Ukuthengwa kokugcina komkhiqizi wama-chip i-Xilinx yi-AMD kuzoba yiqiniso engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2022. Ukugunyazwa okudingekayo kokutholwa kubambezelekile ngenxa yokuntula ukugunyazwa ngabalawuli abahlukahlukene bokuncintisana.
Ngokuya nge-AMD ukuthengwa okuhlongozwayo kwe-Xilinx, enenani elilinganiselwa ku-EUR 31 billion (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-35) kumasheya, kuza ngemuva kwesikhathi esilindelekile. I-AMD ibikade ihlose ukuqeda ukuthengwa kwayo ekupheleni kwalo nyaka, kodwa inkampani ayikatholi imvume edingekayo kubo bonke abalawuli abafanelekile. Lokhu manje kulindeleke kwikota yokuqala ka-2022, ukuze ukuthengwa kuzoqedwa kuphela ngaleso sikhathi.
Abalawuli basanda kuba nokungabaza kakhulu mayelana nokuthathwa emkhakheni wama-chip. Isibonelo, ukutholwa kwe-Arm ngu-Nvidia kusavinjelwe kakhulu ngabalawuli abahlukahlukene bokuncintisana.
Ama-FPGA
Ngokutholwa kwe-Xilinx, i-AMD izothola umkhiqizi walokho okubizwa ngeField Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). Ama-FPGA ama-chipsets azinikele okuthi, ngokungafani nama-chipsets endabuko, angahlelwa kabusha ngemva kokwakhiwa. Lokhu kubenza bafanelekele ukuthuthukiswa kwe-prototype okusheshayo kanye nezimakethe ezikhulayo kanye nezimo zokusebenzisa lapho izinkampani zinesikhathi esilinganiselwe sokuthuthukisa amaphrosesa athile.
Lawa ma-chipsets asetshenziswa kakhulu emkhakheni wezokuxhumana. Ziyizingxenye ezibalulekile zamanethiwekhi e-5G. Kukhona nezicelo zayo ezikhungweni zedatha nasembonini yezimoto nezokundiza.
Ukwandisa iphothifoliyo nokuncintisana ne-Intel
I-AMD inentshisekelo ikakhulukazi ekutholweni kweXilinx njengoba umenzi andisa iphothifoliyo yayo ngaphezu kwamaphrosesa ajwayelekile nama-GPU. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-chip giant ingaphinde iqhudelane ne-Intel, esevele ikhiqiza ama-FPGA uqobo.
Ithiphu: I-AMD ifuna ukuthenga i-Xilinx ye-chipmaker ngo-$30 billion