Nkhani Zamakampani: "Fakitale yayikulu ya Texas Instruments yalengeza mwalamulo kupanga"

Poyamba ntchitoyi idathandizidwa ndi boma la Biden ndipo idalandiridwa bwino ndi Bwanamkubwa Greg Abbott. "Ma semiconductor ndi ofunikira popanga zomangamanga zanzeru zopanga zomwe zimatanthauzira tsogolo lathu ... Mothandizidwa ndi Texas Instruments, Texas ipitilizabe kukhala ndi udindo wake ngati malo otsogola opangira ma semiconductor, kupereka mwayi wochuluka wantchito kuposa boma lina lililonse," adatero Bwanamkubwa Abbott.

Ntchitoyi ipanga ntchito zatsopano 3,000 ku kampani ya Texas Instruments (TI) yomwe ili ku Dallas ndikuthandizira ntchito zina zambiri. "Sikuti ntchito zonsezi zimafuna digiri ya ku koleji. Ntchito zambirizi zimangofunika maphunziro aukadaulo atangomaliza sukulu ya sekondale kapena kumaliza maphunziro, zomwe zimathandiza anthu kupeza ntchito zolipira bwino komanso zopindulitsa zambiri ndikukhazikitsa maziko a chitukuko cha ntchito kwa nthawi yayitali," Grimsley adawonjezera.

 

Kupanga Ma Chips Mamiliyoni Makumi

Kampani ya Texas Instruments (TI) yalengeza lero kuti fakitale yake yatsopano ya semiconductor ku Sherman, Texas, yayamba kupanga mwalamulo, patatha zaka zitatu ndi theka kuchokera pamene idayamba kugwira ntchito. Akuluakulu a TI adakondwerera kumalizidwa kwa fakitale yapamwamba iyi ya 300mm semiconductor ku North Texas ndi akuluakulu aboma am'deralo ndi aboma.

Fakitale yatsopanoyi, yotchedwa SM1, pang'onopang'ono idzawonjezera mphamvu zake zopangira kutengera zomwe makasitomala akufuna, pomaliza pake ipanga ma chip mamiliyoni ambiri omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pafupifupi m'zida zonse zamagetsi, kuphatikiza mafoni a m'manja, makina a magalimoto, zida zamankhwala zopulumutsa moyo, maloboti amafakitale, zida zanzeru zakunyumba, ndi malo osungira deta.

Monga kampani yayikulu kwambiri yopanga ma semiconductor ku US, Texas Instruments (TI) imapanga ma analog ndi ma embedded processing chips omwe ndi ofunikira pafupifupi zipangizo zonse zamakono zamagetsi. Chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa zinthu zamagetsi m'moyo watsiku ndi tsiku, TI ikukulitsa nthawi zonse kukula kwake kwa kupanga ma semiconductor a 300mm, pogwiritsa ntchito luso la zaka pafupifupi zana. Mwa kukhala ndi kuwongolera ntchito zake zopangira, ukadaulo wa njira, ndi ukadaulo wolongedza, TI ikhoza kuyendetsa bwino unyolo wake woperekera zinthu, kuonetsetsa kuti makasitomala akuthandiza m'malo osiyanasiyana kwa zaka zambiri zikubwerazi.

Purezidenti ndi CEO wa TI, Haviv Ilan, anati, "Kuyambitsidwa kwa fakitale yatsopano ya wafer ku Sherman kukuwonetsa mphamvu za Texas Instruments: kuwongolera mbali iliyonse ya njira zopangira kuti ipereke ma semiconductor oyambira omwe ndi ofunikira kwambiri pamakina onse amagetsi. Monga wopanga wamkulu kwambiri wa ma analog ndi ma embedded processing semiconductors ku US, TI ili ndi mwayi wapadera popereka mphamvu zodalirika zopangira ma semiconductor a 300mm pamlingo waukulu. Timadzitamandira ndi mizu yathu ya zaka pafupifupi zana ku North Texas ndipo tikuyembekezera momwe ukadaulo wa TI udzathandizire patsogolo mtsogolo."

Kampani ya TI ikukonzekera kumanga ma wafer fab anayi olumikizidwa pamalo ake akuluakulu a Sherman, omwe adzamangidwa ndikukonzekera kutengera zomwe msika ukufunikira. Ikamalizidwa, malowa adzapanga mwachindunji ntchito zokwana 3,000 ndikupanga ntchito zina zambiri m'mafakitale ena ofanana.

Ndalama zomwe TI yayika mu fakitale ya Sherman ndi gawo la dongosolo lalikulu la ndalama lomwe cholinga chake ndi kuyika ndalama zoposa $60 biliyoni m'mafakitale asanu ndi awiri opanga zinthu zopangidwa ndi semiconductor ku Texas ndi Utah, zomwe zikuwonetsa ndalama zambiri kwambiri popanga zinthu zopangidwa ndi semiconductor m'mbiri ya US. TI imayang'anira malo 15 opanga zinthu padziko lonse lapansi, kudalira zaka makumi ambiri za luso lopanga zinthu kuti liwongolere bwino unyolo wake wopereka zinthu ndikuwonetsetsa kuti makasitomala alandira zinthu zomwe akufuna.

 

Kuyambira ndi Power Chips

TI inanena kuti kupita patsogolo kwa ukadaulo nthawi zambiri kumayamba ndi mavuto, omwe amatsogozedwa ndi anthu omwe nthawi zonse amafunsa kuti, "Kodi n'chiyani chomwe chingatheke?" ngakhale kuti zinthu zomwe adalenga sizinachitikepo. Kwa zaka pafupifupi zana, TI yakhala ikukhulupirira kuti lingaliro lililonse lolimba mtima lingalimbikitse mbadwo wotsatira wa zatsopano. Kuyambira machubu otayira mpweya mpaka ma transistors mpaka ma circuits ophatikizidwa—maziko a ukadaulo wamakono wamagetsi—TI yakhala ikukankhira malire a ukadaulo nthawi zonse, ndipo mbadwo uliwonse wa zatsopano ukumanga pa wakale.

Pakusintha kulikonse kwaukadaulo, Texas Instruments yakhala patsogolo: kuthandizira kufika koyamba kwa mwezi mumlengalenga; kulimbikitsa chitetezo ndi kusavuta kwa magalimoto; kuyendetsa zatsopano mu zamagetsi zaumwini; kupanga maloboti kukhala anzeru komanso otetezeka; komanso kukonza magwiridwe antchito ndi nthawi yogwira ntchito m'malo osungira deta.

"Ma semiconductor omwe timapanga ndi kupanga amapangitsa zonsezi kukhala zotheka, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ukadaulo ukhale wocheperako, wogwira ntchito bwino, wodalirika, komanso wotsika mtengo," adatero TI.

Pamalo atsopano ku Sherman, kupanga koyamba kwa wafer fab kukusintha kukhala zenizeni. Pambuyo pa zaka zitatu ndi theka zomangidwa, fakitale yaposachedwa ya TI ya 300mm mega wafer ku Sherman, Texas, yayamba kupereka ma chips kwa makasitomala. Fab yatsopano ya wafer, yotchedwa SM1, pang'onopang'ono idzawonjezera mphamvu zake zopangira kutengera zomwe makasitomala akufuna, pamapeto pake kufika pakupanga ma chips mamiliyoni makumi ambiri tsiku lililonse.

Purezidenti wa TI komanso CEO Haviv Ilan anati, "Sherman akuyimira zomwe Texas Instruments imachita bwino kwambiri: kuwongolera mbali iliyonse ya chitukuko cha ukadaulo ndi njira zopangira kuti apange ndikupereka zinthu zabwino kwambiri komanso zatsopano kwa makasitomala athu."

"Ma chips opangidwa ku fakitale iyi adzayendetsa zinthu zatsopano m'mafakitale osiyanasiyana, kuyambira magalimoto ndi ma satellite mpaka malo osungira deta a m'badwo wotsatira. Ukadaulo wa Texas Instruments ndiye maziko a kupita patsogolo kumeneku—kupangitsa ukadaulo womwe timagwiritsa ntchito kukhala wanzeru, wogwira ntchito bwino, komanso wodalirika."

Ku Sherman facility, TI ikupanga ma chips ofunikira pa zipangizo zamagetsi zosiyanasiyana. "Tikumvetsa kuti kupanga zinthu zatsopano ndi kupanga zinthu kuyenera kutsagana," anatero Muhammad Yunus, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa Ukadaulo ndi Kupanga ku TI. "Luso lathu lopanga zinthu lapamwamba kwambiri padziko lonse, pamodzi ndi luso lathu lalikulu mu uinjiniya wa semiconductor wa maziko, lidzapatsa makasitomala athu ntchito yabwino kwa nthawi yayitali."

Ndalama zomwe TI yayika ku Sherman ndi gawo la dongosolo lalikulu loyika ndalama zoposa $60 biliyoni m'mafakitale asanu ndi awiri opanga ma semiconductor ku Texas ndi Utah, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ikhale ndalama yayikulu kwambiri popanga ma semiconductor oyambira m'mbiri ya US.

Monga momwe TI idanenera, zinthu zamagetsi za analog ndi zina mwa zinthu zoyamba kuyambitsidwa ndi Sherman facility, zomwe zikubweretsa kupita patsogolo m'mafakitale osiyanasiyana: kupanga njira zoyendetsera bwino mabatire; kukwaniritsa kupita patsogolo kwatsopano pakuwunika magalimoto; kulola malo osungira deta kuti asinthe kuti akwaniritse zosowa zamphamvu zomwe zikukula za luntha lochita kupanga; ndikuwonjezera moyo wa batri pazinthu zamagetsi monga ma laputopu ndi ma smartwatches.

"Tikupitilizabe kupititsa patsogolo malire a zinthu zathu zamagetsi—kukwaniritsa kuchuluka kwa mphamvu zamagetsi, kukulitsa moyo wa batri ndi kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zochepa nthawi yoyimirira, ndikuchepetsa mawonekedwe a kusokoneza kwa maginito, zomwe zimathandiza kuti makina azikhala otetezeka, mosasamala kanthu za magetsi," adatero Mark Gary, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa TI's Analog Power Products Business.

Zinthu zamagetsi ndi gulu loyamba la zinthu zomwe zidzapangidwe ku fakitale ya Sherman, koma ichi ndi chiyambi chabe. M'zaka zikubwerazi, fakitaleyi idzatha kupanga zinthu zonse za Texas Instruments, zomwe zingathandize kupita patsogolo kwaukadaulo mtsogolo.

"Fakitale yathu yaposachedwa ya Sherman ikhudza msika nthawi yomweyo, ndipo ndizosangalatsa kuganizira momwe zinthu zoyambirirazi zidzasinthire ukadaulo," adatero Mark.

TI yazindikira kuti kupita patsogolo kwake m'munda wa semiconductor kumapitilizabe kupititsa patsogolo mafakitale osiyanasiyana ndikulimbikitsa malingaliro apamwamba kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Ndi mafakitale monga Sherman, TI ili okonzeka kuthandizira chitukuko chamtsogolo.

Kuyambira pa zipangizo zachipatala zopulumutsa miyoyo mpaka malo osungira deta a m'badwo wotsatira, ukadaulo wa TI umalimbikitsa zinthu zomwe dziko lapansi limadalira. "TI nthawi zambiri imanena kuti, 'Ngati ili ndi batire, chingwe, kapena magetsi, mwina ili ndi ukadaulo wa Texas Instruments,'" adatero Yunus.

Ku Texas Instruments, kukhala woyamba si mapeto; ndi poyambira pa mwayi wopanda malire.