Ixabiso le-Texas Instruments lidubula kwi-150 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. Isiphumo sendawo eyodwa kwimarike yetshiphu enqabileyo.
I-COVID-19 inyuse imfuno yezixhobo zabathengi kunye nezithuthi. Ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, abavelisi beetshiphu abanako okanye abanako ukuhlangabezana nemfuno. Ii-smartphones, iimoto kunye neekhonsoli zomdlalo zihanjiswa ngokulibaziseka.
Unobangela oqhelekileyo kukunqongophala komthamo phakathi kwabavelisi be-chip yedijithali, kubandakanya i-Intel kunye ne-Samsung. Ukunqongophala kweetshiphusi ze-analog akubonakali kakuhle. Oku kwenza i-Texas Instruments yaba nkulu kumashumi eminyaka akutshanje.
Ngelixa abavelisi behardware base-US nabaseYurophu belindele ngolangazelelo iitshiphusi ezivela kwiifektri zaseAsia, imarike apho ilinde iTexas Instruments (TI). Ngokutsho kophando lwe-TrendForce, isabelo se-TI semarike ye-analog chip siphakathi kwe-17 kunye ne-20 ekhulwini. Oyena mvelisi mkhulu emhlabeni.
Umsebenzi weetshiphusi ze-analog wahlukile kwiitshiphusi zedijithali, kodwa nangona kunjalo uyimfuneko kwikhonkco lemveliso yehardware. Kwingxelo ye-Apple ka-Okthobha ka-2021, i-CEO uTim Cook uchaza ukuba i-Apple ineengxaki ezininzi zokunqongophala kweetshiphusi ze-analog kuneetshiphusi zedijithali. Kwangaloo nyanga inye, ixabiso lesitokhwe saseTexas Instruments linyuke phantse laya kutsho kuma-200 eedola, liphinda kabini ixabiso lalo laphambi kobhubhane.
Ngelixa elizayo
I-Texas Instruments inengxaki yobunewunewu. Imfuno yeetshiphusi ze-analog ayinakugcinwa. Ukwakhiwa kwemizi-mveliso emitsha sele kuqalisiwe, kodwa ngenxa yokuba kunokuthabatha iminyaka ukugqiba, isicombululo sokunqongophala asikabonakali.
Ngaphezu koko, kubonakala ngathi intlangano iyakuphepha ukwanda. Nangona umthamo ongaphezulu wemveliso unokunyusa ixabiso lemarike langoku le-150 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, imfuno yeetshiphusi ze-analog iza ngamandla. Ngokutsho kweWall Street Journal, umaleko wolawulo lwe-Texas Instruments uthi ufuna ukulumka malunga nokusabela kwimfuno yentengiso.