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Production: Apple Reportedly Encounters Semiconductor Shortage

Emeka Eni by Emeka Eni
April 10, 2021
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…big tech companies think is a minor problem that is expected to affect small-time tech companies soon.

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Apple’s production unit confirms the setback the tech company encounters centred on its gadgets division such as MacBooks and iPads — Apple electronics and the automotive unit cannot be outright lucrative due to insufficient chip supply to bolster production.

The drag on the flow of these necessary semiconductors has affected its production process whereby the vital components to finalize assembling a product happens to be scarce — producing these products has reportedly paused until these components are made available, adequately supplied.

Apple highlighted its iPad — this product has paused production due to insufficient chips that power its display — shortage of “display components.” The tech company’s chip shortage setback still hovers as a production problem, soon to be a problem for customers when either iPads, iPhones, MacBook, semiconductor exist scarcely in the market, and the demand for these products continues to rise.

The chip supply chain problem appears to be slightly significant — it has pushed Apple to postpone orders for the chip that was supposed to arrive towards the end of the 2020 pandemic — further till the second quarter of 2021.

Acknowledging the fact that Apple’s high-end products, even the least of their product are built with complex chips, tech specialists familiar with the matter expect the tech company to purchase more chips rather than accept a minor issue as a problem. Nonetheless, since Apple declared its chip shortage a problem, small-time tech companies should expect such an insufficient chip supply problem too.

Apple noticed its chip shortage during the wake of the pandemic where customers demanded more products — this surge in demand also affected other US-based automotive tech companies such as Ford and Nissan.

During the 2020 pandemic, they paused production due to a semiconductor shortage. Not forgetting Sony’s PlayStation 5 that paused production, still, the demand for these gadgets rises profusely.

These issues appear to be a pressing matter as it has gotten to the consent of the current US President, Joe Biden — to appropriately scrutinized the issues with tactical means of identifying the loophole of the semiconductor supply chain.

Accordingly, iPhone’s is yet to experience these semiconductor shortage problems other Apple tech unit has encountered of late. Some of Apple’s previously released gadgets were built with Apple–owned semiconductors. Apple chief executive, Tim Cook also confirmed its smartphone unit is likely to experience a chip shortage very soon.

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