Inani le-Texas Instruments lifinyelela ku-$150 billion. Umphumela wesikhundla esiyingqayizivele emakethe yama-chips ayivelakancane.
I-COVID-19 ikhuphule isidingo sezisetshenziswa zabathengi nezimoto. Kuze kube namuhla, abakhiqizi bama-chip abakwazi noma abakwazi ukuhlangabezana nesidingo. Ama-Smartphones, izimoto kanye nama-consoles wegeyimu alethwa ngokubambezeleka.
Isizathu esivamile ukuntuleka komthamo phakathi kwabakhiqizi bama-chip edijithali, okuhlanganisa i-Intel ne-Samsung. Ukuntuleka kwama-analog chips akudaluliwe kahle. Lokhu kwenza i-Texas Instruments yaba nkulu emashumini eminyaka amuva nje.
Ngenkathi abakhiqizi behardware base-US nabaseYurophu belindele ngabomvu ama-chips avela ezimbonini zase-Asia, imakethe lapho ilinde i-Texas Instruments (TI). Ngokocwaningo lwe-TrendForce, isabelo se-TI semakethe ye-analog chip siphakathi kwamaphesenti ayi-17 nangama-20. Umkhiqizi omkhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni.
Umsebenzi wama-analog chips uyahluka kuma-digital chips, kodwa nokho ubalulekile ochungechungeni lokukhiqiza ihadiwe. Embikweni ka-Apple ka-Okthoba 2021, i-CEO u-Tim Cook uchaza ukuthi i-Apple inezinkinga eziningi ngokushoda kwama-analog chips kunama-digital chips. Ngayo leyo nyanga, intengo yesitoko saseTexas Instruments yafinyelela ku- $200, yaphinda kabili intengo yayo yangaphambi kobhubhane.
Ikusasa
I-Texas Instruments inenkinga yokunethezeka. Isidingo sama-analog chips asikwazi ukuhambisana naso. Ukwakhiwa kwezimboni ezintsha sekuqalile, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi kungase kuthathe iminyaka ukuqedwa, ikhambi lokushoda lisabonakala.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, inhlangano ibonakala ikugwema ukwanda. Yize umthamo wokukhiqiza owengeziwe ungakhuphula inani lamanje lemakethe lama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-150, isidingo sama-analog chips siza ngamandla. Ngokusho kwe-Wall Street Journal, ungqimba lwabaphathi be-Texas Instruments luthi lufuna ukuqapha mayelana nokuphendula isidingo semakethe.