Apple inatumizira mlandu wotsutsa $ 1 biliyoni chip chipangizo kwa iPhone

Apple inangochita chinthu chosadabwitsa: chimphona chamakono chinagonjetsa Qualcomm, chomwe chimapanga mapulosesa a mafoni a m'manja pa iPhone, ndikufuna ndalama zokwana madola biliyoni imodzi.

Mlandu wosayembekezereka

Sutu imayimira Qualcomm ngati wotsutsa, zomwe zimafuna ndalama zambiri zogwiritsa ntchito makompyuta apamwamba, komanso amalephera kubwezera ndalama ngati "kubwezera" chifukwa Apple yatulukira kufufuza pankhaniyi.

Apple si kampani yoyamba

Mapulogalamu a Apple akugwirizana ndi zochita zina zowonjezera, zomwe zinachitika mu Januwale. Poyamba, FTC inakhazikitsa mlandu wotsutsana ndi Qualcomm, kutsutsa kampaniyo kugwiritsa ntchito zivomezi zake kukakamiza omenyana kuti apereke ndalama zambiri ngakhale zipangizo zomwe sizigwiritsira ntchito mapurosesa kapena zina zilizonse za Qualcomm.

Kodi vuto ndi chiyani?

Apple inalembedwa m'malemba a FTC. Kumeneku kunanenedwa kuti kampaniyo idakakamiza Apple m'njira zingapo kamodzi, kotero kuti ikanagwiritse ntchito zokhazokha za wopangazi kwa zaka zisanu, kuchokera mu 2011 mpaka 2016. Chigwirizano ichi chinasiya ntchito ya wopanga chipangizo chilichonse chachiwiri kwa foni yamakono yotchuka kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Poweruza milandu, izi zimatchulidwa kuti ndizochititsa manyazi kupititsa patsogolo mpikisano. Ndi kukhazikitsa kwa iPhone 7 ndi iPhone 7 Plus, Apple anayamba kupanga mafoni omwe amagwiritsanso ntchito zomangamanga za Intel.

Zambiri pa mlandu wa Apple

Ponena za milandu yomwe apolisi adaitumizira, akuluakulu ake adalemba lamulo loti Qualcomm amafunika ndalama zothandizira ma teknoloji zomwe sizikugwirizana nazo. Apple imayimira Qualcomm ngati kampani yaulesi yomwe siinayambe kugwira ntchito zatsopano, monga bizinesi yake imamangidwa kuzungulira makanema akale omwe amachotsera ulemu, ndi zambiri za malipirowa opanda maziko. Mwachidule, Apple inadandaulira wopanga ndondomeko kuti akhale patent.

Zotsutsa za Qualcomm

Makamaka Apulo amatsutsa Qualcomm kuti sangathe kulipira ndalama zokwana madola biliyoni imodzi, akuyimira ngati kubwezera kwa Apple chifukwa chakuti kampaniyo inagwirizanitsa ndi mabungwe a malamulo, omwe anayenera kufufuza ntchito za wopanga mapulogalamu. Kufufuza uku, mwinamwake, kunakhala maziko a milandu yotsatira kuchokera ku FTC.

Zambiri zamtengo wapatali

Apple inaperekanso tsatanetsatane wa momwe ndalama zinaliri zazikulu, zomwe Qualcomm anayenera kutumiza. Malinga ndi kampaniyo, ndalama zothandizira zomwe Qualcomm analandira kuchokera ku Apple, zikuposa kasanu kuposa ndalama zothandizira ma licensors ena, zomwe Apple amagwira ntchito pamodzi.

Kuyang'ana kumbuyo pazithunzi

Lamulo la Apple limapereka mpata woyang'ana kumbuyo kwa zochitika zomwe zikuchitika mmunda wa katundu waluso, zokhudzana ndi opanga makampani otchuka kwambiri komanso odziwika bwino padziko lonse lapansi. Ngakhale kuti milandu yokhudzana ndi kukonzedwa ndi zovomerezeka zimachitika kawirikawiri, kampani yomwe ili yokwera mtengo kwambiri padziko lapansi idzayimira milandu kumenyana ndi mmodzi mwa zibwenzi zake, makamaka zofunika monga Qualcomm, palibe amene anganene.

Zotsatira za kayendedwe kalamulo

Izi zakhala zikugwirizana kwambiri ndi mafakitale opanda waya kwa zaka zambiri, zitha kuyambitsa kusintha kwakukulu pamsika wamakono, monga teknoloji ya 5G idzawoneka pang'onopang'ono pamsika, kutenga malo omwe adayambitsidwa kale, matepi a 4G. Mu 2016, Qualcomm anali ndi 65 peresenti ya msika wa mafoni modems (ndi 50 peresenti ya ndalama zogulitsa). Ziwerengerozi zikhoza kuchepa kwambiri ngati zomwe zikuchitika pazifukwazi zikuchitidwa, ndipo ochita mpikisano omwe poyamba analibe mwayi adzawonekere.

Kukana mgwirizano

Kuwonjezera apo, atapatsidwa kuti apulogalamu ayamba kugwiritsa ntchito mafoni amtundu wa Intel mu mafoni a m'manja iPhone 7 ndi 7 Plus, mawu okhwima a lipoti lovomerezeka la kampani angatanthawuze kuti panthawi yomasulira njira yachisanu ndi chitatu ya foni yamakono, yomwe ikukonzekera kugwa kwa chaka chino, Mafoni ndi zipangizo zina zidzasonyezeratu Qualcomm pakhomo, kusiya zigawo zonse zoperekedwa ndi kampaniyi.

Yankhani kufunsidwa

Qualcomm adayankha zomwe Apple akunena mwamsanga. Mlembi Wachiwiri wa Pulezidenti wa kampaniyo, Don Rosenberg, ankanena kuti zomwe Apple akunenazo sizingatheke. Ananenanso kuti adzakondwera kubweretsa milandu kukhoti, chifukwa izi zidzatsogolera zonse zomwe zimachitika pa Apple, zomwe zimawoneka ngati zoopsa zowonongeka kuchokera kwa wopanga mapulogalamu.

Mawu ovomerezeka ochokera ku Apple

Pano pali nkhani yonse ya mawu a Apple: "Kwa zaka zambiri, Qualcomm wakhala akuumiriza mopanda chilungamo kupereka ndalama zogwiritsira ntchito matekinoloje omwe sanagwirizane nazo." Apple ikamapanga ntchito zatsopano monga TouchID, mawonedwe apamwamba ndi makamera, Qualcomm imalandira ndalama zambiri popanda chifukwa, ndipo zimakhala zovuta kuti Apple apereke ndalama zatsopanozi.C Qualcomm inakhazikitsa bizinesi yake yakale, tsopano yowonjezera, koma ikupitiriza kulimbikitsa ulamuliro wake kudzera mwa njira zotsutsa Ngakhale kuti kampaniyi ndi imodzi mwa anthu ambiri omwe athandiza kukhazikitsidwa kwa ma makanema, Qualcomm akupitiriza kuitanitsa ku Apple katatu ndalama zambiri kuposa ena onse omwe ali ndi chilolezo chovomerezeka chomwe timagwirizana nawo Pofuna kuteteza ndondomeko yake, Qualcomm yatenga njira zowonongeka, posachedwa kuchedwa pafupifupi madola 1 biliyoni a malipiro omwe apangidwe kwa Apple, monga chilango chodziwitsidwa chowonadi chimene chinaperekedwa ndi Apple lamulo Akuluakulu a boma omwe adafufuza. Apple amakhulupirira kwambiri zatsopano ndipo nthawi zonse amasangalala kulipira mokhulupirika mtengo wogwiritsira ntchito zovomerezeka zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito. Timakhumudwa kwambiri ndi momwe Qualcomm amachitira ndi bizinesi yathu, ndipo mwatsoka, patatha zaka zosagwirizanirana ndi mikangano chifukwa cha kukhala oona mtima ndi oyenerera, tilibe mwayi koma kupita kukhoti. "