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Re:Cisco says computer chip shortage to last six months by bsder on Sunday April 25, 2021 @05:40PM (#26936947)
> Can you imagine if Apple behaved this way? If iPhone sales drop one quarter, cancelling all their chip production until sales picked up again?

Actually, Apple HAS done this. And it can kill a company.

For example: Peregrine Semiconductor who got bought by Murata in the aftermath.

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Re:Cisco says computer chip shortage to last six months by my123 on Sunday April 25, 2021 @06:09PM (#26937195)
For Peregrine, it’s different. They had even replaced with another supplier.

(From https://www.benzinga.com/tech/14/08/4808511/peregrine-ceo-ji...)

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