Posted on Apr 29, 2021
It's Not Just Cars: iPads And Macs Suffer From Semiconductor Crunch
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Supply chain disruptions are taking a bite of out Apple, and it may make it harder to get your hands on that shiny new tablet or laptop.
Apple warns that it can't make enough iPads and Macs to keep up with demand, thanks to the global shortage in semiconductors that has already disrupted production at almost every major car company, from Ford to VW.
Luca Maestri, Apple's chief financial officer, said late Wednesday that the lack of supply will cut into sales of both these products and lop off between $3 to $4 billion of its revenue in the next three months.
Still, Apple, says it expects sales to grow in the current quarter. The announcement came in an earnings call just a week after the company introduced new iPads and computers.
Apple warns that it can't make enough iPads and Macs to keep up with demand, thanks to the global shortage in semiconductors that has already disrupted production at almost every major car company, from Ford to VW.
Luca Maestri, Apple's chief financial officer, said late Wednesday that the lack of supply will cut into sales of both these products and lop off between $3 to $4 billion of its revenue in the next three months.
Still, Apple, says it expects sales to grow in the current quarter. The announcement came in an earnings call just a week after the company introduced new iPads and computers.
It's Not Just Cars: iPads And Macs Suffer From Semiconductor Crunch
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I bet if we look a little deeper, we will find that most of the semiconductors, chips and PCs regardless of brand, come from China as a result of US Companies moving production to China and giving them the technology to do so... Just a thought...
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Worked in semi for years in Silicon Valley. Although maintaining a marginal presence in the Valley, most of the U.S. players have gone out of state and offshore, also FAB-less and to foundries which = code speak for offshore. As for theft, I mean technology transfer (sic), the Valley has been a target since day one. The at the time the CCCP and East Bloc had a field day playing pick pocket in SV and more recently the PRC (and others) has been making them look like amateurs.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-us-china-trade-war-ip-theft-20190221-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-us-china-trade-war-ip-theft-20190221-story.html
Here are 5 cases where the U.S. says Chinese companies and workers stole American trade secrets
Beijing typically doesn't dispatch spies on missions of commercial espionage. Rather, it encourages Chinese who study and work abroad to copy or steal technology and rewards them when they do.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
CPT (Join to see) - Sgt (Join to see) Also the Materials (HAZMAT) Involved? Risks Involved? in the Production Process. I Know the Local Producer here in the KC Metro had Several Minor Fires and the Landlord had enough of that Crap. I wasn't particularly fond of going under pipes Labeled Cyanide and seeing LOX and Other Volatile Materials they used in My Patrols.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - Lots of interesting *ingredients* required to make computer chips to include a laundry list of chemicals such as sulfuric acid, nitric acid, hydroflouric acid and other items requiring engineering controls, permits, PPE (up to and including Level A protective suits) along with leak detection and alarms. Toxic Gases notwithstanding. And —> silane gas (ignites when it comes in contact w/air). Long story short, it costs a fortune to —safely— make chips.
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It may be that with so many people building systems for crypto currency mining is contributing to this situation. It takes some serious horse power to be a successful crypto miners.
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