Apple onibekele icala umphakeli chips iPhone at $ 1 billion

Apple usanda kwenziwe okuthile Amazing: giant ubuchwepheshe wamangalela inkampani Qualcomm, okuyinto bekwi-ukukhiqizwa izilimi iPhone smartphone, ezidinga ukuba dollar ayizigidi eziyinkulungwane.

icala ezingalindelekile

Abameli kuyinto Qualcomm njengoba blackmailer, okudinga izindodla ubuchwepheshe eziyisisekelo Smartphones kanye ngamanga inkampani ka ukubambezeleka kwezinkokhelo njengoba Ngokungefani "nokujezisa" ngenxa yokuthi Apple usethule uphenyo ngalolu daba.

Apple akuyona inkampani yokuqala

Apple isinyathelo ixhunyiwe nomunye izinyathelo zomthetho kuthathwe ngoJanuwari. Ngaphambili, inkampani FTC bafaka icala antitrust ngokumelene Qualcomm, isola inkampani ukuthi usebenzisa patent yayo ukuphoqelela izimbangi ukuze uthumele omkhulu izimali zamalayisense ngisho kulabo amadivayisi ungayisebenzisi izilimi noma yimuphi omunye imikhiqizo Qualcomm.

Yini inkinga?

Apple uye ekufezeni umbhalo FTC icala. Kukhona izimangalo ukuthi inkampani wamcindezela ku-Apple ngezindlela eziningana kulowo isetshenziswa imikhiqizo yalesi nomkhiqizi isikhathi esiyiminyaka emihlanu, kusukela 2011 kuya 2016. Lesi sivumelwano ngempumelelo wayencisha umsebenzi wonke amanye nomkhiqizi izilimi ngoba smartphone ethandwa kakhulu emhlabeni. Abameli ubizwa mncintiswano njengoba badlale nobunzima. Ngokwethulwa iPhone 7 iPhone 7 Plus Apple nkampani waqala ukuveza Smartphones, okuyinto futhi usebenzise Intel Architecture.

Yekuchumana-Apple icala

Ngokuphathelene isimangalo ukuthi Apple onibekele, abameleli bayo ezikhishwe isitatimende esemthethweni lapho uthi Qualcomm ifuna imiklomelo ngoba ubuchwepheshe, okuyinto zazingenzelwanga. Apple kufana amavila Qualcomm inkampani, okuyinto ayisekho wahlanganyela emisha, njengoba ibhizinisi layo yakhiwe emhlabeni ubuchwepheshe elidala, ngalo iqoqa imiklomelo, futhi eziningi zalezi izinkokhelo cha fanele sekelo. Ngamafuphi nje, i-Apple usegxeke izinqubo nomkhiqizi khona ukuthi wagcina engumlandeli troll patent.

Amangalele Qualcomm

Ikakhulukazi, Apple isola inkampani Qualcomm yokuhluleka ukukhokha isamba dollar ayizigidi eziyinkulungwane, uletha njengenhlangano abashise for Apple wezamabhizinisi inkampani babebambisene namaphoyisa, ubani iye wajuba ukuphenya imisebenzi nomkhiqizi izilimi. Lezi nophenyo kungenzeka, futhi yaba isisekelo sezinguqulo le icala eyalandela ngu FTC.

Eqolo usayizi imiklomelo

Apple uye futhi wasinikeza eminye imininingwane mayelana nendlela enkulu kwakungamadodana imiklomelo ukuthi kudingeka uhlu inkampani Qualcomm. Ngokusho enkampanini, yena imiklomelo ukuthi Qualcomm etholakele Apple, izikhathi eziyisihlanu ephakeme kunamanye royalties patent abalayisense ibambisane Apple, kuhlangene.

Ukubuka ekusithekeni

Abameli Apple kusinikeza umbono ekusithekeni kanjani ibhizinisi iqhutshwa emkhakheni empahla, uma kuziwa esikhiqiza ithandwa kakhulu futhi evamile imikhiqizo zobuchwepheshe emhlabeni. Yize imithetho mayelana namalungelo obunikazi kanye nomklamo kwenzeke kaningi, ukuthi iyini inkampani ezibizayo kakhulu emhlabeni ukwenza enkantolo ngokumelene elinye lozakwethu yayo, ikakhulu obalulekile ezifana Qualcomm, neze ubani wayengase kwakubikezelwe.

Imiphumela icala

Lokhu icala kuzosiza iqembu liye phambili Echoes embonini engenantambo iminyaka, kungase futhi kuholele izinguquko ezinkulu emakethe yeselula, njengoba 5G ubuchwepheshe yenu kuyovumelana kancane kancane avele emakethe, ukuthatha indawo eyandulela wakhe, 4G ubuchwepheshe. Ngo-2016, Qualcomm ephethwe Amaphesenti angu-65 emakethe modems mobile (kanye namaphesenti angu-50 isukela yokuthengisa zabo). Lezi zibalo zingase kakhulu wehlise njengoba uzobe kanjani olwenziwa ekuqhubeni icala, kanye izimbangi ebezingakuthinti uneminye ithuba uyoba nengxenye.

Noncooperation

Ngaphezu kwalokho, unikezwa iqiniso lokuthi Apple sekuqalile ukusebenzisa modems mobile kusuka Intel Smartphones iPhone 7 futhi 7 Plus, ngokhahlo kwala mazwi yenkampani esemthethweni kungasho ukuthi ngesikhathi imodeli smartphone lwesishiyagalombili, okuyinto ihlelelwe ekwindla kulo nyaka, umkhiqizi elikhulu amafoni smart nezinye izinto abonisa ngokugcwele Qualcomm emnyango, walahla zonke izingxenye enikeziwe yilo inkampani.

Imphendvulo icala

Qualcomm uye wasabela le icala Apple cishe ngokushesha. Nomsizi kamongameli Don Rosenberg ngokuthi Apple ukumangalela umuntu izikhathi eziningi ngaphandle kwesizathu. Wabuye wathi nguye bayokujabulela ukuletha leli cala enkantolo, njengoba lokho kuyoholela kuvulwa ephelele zonke nemikhuba Apple, ukuthi ifana usongo thinly lifihlakele kamakhi processor.

isitatimende Okugcwele esemthethweni Apple

Nansi umbhalo ogcwele Apple isicelo: "Kwaphela iminyaka eminingi, Qualcomm dedengu waphikelela ukukhokhisa i imiklomelo ngoba ubuchwepheshe, okuyinto ke zazingenzelwanga Lapho Apple isebenza ezintsha ezifana TouchID, izibonisi oluseqophelweni amakhamera, ngakho. Qualcomm uthola imali eningi ngaphandle sokuzibonakalisa elungile, futhi kuya ngokuya kuba nzima ezidingekayo ukuze sikhokhele lezi ezintsha Apple. Qualcomm uyakhile ibhizinisi layo elidala, manje amazinga yisikhathi, kodwa uye waqhubeka eziqinisa ukubusa bawo ngokwenqaba ukushayela amacebo kumagadango gromnyh imiklomelo. Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi kule nkampani ingenye eziningi abaye nomthelela emizameni yokuthuthukisa izindinganiso yeselula, funa Qualcomm ukuqhubeka kusukela Apple kahlanu imali eningi kunabo bonke abanye bamalayisensi patent, nge esiyola- sivumelwano, ehlanganiswe . ukuze kuvikelwe Iwawo olukhona, Qualcomm sesiqhubeke izinyathelo sasivumela olukhulu muva ebambekile mayelana dollar ayizigidi eziyinkulungwane lezinkokhelo senzelwe Apple, beziphindiselela ngoba ulwazi lweqiniso olunikezwa Apple pravoohra ama-ejensi wokukatelela owayengifundela uphenyo. Apple ngokujulile okholwa emisha kanye uhlale ujabule ukukhokha amanani ngendlela efanele ukuze patent ezisetshenzisiwe. Singabantu kwehle kahle ngendlela inkampani Qualcomm enza ibhizinisi nathi, futhi, ngeshwa, ngemva kweminyaka ukungavumelani nezingxabano ngesisekelo ngendlela efanele amalayisense izimali, siphoqelekile kodwa aye enkantolo. "