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Na'urorin sarrafa A-jerin da ke ba da iko ga iPads, gami da samfurin A8X a cikin sabuwar iPad Air 2, suna yin asarar biliyoyin daloli na Intel a cikin asarar kuɗi tare da ƙara matsalolin kamfanoni kamar Qualcomm, Samsung da Nvidia. Kasuwancin kwamfutar hannu yana da mahimmanci ga waɗannan kamfanoni, kuma Apple yana ƙirƙirar wrinkles masu ƙarfi a gare su tare da ayyukansa.

Lokacin da Apple ya gabatar da iPad na farko a cikin 2010, an sami jita-jita na haɗin gwiwa tare da Intel da na'ura mai sarrafa wayar ta x86, wanda aka yiwa lakabi da Silverthorne, wanda daga baya ya zama Atom. Koyaya, maimakon iPad mai sarrafa na'ura na Intel, Steve Jobs ya gabatar da A4, injin sarrafa ARM wanda Apple ya gyara kai tsaye.

A cikin shekararsa ta farko, iPad cikin sauƙi ya kusan kawar da gasar a cikin nau'in PC na Windows Tablet na Microsoft. Shekara guda bayan haka, iPad 2 ya yi fama da masu fafatawa kamar HP TouchPad tare da WebOS, BlackBerry PlayBook da kuma adadin allunan da ke gudana akan Android 3.0 OS, kamar Motorola Xoom. A ƙarshen 2011, Amazon ya yi ƙoƙari marar amfani tare da Kindle Fire. A cikin 2012, Microsoft ya gabatar da Surface RT, kuma ba tare da nasara sosai ba.

Tun lokacin da aka ƙaddamar da Surface RT, Apple yana siyar da iPads a kan darajar raka'a miliyan 70 a kowace shekara, yana zana kaso mafi girma na kasuwar kwamfutar hannu. Duk da haka, Apple ba kawai ya kayar da Samsung, Palm, HP, BlackBerry, Google, Amazon da Microsoft a matsayin masu kera kwamfutar hannu ba, har ma da kamfanonin da ke kera chips da ke sarrafa kwamfutocin kamfanonin da aka ambata.

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Intel

Babu shakka, abin da ya fi shafa shi ne Intel, wanda ba wai kawai ba ya samun riba mai tsoka na samar da na'urori na iPads, amma kuma ya fara yin asara sosai a fannin netbooks, wanda shi ma iPad din ya haifar da koma baya. Apple gaba daya ya kashe kasuwar PC ta Ultra-mobile tare da na'urori kamar Celeron M-powered Samsung Q1 Girma a cikin masana'antar PC da Intel ke mamaye ya tsaya cik kuma yana ɗan raguwa. Ya zuwa yanzu, babu wata alama cewa Intel ya kamata ya yi muni sosai, a kowane hali, ya ɓace jirgin cikin na'urorin hannu.

Texas Instruments

Chips na OMAP na kamfanin sun yi amfani da BlackBerry PlayBook, Amazon Kindle Fire, Motorola Xyboard da kuma nau'ikan Galaxy da yawa daga Samsung. Apple ya zarce su duka da iPad. Kodayake kwakwalwan OMAP ba su da laifi kai tsaye, na'urorin da ke gudana a kansu sun kasa samun nasarar yin gogayya da iPad da ke aiki da iOS, don haka Texas Instruments sun yi watsi da samar da na'urorin sarrafa kayan lantarki gaba ɗaya.

NVDIA

Wanda bai san masana'anta na graphics katunan. Na san mutane da yawa waɗanda suka taɓa son haɗakar injin sarrafa Intel da Nvidia “graphics” akan tebur ɗin su. Da alama Nvidia za ta bi sawun Intel a fagen wayar hannu. An shigar da Tegra na farko a cikin na'urorin Zune HD da na'urorin KIN na Microsoft, Tegra 2 a cikin Motorola's Xoom, da Tegra 3 da 4 a cikin Microsoft's Surface.

Sabuwar guntu daga Nvidia ana kiranta K1 kuma ba za ku same ta a cikin sabon Google Nexus 9 ba. Shi ne guntu na ARM mai 64-bit na farko da ke iya aiki a ƙarƙashin Android OS, kuma yana ɗauke da 192 ALUs. Koyaya, kafin a iya siyar da K1 a cikin Nexus 9, Apple ya gabatar da iPad Air 2 tare da A8X mai ɗauke da 256 ALUs. A8X ya doke K1 a cikin aiki da ƙananan amfani. Nvidia ta riga ta yi watsi da wayoyin hannu, tana iya yin watsi da allunan.

Qualcomm

Shin kun ji labarin HP TouchPad da Nokia Lumia 2520 ban da lokacin da aka ƙaddamar da su? Idan ba haka ba, ba kome ba - an sayar da kwamfutar hannu na farko a cikin 2011 don watanni uku kawai, kuma na biyu ba shi da nasara sosai. Yayin da iPad tare da na'urori masu sarrafawa na A-jerin sun mamaye mafi girman matsayi tare da farashinsa, Qualcomm an bar shi tare da kasuwa na ƙananan ƙarewa, yawancin allunan Sinanci, inda ƙananan ƙananan ke da ƙananan.

Qualcomm yana ba da na'urori masu sarrafa Snapdragon zuwa wasu wayoyin Samsung na 4G da allunan, amma Samsung yana haɗa Exynos, kodayake a hankali, ƙirar Wi-Fi. Kamfanin ya ci gaba da bai wa Apple kwakwalwan kwamfuta na MDM don sarrafa eriya a cikin 4G iPhones da iPads, amma yana iya zama ɗan lokaci kaɗan kafin Apple ya gina wannan aikin kai tsaye a cikin na'urorin sarrafa A-jerin sa, kamar yadda Intel, Nvidia da Samsung suka rigaya suka yi.

Tun da Qualcomm ba shi da abubuwa da yawa da zai sayar wa Snapdragon, za mu iya muhawara kawai ko zai yi ƙoƙarin haɓaka sabon processor wanda zai iya yin gogayya da Apple A8X don ba da shi ga manyan masana'antun. Idan hakan bai faru ba, Qualcomm zai kasance tare da na'urori masu sarrafawa don allunan masu arha, ko wasu na'urori masu kama da juna da ake buƙata a cikin kwamfutoci da na'urorin hannu.

Tace bankwana da Samsung

Kafin 2010, duk na'urorin sarrafa iPhone da iPod touch Samsung ne suka kera su kuma suka kawo su. Kowane abokin ciniki na Samsung ya amfana da samar da na'urorin sarrafa ARM, da kuma Samsung kanta. Duk da haka, wannan ya canza tare da zuwan A4, kamar yadda Apple ya tsara shi kuma "kawai" kera ta Samsung. Bugu da ƙari, TSMC ya karɓi wani ɓangare na samarwa, don haka rage dogaro ga Samsung. Bugu da ƙari, Koriya ta Kudu suna fumbling tare da ƙaddamar da na'ura mai sarrafa 64-bit ARM wanda zai iya yin gasa sosai tare da A7 da A8. A yanzu, Samsung yana amfani da ARM ba tare da ƙirar kansa ba, wanda ke haifar da ƙarancin inganci da aiki idan aka kwatanta da ƙirar Apple.

Madadin Intel

biliyoyin daloli da aka samu daga tallace-tallace na iPads da iPhones da ke gudana akan na'urori masu sarrafa A-jerin sun bai wa Apple damar saka hannun jari mai yawa don haɓaka kwakwalwan kwamfuta na zamani masu zuwa waɗanda ke fuskantar kwamfutoci masu rahusa tare da na'ura mai kwakwalwa da kuma aikin zane. Idan aka kwatanta da su, duk da haka, ana iya samar da su da arha kuma a lokaci guda suna ba da mafi kyawun sarrafa wutar lantarki.

Wannan barazana ce ga Intel saboda Macs suna nuna kyakkyawan tallace-tallace. Wata rana Apple na iya yanke shawarar cewa a shirye yake ya kera na'urorin sarrafa kansa masu ƙarfi don kwamfutocinsa. Ko da hakan bai kamata ya faru a cikin shekaru masu zuwa ba, Intel na fuskantar haɗarin gabatar da sabuwar nau'in na'ura da Apple zai samar da na'urori masu sarrafawa. Na'urorin iOS da Apple TV tabbas sune mafi kyawun misalai.

Ana sa ran samfurin Apple na gaba - Watch - zai ƙunshi guntu nasa da ake kira S1. Bugu da ƙari, babu wurin Intel. Hakazalika, sauran masana'antun smartwatch suna amfani da na'urori na ARM, duk da haka, saboda amfani da ƙirar ƙira, ba za su taɓa yin ƙarfi ba. A nan ma, Apple yana iya ba da kuɗi don haɓaka na'urar sarrafa kansa, wanda zai fi ƙarfin gasar kuma a lokaci guda mai rahusa don kera.

Apple yana da ingantacciyar hanya ta yin amfani da ƙirar na'ura mai sarrafa kansa don tsallake gasar. Haka kuma, ba za a iya kwafi wannan tsari ta kowace hanya ba, aƙalla ba tare da ɗimbin kuɗi ba. Sabili da haka sauran suna gwagwarmaya don "ƙananan canji" a cikin ƙananan ƙananan, yayin da Apple zai iya cin riba daga manyan rataye a cikin hi-end, wanda ya sake saka hannun jari a ci gaba.

Source: Abokan Apple
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