Philip Houska "Idan al'amarin da aka bayar bai saba wa ka'idojin kimiyyar lissafi ba, to yana nufin cewa yana da wahala, amma ana iya aiwatarwa," shine taken daya daga cikin manyan manajojin Apple, wanda, duk da haka, ba a magana da yawa. Johny Srouji, wanda ke da alhakin haɓaka nasa chips kuma ya kasance memba a cikin manyan masu gudanarwa na Apple tun watan Disambar bara, shine mutumin da ke kera iPhones da iPads suna da mafi kyawun sarrafawa a duniya.
Johny Srouji, wanda dan asalin kasar Isra’ila ne, shi ne babban mataimakin shugaban fasahar kere-kere na kamfanin Apple, kuma babban abin da ya fi mayar da hankali a kai shi ne na’urorin sarrafa masarrafai da shi da tawagarsa ke kerawa na iPhones, iPads, da kuma Watch da Apple TV. Lallai shi ba sabon shiga ba ne a fagen, kamar yadda kasancewarsa a Intel, inda ya tafi a 1993, ya bar IBM (wanda ya sake komawa a 2005), inda ya yi aiki a kan tsarin da aka raba. A Intel, ko kuma a dakin gwaje-gwaje na kamfanin da ke garinsu Haifa, shi ne ke kula da samar da hanyoyin da ke gwada karfin na'urorin na'urar ta hanyar amfani da wasu siminti.
Srouji bisa hukuma ya shiga Apple a cikin 2008, amma muna buƙatar ƙara ɗan ƙara zuwa tarihi. Makullin shine gabatar da iPhone ta farko a cikin 2007. Babban Shugaba na lokacin Steve Jobs ya san cewa ƙarni na farko yana da "ƙudaje" da yawa, yawancin su saboda raunin na'ura mai sarrafawa da kuma haɗuwa da abubuwan da suka dace daga masu samar da kayayyaki daban-daban.
"Steve ya yanke shawarar cewa hanya daya tilo don yin na'ura mai mahimmanci da gaske ita ce yin nasa na'urar siliki," in ji Srouji a wata hira da ya yi da shi. Bloomberg. A lokacin ne Srouji ya shigo wurin a hankali. Bob Mansfield, shugaban duk kayan masarufi a lokacin, ya hango ɗan Isra'ila mai hazaka kuma ya yi masa alƙawarin damar ƙirƙirar sabon samfuri daga ƙasa. Jin haka, Srouji ya bar IBM.
Ƙungiyar injiniyan da Srouji ya shiga a 2008 yana da mambobi 40 kawai lokacin da ya shiga. Wasu ma'aikata 150, waɗanda manufarsu ita ce ƙirƙirar kwakwalwan kwamfuta, an samo su ne a cikin Afrilu na wannan shekarar bayan Apple ya sayi farawar ma'amala tare da ƙarin samfuran tattalin arziƙi na tsarin semiconductor, PA Semi. Wannan siye yana da mahimmanci kuma yana nuna alamar ci gaba ga sashin "guntu" ƙarƙashin umarnin Srouji. Daga cikin wasu abubuwa, wannan yana bayyana ne a cikin hanzarin hulɗar da ke tsakanin sassa daban-daban, tun daga masu shirye-shiryen software zuwa masana'antu.
Lokaci na farko mai mahimmanci ga Srouji da tawagarsa shine aiwatar da gyare-gyaren guntu ARM a cikin ƙarni na farko na iPad da iPhone 4 a cikin 2010. Guntu mai alamar A4 ita ce ta farko da ta fara aiwatar da buƙatun nunin Retina, wanda iPhone 4 ke da shi. Tun daga nan, adadin kwakwalwan kwamfuta na "A" koyaushe suna faɗaɗa kuma suna haɓaka sosai.
Shekarar 2012 ita ma ta yi fice daga wannan ra'ayi, lokacin da Srouji, tare da taimakon injiniyoyinsa, ya ƙirƙira takamaiman guntuwar A5X da A6X don ƙarni na uku na iPad. Godiya ga ingantaccen nau'i na kwakwalwan kwamfuta daga iPhones, nunin Retina shima ya sami damar shiga allunan apple, sannan kawai gasar ta fara ɗaukar sha'awar na'urorin sarrafa Apple. Tabbas Apple ya goge idon kowa bayan shekara guda, a cikin 2013, lokacin da ya nuna nau'in 64-bit na guntu A7, wani abu da ba a taɓa jin shi ba a cikin na'urorin hannu a lokacin, tunda 32 bits sune daidaitattun.
Godiya ga na'ura mai sarrafa 64-bit, Srouji da abokan aikinsa sun sami damar aiwatar da ayyuka irin su Touch ID da kuma daga baya Apple Pay a cikin iPhone, kuma shi ma babban canji ne ga masu haɓakawa waɗanda zasu iya ƙirƙirar wasanni da aikace-aikace mafi kyau kuma masu santsi.
Aikin sashen Srouji ya kasance abin sha'awa tun daga farko, domin yayin da mafi yawan masu fafatawa a gasa suka dogara da abubuwan da suka shafi na uku, Apple ya ga shekarun baya cewa zai fi dacewa ya fara kera kwakwalwan kwamfuta. Abin da ya sa suna da ɗayan mafi kyawun dakunan gwaje-gwaje mafi inganci don haɓaka semiconductors na silicon a cikin Apple, wanda har ma da manyan masu fafatawa, Qualcomm da Intel, na iya kallo tare da sha'awa kuma a lokaci guda tare da damuwa.
Wataƙila aikin da ya fi wahala a lokacinsa a Cupertino, duk da haka, an bai wa Johny Srouji a bara. Apple yana gab da sakin babban iPad Pro, sabon ƙari ga layin kwamfutar sa, amma an jinkirta shi. Shirye-shiryen sakin iPad Pro a cikin bazara na 2015 sun faɗi saboda software, hardware, da na'urorin Fensir mai zuwa ba su shirya ba. Ga rarrabuwa da yawa, wannan yana nufin ƙarin lokaci don aikin iPad Pro, amma ga Srouji, yana nufin akasin haka - ƙungiyarsa ta fara tsere akan lokaci.
Asalin shirin shine iPad Pro zai zo kasuwa a cikin bazara tare da guntu A8X, wanda ke da iPad Air 2 kuma shine mafi ƙarfi a cikin tayin Apple. Amma lokacin da sakin ya koma kaka, iPad Pro ya sadu a maɓalli tare da sababbin iPhones kuma haka ma sabon ƙarni na masu sarrafawa. Kuma hakan ya kasance matsala, domin a lokacin Apple ba zai iya samar da na'ura mai sarrafa na'ura mai mahimmanci na iPad na shekara guda ba, wanda ya shafi kamfanonin kamfanoni da masu amfani da su.
A cikin rabin shekara kawai - a cikin yanayi mai mahimmanci - injiniyoyi a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Srouji sun ƙirƙiri na'ura mai sarrafa A9X, godiya ga abin da suka sami damar daidaita pixels miliyan 5,6 a cikin kusan inch goma sha uku na iPad Pro. Domin kokarinsa da jajircewarsa, Johny Srouji ya samu kyauta sosai a watan Disambar da ya gabata. A matsayin babban mataimakin shugaban fasahar kayan masarufi, ya kai ga babban gudanarwar Apple kuma a lokaci guda ya mallaki hannun jarin kamfani 90. Ga Apple na yau, wanda kudaden shiga ya kusan kashi 70 daga iPhones. Su ne iyawar Srouji mabuɗin.
