Production bottlenecks at its suppliers Broadcom and Texas Instruments (TI) have meant Apple will not be able to produce the 90 million units in the last three months of this year that it originally envisaged, sources told the news website.
TI typically provides Apple with display parts for the iPhone, while Broadcom has long supplied Apple with wireless components for the devices.
The global shortage of semiconductors has been caused by several factors, including the Covid-19 pandemic causing facilities to close temporarily or scale down production, the sudden demand for chips to support remote work and study, and the ongoing trade war between the US and China.
All this has resulted in serious supply issues for a range of industries, including the automotive sector, gaming, and consumer electronics. Nearly a year on from release, Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and Sony’s PlayStation 5 are still hard to find as consumer demand eclipses the firms’ ability to...