Emva kweminyaka yokulungiselela, umzi-mveliso we-semiconductor weTexas Instruments eSherman uqalile ngokusesikweni ukuvelisa. Esi sakhiwo seebhiliyoni ezingama-40 zeerandi siza kuvelisa amashumi ezigidi zeetships ezibalulekileyo kwiimoto, ii-smartphones, amaziko edatha, kunye neemveliso ze-elektroniki zemihla ngemihla—amashishini achaphazeleke ngexesha lobhubhane.
"Impembelelo yeshishini le-semiconductor kumacandelo ahlukeneyo iyamangalisa. Phantse yonke into inxulumene ne-elektroniki okanye inxulumene nayo; ngoko ke, eyona nto iphantse yasilela kwikhonkco lethu leenkonzo zehlabathi yayikukuphazamiseka okuvela eTaiwan nakwezinye iindawo ngexesha lobhubhane, nto leyo esifundise lukhulu," utshilo uJames Grimsley, igosa lophuhliso lwengingqi kwiZiko leTekhnoloji ye-Texas and Ohio Semiconductor.
Ekuqaleni le projekthi yafumana inkxaso kulawulo lukaBiden yaza yamkelwa ngezandla ezishushu nguRhuluneli uGreg Abbott. "Ii-semiconductors zibalulekile ekwakheni iziseko zobukrelekrele bokwenziwa ezichaza ikamva lethu ngokwenene... Ngoncedo lweTexas Instruments, iTexas iya kuqhubeka nokugcina isikhundla sayo njengesikhungo sokuvelisa ii-semiconductor esiphambili, ibonelela ngamathuba emisebenzi amaninzi kunalo naliphi na elinye ilizwe," utshilo uRhuluneli uAbbott.
Le projekthi iza kudala imisebenzi emitsha engama-3,000 kwiTexas Instruments (TI) eseDallas kwaye ixhase amawaka eminye imisebenzi eyongezelelweyo. "Ayiyo yonke le misebenzi efuna isidanga sasekholejini. Uninzi lwezi zikhundla lufuna uqeqesho lomsebenzi emva kwesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo okanye ukugqiba izifundo, nto leyo evumela abantu ukuba bafumane imisebenzi ehlawula kakuhle enezibonelelo ezipheleleyo kwaye ibeke isiseko sophuhliso lomsebenzi wexesha elide," wongeze watsho uGrimsley.
Ukuvelisa Amashumi Ezigidi ZeeChips
I-Texas Instruments (TI) ibhengeze namhlanje ukuba umzi-mveliso wayo wamva nje we-semiconductor eSherman, eTexas, uqalile ngokusesikweni ukuvelisa, emva kweminyaka emithathu enesiqingatha emva kokuba iqalile ukusebenza. Abaphathi be-TI babhiyozele ukugqitywa kwesi sakhiwo se-semiconductor esiphucukileyo se-300mm eMntla Texas kunye namagosa karhulumente wasekuhlaleni nowephondo.
Lo mzi-mveliso mtsha, obizwa ngokuba yi-SM1, uza kwandisa kancinci amandla awo okuvelisa ngokusekelwe kwimfuno yabathengi, ekugqibeleni uvelise amashumi ezigidi zeetships ezisetyenziswa phantse kuzo zonke izixhobo ze-elektroniki, kubandakanya ii-smartphones, iinkqubo zeemoto, izixhobo zonyango ezisindisa ubomi, iirobhothi zoshishino, izixhobo zasekhaya ezikrelekrele, kunye namaziko edatha.
Njengomvelisi omkhulu we-semiconductor esisiseko e-US, iTexas Instruments (TI) ivelisa ii-analog kunye nee-embedded processing chips ezibalulekileyo phantse kuzo zonke izixhobo ze-elektroniki zanamhlanje. Ngokukhula kwemveliso ye-elektroniki kubomi bemihla ngemihla, i-TI iyaqhubeka nokwandisa isikali sayo sokuvelisa i-semiconductor ye-300mm, isebenzisa phantse inkulungwane yeminyaka yokuvelisa izinto ezintsha. Ngokuba ngumnini kunye nokulawula imisebenzi yayo yokuvelisa, iteknoloji yenkqubo, kunye netekhnoloji yokupakisha, i-TI inokulawula ngcono uthotho lwayo lokubonelela, iqinisekisa inkxaso kubathengi kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo kangangeminyaka emininzi ezayo.
UMongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-TI uHaviv Ilan uthe, "Ukuqaliswa kwe-wafer fab yamva nje eSherman kubonisa amandla eTexas Instruments: ukulawula yonke into yenkqubo yokuvelisa ukuze kubonelelwe ngee-semiconductors ezisisiseko eziyimfuneko phantse kuzo zonke iinkqubo ze-elektroniki. Njengomvelisi omkhulu wee-semiconductors ze-analog kunye ne-embedded processing eMelika, i-TI inenzuzo ekhethekileyo ekuboneleleni ngezakhono zokuvelisa ii-semiconductor ze-300mm ezinokuthenjwa ngomlinganiselo. Siyazingca ngeengcambu zethu eziphantse zibe yinkulungwane eMntla Texas kwaye sijonge phambili kwindlela ubuchwepheshe be-TI obuya kuqhuba ngayo impumelelo kwixesha elizayo."
I-TI iceba ukwakha ii-wafer fab ezine ezidityanisiweyo kwindawo yayo enkulu yaseSherman, eziza kwakhiwa kwaye zixhotyiswe ngokuxhomekeke kwimfuno yemarike. Nje ukuba igqityiwe, esi sakhiwo siza kudala ngqo imisebenzi efikelela kwi-3,000 kwaye sivelise amawaka emisebenzi eyongezelelweyo kumashishini anxulumene noko.
Utyalo-mali lwe-TI kumzi-mveliso waseSherman luyinxalenye yesicwangciso sotyalo-mali esibanzi esijolise ekutyaleni imali engaphezulu kwe-$60 yeebhiliyoni kwizityalo ezisixhenxe zokuvelisa ii-semiconductor eTexas nase-Utah, nto leyo ephawula utyalo-mali olukhulu kwimveliso ye-semiconductor esisiseko kwimbali yase-US. I-TI isebenza kwiindawo zokuvelisa ezili-15 kwihlabathi liphela, ixhomekeke kwiminyaka emininzi yamava okuvelisa aqinisekisiweyo nathembekileyo ukulawula ngcono uthotho lwayo lokubonelela kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba abathengi bafumana iimveliso abazifunayo.
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I-TI ithe impumelelo kwezobuchwepheshe idla ngokuqala ngemingeni, eqhutywa ngabo bahlala bebuza bathi, "Yintoni enokwenzeka?" nangona izinto abazidalileyo zingazange zibonwe ngaphambili. Kangangeminyaka ephantse ibe yinkulungwane, i-TI ibikholelwa ukuba yonke ingcamango enesibindi inokukhuthaza isizukulwana esilandelayo sokuvelisa izinto ezintsha. Ukusuka kwiityhubhu ze-vacuum ukuya kwii-transistors ukuya kwiisekethe ezidibeneyo—iziseko zobuchwepheshe banamhlanje be-elektroniki—i-TI ibisoloko ityhala imida yeteknoloji, isizukulwana ngasinye sokuvelisa izinto ezintsha sakha phezu kwesangaphambili.
Ngalo lonke ixesha lobuchwepheshe, iTexas Instruments ibisoloko iphambili: ixhasa ukufika kwenyanga okokuqala esibhakabhakeni; iphucula ukhuseleko kunye nokulula kwezithuthi; ukuqhuba ubuchule kwi-elektroniki yomntu; ukwenza iirobhothi zibe nobuchule kwaye zikhuseleke; kunye nokuphucula ukusebenza kunye nexesha lokusebenza kwiziko ledatha.
“Ii-semiconductors esiziyilayo nesizenzayo zenza konke oku kube nokwenzeka, zenza ubuchwepheshe bube buncinci, busebenze ngakumbi, buthembeke ngakumbi, kwaye bufikeleleke ngakumbi,” utshilo uTI.
Kwindawo entsha eSherman, imveliso yokuqala ye-wafer fab itshintsha amandla abe yinyani. Emva kweminyaka emithathu enesiqingatha yokwakhiwa, i-TI yamva nje ye-300mm mega wafer fab eSherman, eTexas, iqalile ukuhambisa iitships kubathengi. I-wafer fab entsha, ebizwa ngokuba yi-SM1, iya kwandisa kancinci amandla ayo emveliso ngokusekelwe kwimfuno yabathengi, ekugqibeleni ifikelele kwimveliso yemihla ngemihla yamashumi ezigidi zeetships.
UMongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-TI uHaviv Ilan uthe, "USherman umele oko kwenziwa ngcono yiTexas Instruments: ukulawula yonke into yophuhliso lwetekhnoloji kunye nenkqubo yokuvelisa ukuze kuyilwe kwaye kunikezelwe iimveliso ezilungileyo nezintsha kubathengi bethu."
"Iitships eziveliswa kule fektri ziya kuqhuba izinto ezintsha ezibalulekileyo kumashishini ahlukeneyo, ukusuka kwiimoto kunye neesathelayithi ukuya kumaziko edatha esizukulwana esilandelayo. Ubuchwepheshe beTexas Instruments bubaluleke kakhulu kule nkqubela phambili—okwenza ubuchwepheshe esibusebenzisayo bube nobuchule ngakumbi, busebenze ngakumbi, kwaye buthembeke ngakumbi."
Kwiziko laseSherman, i-TI ivelisa iitships ezibalulekileyo zesiseko kwizixhobo ezahlukeneyo ze-elektroniki. "Siyaqonda ukuba ubugcisa kunye nokuvelisa kufuneka kuhambisane," utshilo uMuhammad Yunus, uSekela Mongameli oyiNtloko weTekhnoloji kunye noMveliso kwi-TI. "Izakhono zethu zokuvelisa ezikumgangatho wehlabathi, kunye nobuchule bethu obunzulu kubunjineli be-semiconductor besiseko, ziya kubonelela abathengi bethu ngenkonzo esemgangathweni yexesha elide."
Utyalo-mali lwe-TI eSherman luyinxalenye yesicwangciso esibanzi sokutyala imali engaphezulu kwe-$60 yeebhiliyoni kwiifektri ezisixhenxe ze-semiconductor eTexas nase-Utah, nto leyo eyenza ukuba lube lolona tyalo-mali lukhulu kwimveliso ye-semiconductor esisiseko kwimbali yase-US.
Njengoko i-TI itshilo, iimveliso zamandla e-analog ziphakathi kweemveliso zokuqala ezaqaliswa yiSherman facility, nto leyo ezisa inkqubela phambili kumashishini ahlukeneyo: ukudala iinkqubo zolawulo lwebhetri ezisebenzayo ngakumbi; ukufezekisa inkqubela phambili entsha ekukhanyiseni iimoto; ukuvumela amaziko edatha ukuba aguquke ukuze ahlangabezane neemfuno zamandla ezikhulayo zobukrelekrele bokwenziwa; kunye nokwandisa ubomi bebhetri kwiimveliso ze-elektroniki ezifana neelaptops kunye nee-smartwatches.
“Siqhubeka sityhala imida yepotifoliyo yethu yemveliso yamandla—sifikelela kubuninzi bamandla, sandisa ubomi bebhetri ngokusetyenziswa kwamandla okuphantsi, kwaye sinciphisa iimpawu zokuphazamiseka kwe-electromagnetic, nto leyo enceda ekwenzeni iinkqubo zikhuseleke, nokuba i-voltage ingakanani na,” utshilo uMark Gary, uSekela Mongameli oyiNtloko kwiShishini leeMveliso zamandla ze-Analog ze-TI.
Iimveliso zamandla lolona didi lokuqala lweemveliso eziza kuveliswa kwifektri yaseSherman, kodwa esi sisiqalo nje. Kwiminyaka ezayo, ifektri iza kukwazi ukuvelisa uluhlu olupheleleyo lweemveliso zeTexas Instruments, ixhasa impumelelo yetekhnoloji yexesha elizayo.
“Ifektri yethu yamva nje yaseSherman iza kuba nefuthe elikhawulezileyo kwimarike, kwaye kuyachulumancisa ukucinga ngendlela ezi mveliso zokuqala eziza kutshintsha ngayo iteknoloji,” utshilo uMark.
I-TI iqaphele ukuba impumelelo yayo kwicandelo le-semiconductor iqhubela phambili rhoqo kumashishini ahlukeneyo kwaye inika amandla iingcamango ezibalaseleyo zehlabathi. Ngeefektri ezifana noSherman, i-TI ikulungele ukuxhasa uphuhliso lwexesha elizayo.
Ukususela kwizixhobo zonyango ezisindisa ubomi ukuya kumaziko edatha esizukulwana esilandelayo, iteknoloji ye-TI inika amandla izinto ihlabathi elixhomekeke kuzo. "I-TI idla ngokuthi, 'Ukuba inebhetri, intambo, okanye umbane, kusenokwenzeka ukuba iqulethe iteknoloji yeTexas Instruments,'" utshilo uYunus.
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Ixesha leposi: Disemba-15-2025