻole pono kēia i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, ke kū nei ʻo Intel i ka pōʻino o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kahi ʻano mea hou loa e hoʻolako ai ʻo Apple me kāna mau mea hana. ʻO nā polokalamu iOS a me Apple TV paha nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa.

ʻO ka huahana aʻe a Apple - ka Watch - e manaʻo ʻia e loaʻa i kāna chip ponoʻī i kapa ʻia ʻo S1. Eia hou, ʻaʻohe wahi no Intel. Pēlā nō, hoʻohana nā mea hana smartwatch ʻē aʻe i nā mea hana ARM, akā naʻe, ma muli o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi hoʻolālā maʻamau, ʻaʻole lākou e like me ka ikaika. Eia nō hoʻi, hiki iā Apple ke kālā i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kāna kaʻina hana ponoʻī, e ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o ka hoʻokūkū a ma ka manawa like ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hana ʻana.

Loaʻa iā Apple kahi ala kūpono e hoʻohana ai i kāna hoʻolālā hoʻolālā proprietary e leapfrog i ka hoʻokūkū. I ka manawa like, ʻaʻole hiki ke kope ʻia kēia kaʻina hana ma kekahi ʻano, ʻaʻole loa me ka nui o ke kālā. A no laila ke hakakā nei nā poʻe ʻē aʻe no ka "hoʻololi liʻiliʻi" ma ka ʻāpana haʻahaʻa, ʻoiai hiki iā Apple ke loaʻa kālā mai nā palena nui i ka hi-end, a laila hoʻopukapuka hou i ka hoʻomohala ʻana.

Puna: ʻO Apple Insider
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