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Re:Apple Accelerates US Manufacturing by justsid on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @09:42PM (#47146628)
They are not fabbing the chips there, just assembling the machines.
Re:Apple Accelerates US Manufacturing by ijustlovemath on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @09:58PM (#47146727)
The price of the carried inventory is still significant; the scale they mention reaching towards is thousands per day. That's not including the backlog of components they would have onsite to ensure production uptime.
Re:Apple Accelerates US Manufacturing by justsid on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @10:17PM (#47146858)
Absolutely, but they are not losing a billion+ in EUV machines with year+ lead times in a flood. It'll hurt for sure though and doesn't appear to be the smartest overall move.