蘋果晶片下一個供應商是英特爾? - 3C

By Wallis
at 2012-12-19T16:42
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蘋果(Apple)目前委託三星電子(Samsung Electronics)製造行動裝置晶片,但分析師猜測
,未來蘋果將把行動裝置晶片委由半導體龍頭英特爾(Intel)生產。英特爾執行長
Paul Otellini 2012年12月表示,有興趣成為蘋果的代工廠,而分析師也認為,英特爾應
該跟上安謀(ARM)的經營模式。
近幾個月來市場傳言蘋果將與三星之外的多家晶片供應商合作,面對市場上各種合作傳言
,媒體認為有可能是蘋果談判砍價的手法。
媒體猜測,英特爾可能是蘋果下一個晶片供應商。根據ZDNet報導,英特爾可生產行動裝置
使用的低功耗處理器,有機會成為蘋果新夥伴,且英特爾可藉此解決桌上型電腦晶片減產
的市場現況,轉而生產平板電腦及智慧型手機晶片。
專家表示,雖然摩爾定律已趨緩,世界級半導體大廠仍然處於賺錢的狀態,英特爾仍應勇
敢面對其尚未參與的行動裝置晶片市場,找出因應之道。
英特爾仍是半導體市場的龍頭老大,擁有許多領導世界的晶圓代工技術,例如首創High-K
物料搭配電晶體技術金屬柵極晶體管(Metal Gate Transistors)的模式,及鰭式電晶體
(FinFET)。毫無疑問地,英特爾也將成為新世代晶圓代工技術—紫外線光刻技術
(ultraviolet lithography)的開創者。
傳言英特爾將為思科(Cisco)生產高階路由器晶片,蘋果有可能是另一客戶。然而,過程中
英特爾得開始進行重大改造,改變公司本質,以因應市場現有的需求。媒體也猜測,微軟
(Microsoft) Windows 8推出至今,對於英特爾銷售並沒有很大的幫助,使得英特爾更希望
與蘋果合作,開創新局。
然而對於英特爾來說,與蘋果合作並非易事,必須提高產量。根據分析師表示,2013年ARM
晶片產量須達4.15億顆才能符合市場需求,然而利潤並不高。英特爾並不做利潤低的生意
,畢竟在Wintel時代,Intel x86晶片與Windows合作,獨佔高階晶片市場,若離開Windows
框架,英特爾晶片得面對利潤變薄的問題。
而且,英特爾若與蘋果合作,絕對不會是其唯一晶片供應商,因為蘋果必須改變目前由單
一供應商提供晶片的危險處境,改由多家廠商供應。專家認為,蘋果執行長Tim Cook將會
運用其供應鏈管理的專業,讓蘋果不落入類似英特爾由Wintel時期至今存留困境,也因此
必然會與第二家以上的供應商合作,例如傳言中的台積電。
此外,2012年11月也有傳言蘋果將放棄與安謀合作,在未來的iPhone中,改由英特爾來打
造ARM架構的晶片,並在iPad中使用英特爾晶片;晶片專家將此視為無稽之談,認為蘋果不
會拿iOS開玩笑,目前使用英特爾晶片的OS X系統,及使用ARM晶片的iOS系統的情況已經夠
複雜,蘋果應該不會輕易改變現況。
同時,也有傳言蘋果將會讓旗下麥金塔產品,改換成ARM晶片,媒體認為這是蘋果故意釋放
消息,使得英特爾在談價錢時能夠有所讓步。而現在市場傳言英特爾將成為蘋果ARM晶片的
代工廠,又或許是蘋果反向與ARM或其它廠商談判的伎倆。此外,無論是中、台媒體都紛紛
猜測,台積電會不會也名列未來供應商名單之中。
哪家廠商會成為蘋果下一任供應商?是一個難解的謎題,恐怕只有等蘋果自己揭曉答案。
說到英特爾
AMD呢?
在幹嗎?
有什麼動作嗎?
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