As lots of you might have heard by now, the world is dealing with a chip scarcity. This is partially because of the pandemic that hit final 12 months that pressured many international locations to halt all actions, shut down factories, and droop manufacturing whereas they try and battle the virus. As a end result, this has created a backlog of orders that firms at the moment are making an attempt to compensate for.

However, evidently whereas many different firms are struggling to get their palms on chips, if there may be one firm that’s seemingly unaffected, it will be Apple. This is in response to a report from Wave7 Research who claims that Apple is the least affected firm relating to chip shortages.

Speaking to PCMag, Jeff Moore, principal at Wave7 stated that the explanation why is as a result of apparently Apple managed to lock down their very own provide forward of time. “Sources have told Wave7 Research that Apple was able to lock down chipset supply well ahead of time. This was not the case for other OEMs.”

It is unclear if Apple knew this was coming or if this was one thing that that they had all the time completed, and it’s now working of their favor. That being stated, final month Apple’s CEO Tim Cook did warn buyers that the worldwide chip scarcity might have an effect on their capability to promote their merchandise, however it’s unclear how massive of an impact this could possibly be.

Filed in Apple >General. Read extra about iMac, iPad, iPhone, Macbook Air and Macbook Pro. Source: pcmag