MacBook and iPad production delayed as supply crunch hits Apple

Re:MacBook and iPad production delayed as supply crunch hits... by mlindner on Thursday April 08, 2021 @07:41PM (#26745139)

This has nothing to do with China. China is actually behind, Taiwan, South Korea, and the US in fab technology. China's best fabs are in 28nm area, not 5nm. This is why them getting cut off from western tech via the US's semiconductor sanctions was such a huge deal. They don't have their own fabs capable of making high end products.

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Re:MacBook and iPad production delayed as supply crunch hits... by randomopining on Thursday April 08, 2021 @08:46PM (#26745566)

They're seriously at only 28nm?

How does Huawei get those new chips at 7nm?

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Re:MacBook and iPad production delayed as supply crunch hits... by defaultname on Thursday April 08, 2021 @09:56PM (#26745950)

No, they aren't at 28nm. They're shipping 14nm at volume, have low-volume R&D yields of 7nm, and are building their own EUV process for 5nm and below.

Sanctioning and restricting China is most certainly going to be a catalyst for a rapid development of domestic advancements (including, of course, surreptitiously stealing it from other countries/companies). Anyone who thinks China won't be right with the top makers in a few short years is fooling themselves.

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Re:MacBook and iPad production delayed as supply crunch hits... by randomopining on Friday April 09, 2021 @09:11AM (#26750087)

So they’re basically at Intel level?

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Re:MacBook and iPad production delayed as supply crunch hits... by unmole on Thursday April 08, 2021 @09:22PM (#26745792)

The same way everyone else does, from TSMC.

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Re:MacBook and iPad production delayed as supply crunch hits... by Daho0n on Friday April 09, 2021 @06:02AM (#26748603)

You are agreeing to what I said. If China had 5nm why would they need to upgrade to be able to help?

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