Izindaba Zemboni: “Imboni enkulu ye-wafer yaseTexas Instruments imemezela ngokusemthethweni ukukhiqizwa”

Ekuqaleni le phrojekthi yathola ukwesekwa okuvela kuhulumeni kaBiden futhi yamukelwa ngemfudumalo nguMbusi uGreg Abbott. "Ama-semiconductor abalulekile ekwakheni ingqalasizinda yobuhlakani bokwenziwa echaza ngempela ikusasa lethu... Ngosizo lweTexas Instruments, iTexas izoqhubeka nokugcina isimo sayo njengesikhungo sokukhiqiza se-semiconductor esihamba phambili, ihlinzeka ngamathuba emisebenzi amaningi kunanoma yimuphi omunye umbuso," kusho uMbusi u-Abbott.

Lo msebenzi uzodala imisebenzi emisha engu-3,000 yeTexas Instruments (TI) eseDallas futhi usekele izinkulungwane zemisebenzi eyengeziwe. "Akuwona wonke lawa misebenzi adinga iziqu zasekolishi. Eziningi zalezi zikhundla zidinga ukuqeqeshwa kobuchwepheshe ngemva kwesikole samabanga aphezulu noma ukuphothula, okuvumela abantu ukuthi bathole imisebenzi ekhokhela kahle enezinzuzo eziphelele futhi babeke isisekelo sokuthuthukiswa komsebenzi wesikhathi eside," kusho uGrimsley.

 

Ukukhiqiza Ama-Chips Amashumi Ezigidi

I-Texas Instruments (TI) imemezele namuhla ukuthi ifektri yayo yakamuva ye-semiconductor eSherman, eTexas, isiqalile ngokusemthethweni ukukhiqiza, eminyakeni emithathu nesigamu nje kuphela ngemuva kokusungulwa. Abaphathi be-TI bagubhe ukuqedwa kwalesi sikhungo se-semiconductor esithuthukisiwe esingu-300mm eNyakatho Texas nezikhulu zikahulumeni bendawo nezesifundazwe.

Ifektri entsha, ebizwa ngokuthi i-SM1, izokwandisa kancane kancane amandla ayo okukhiqiza ngokusekelwe ekufuneni kwamakhasimende, ekugcineni ikhiqize amashumi ezigidi zama-chip asetshenziswa cishe kuwo wonke amadivayisi kagesi, kufaka phakathi ama-smartphone, izinhlelo zezimoto, amadivayisi ezokwelapha asindisa impilo, amarobhothi ezimboni, amadivayisi ahlakaniphile asekhaya, kanye nezikhungo zedatha.

Njengomkhiqizi omkhulu we-semiconductor oyisisekelo e-US, i-Texas Instruments (TI) ikhiqiza ama-chip okucubungula analog kanye nama-embedded abalulekile cishe kuwo wonke amadivayisi kagesi esimanje. Njengoba imikhiqizo kagesi ikhula njalo empilweni yansuku zonke, i-TI iqhubeka nokwandisa isikali sayo sokukhiqiza se-semiconductor esingu-300mm, isebenzisa cishe iminyaka eyikhulu yokusungula izinto ezintsha. Ngokubamba nokulawula imisebenzi yayo yokukhiqiza, ubuchwepheshe bezinqubo, kanye nobuchwepheshe bokupakisha, i-TI ingaphatha kangcono uchungechunge lwayo lokuhlinzeka, iqinisekise ukwesekwa kwamakhasimende ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene amashumi eminyaka ezayo.

UMongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-TI uHaviv Ilan uthe, "Ukwethulwa kwefektri yakamuva ye-wafer eSherman kubonisa amandla eTexas Instruments: ukulawula zonke izici zenqubo yokukhiqiza ukuze kuhlinzekwe ama-semiconductor ayisisekelo abalulekile cishe kuzo zonke izinhlelo ze-elekthronikhi. Njengomkhiqizi omkhulu wama-semiconductors okucubungula ama-analog kanye nama-embedded e-US, i-TI inenzuzo eyingqayizivele ekuhlinzekeni ngamakhono okukhiqiza ama-semiconductor angu-300mm athembekile ngezinga. Siyaziqhenya ngezimpande zethu ezicishe zibe yikhulu leminyaka eNyakatho Texas futhi sibheke phambili ekutheni ubuchwepheshe be-TI buzoqhuba kanjani impumelelo yesikhathi esizayo."

I-TI ihlela ukwakha ama-wafer fab amane axhumene endaweni yayo enkulu yaseSherman, azokwakhiwa futhi afakwe izinto ngokusekelwe ekudingweni kwemakethe. Uma sekuqediwe, lesi sikhungo sizodala ngqo imisebenzi efinyelela ku-3,000 futhi sikhiqize izinkulungwane zemisebenzi eyengeziwe ezimbonini ezihlobene.

Ukutshalwa kwezimali kwe-TI efektri yaseSherman kuyingxenye yohlelo lokutshalwa kwezimali olubanzi oluhlose ukutshala imali engaphezu kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-60 ezitshalweni eziyisikhombisa zokukhiqiza ama-semiconductor eTexas nase-Utah, okubonisa ukutshalwa kwezimali okukhulu kakhulu ekukhiqizweni kwama-semiconductor ayisisekelo emlandweni wase-US. I-TI isebenzisa izindawo zokukhiqiza eziyi-15 emhlabeni jikelele, ithembele eminyakeni eminingi yesipiliyoni sokukhiqiza esiqinisekisiwe nesithembekile ukulawula kangcono uchungechunge lwayo lokuhlinzeka nokuqinisekisa ukuthi amakhasimende athola imikhiqizo ayidingayo.

 

Ukuqala ngama-Power Chips

I-TI ithe ukuthuthuka kwezobuchwepheshe kuvame ukuqala ngezinselele, eziqhutshwa yilabo abahlale bebuza ukuthi, "Yini engenzeka?" ngisho noma indalo yabo ingakaze ibonwe. Sekuphele cishe ikhulu leminyaka, i-TI ikholelwa ukuthi yonke imibono enesibindi ingaphefumulela isizukulwane esilandelayo sokusungula izinto ezintsha. Kusukela kumapayipi e-vacuum kuya kuma-transistors kuya kumasekethe ahlanganisiwe—izinsika zobuchwepheshe besimanje be-elekthronikhi—i-TI ibilokhu icindezela imingcele yobuchwepheshe, isizukulwane ngasinye sokusungula izinto ezintsha sakha phezu kwesangaphambilini.

Ngesinyathelo ngasinye sobuchwepheshe, iTexas Instruments ibilokhu ihamba phambili: ukusekela ukufika kokuqala kwenyanga emkhathini; ukuthuthukisa ukuphepha kanye nokulula ezimotweni; ukushayela izinto ezintsha kuma-electronics omuntu siqu; ukwenza amarobhothi abe ahlakaniphe futhi aphephe; kanye nokuthuthukisa ukusebenza kanye nesikhathi sokusebenza ezikhungweni zedatha.

"Ama-semiconductor esiwaklamayo futhi siwakhiqiza enza konke lokhu kwenzeke, okwenza ubuchwepheshe bube buncane, busebenze kahle, buthembeke kakhudlwana, futhi bube yintengo ephansi," kusho uTI.

Esizeni esisha eSherman, ukukhiqizwa kwefektri yokuqala ye-wafer kushintsha amandla abe ngokoqobo. Ngemva kweminyaka emithathu nesigamu yokwakhiwa, ifektri yakamuva ye-TI engu-300mm mega wafer eSherman, eTexas, isiqalile ukuletha ama-chips kumakhasimende. Ifektri entsha ye-wafer, ebizwa ngokuthi i-SM1, izokwandisa kancane kancane amandla ayo okukhiqiza ngokusekelwe ekudingweni kwamakhasimende, ekugcineni ifinyelele ekukhiqizweni kwansuku zonke kwama-chips angamashumi ezigidi.

UMongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-TI uHaviv Ilan uthe, "USherman umele lokho okwenziwa yiTexas Instruments kangcono: ukulawula zonke izici zenqubo yokuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe kanye nokukhiqiza ukuze aklame futhi alethe imikhiqizo engcono kakhulu nemisha kakhulu kumakhasimende ethu."

"Ama-chip akhiqizwa kule fektri azothuthukisa izinto ezintsha ezibalulekile emikhakheni eyahlukene, kusukela kwezezimoto kanye namasathelayithi kuya ezikhungweni zedatha zesizukulwane esilandelayo. Ubuchwepheshe beTexas Instruments buyisisekelo salokhu kuthuthuka—okwenza ubuchwepheshe esibusebenzisayo bube buhlakaniphile, busebenze kahle, futhi buthembeke kakhudlwana."

Esikhungweni saseSherman, i-TI ikhiqiza ama-chip ayisisekelo abalulekile kumadivayisi ahlukahlukene kagesi. "Siyaqonda ukuthi ukusungula izinto ezintsha kanye nokukhiqiza kumele kuhambisane," kusho uMuhammad Yunus, iPhini likaMongameli Omkhulu Wezobuchwepheshe Nokukhiqiza kwa-TI. "Amakhono ethu okukhiqiza asezingeni lomhlaba, kuhlanganiswe nobuchwepheshe bethu obujulile kubunjiniyela be-semiconductor obuyisisekelo, azohlinzeka amakhasimende ethu ngensizakalo yekhwalithi yesikhathi eside."

Ukutshalwa kwezimali kwe-TI eSherman kuyingxenye yohlelo olubanzi lokutshala imali engaphezu kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-60 emafektri ayisikhombisa e-semiconductor eTexas nase-Utah, okwenza kube utshalomali olukhulu kakhulu ekukhiqizweni kwe-semiconductor okuyisisekelo emlandweni wase-US.

Njengoba i-TI ishilo, imikhiqizo yamandla e-analog iphakathi kwemikhiqizo yokuqala eyethulwa yisikhungo saseSherman, iletha intuthuko emikhakheni eyahlukahlukene: ukudala izinhlelo zokuphatha amabhethri ezisebenza kahle kakhulu; ukufeza intuthuko entsha ekukhanyeni kwezimoto; ukuvumela izikhungo zedatha ukuthi zithuthuke ukuze zihlangabezane nezidingo zamandla ezikhulayo zobuhlakani bokwenziwa; kanye nokwandisa impilo yebhethri yemikhiqizo kagesi efana nama-laptop nama-smartwatches.

"Siqhubeka nokucindezela imikhawulo yephothifoliyo yethu yomkhiqizo wamandla—sifinyelela ubuningi bamandla aphezulu, sandisa impilo yebhethri ngokusetshenziswa kwamandla okuphansi kokulinda, futhi sinciphise izici zokuphazamiseka kwe-electromagnetic, okusiza ukwenza izinhlelo ziphephe, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi i-voltage ingakanani," kusho uMark Gary, iPhini likaMongameli Omkhulu we-TI's Analog Power Products Business.

Imikhiqizo yamandla iyisigaba sokuqala semikhiqizo ezokhiqizwa efektri yaseSherman, kodwa lokhu kumane kuyisiqalo. Eminyakeni ezayo, ifektri izokwazi ukukhiqiza uhla oluphelele lwemikhiqizo yeTexas Instruments, isekele ukuthuthuka kobuchwepheshe besikhathi esizayo.

"Ifektri yethu yakamuva yaseSherman izoba nomthelela osheshayo emakethe, futhi kuyajabulisa ukucabanga ngendlela le mikhiqizo yokuqala ezoshintsha ngayo ubuchwepheshe," kusho uMark.

I-TI iphawule ukuthi impumelelo yayo emkhakheni we-semiconductor iyaqhubeka nokuqhuba intuthuko kuzo zonke izimboni ezahlukene futhi inika amandla imibono emikhulu kakhulu emhlabeni. Njengoba inezimboni ezifana noSherman, i-TI isilungele ukusekela intuthuko yesikhathi esizayo.

Kusukela kumadivayisi ezokwelapha asindisa impilo kuya ezikhungweni zedatha zesizukulwane esilandelayo, ubuchwepheshe be-TI bunika amandla izinto umhlaba othembele kuzo. "I-TI ivame ukuthi, 'Uma inebhethri, ikhebula, noma ugesi, cishe iqukethe ubuchwepheshe be-Texas Instruments,'" kusho uYunus.

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