[HN Gopher] MacBook and iPad production delayed as supply crunch...
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MacBook and iPad production delayed as supply crunch hits Apple
Author : gumby
Score : 42 points
Date : 2021-04-08 20:42 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| Kliment wrote:
| The car industry has fucked everyone over and noone is immune,
| regardless how big. If you're interested in how this happened, I
| wrote my understanding of it on another, related thread at
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26659709
| kortilla wrote:
| Good description but from what you've said the car industry
| didn't "lie".
|
| Definition of "lie":
|
| > A lie is an assertion that is believed to be false, typically
| used with the purpose of deceiving someone
|
| The car industry fucked up a forecast and cancelled based on
| their forecast. That's not a lie.
| bmurphy1976 wrote:
| That's a pretty disingenuous take that completely ignores the
| lack of fabs and a global pandemic. Nobody knew what was going
| to happen and everybody made decisions that they regret. The
| industry is in the position it's in because of the sum total of
| decisions made by all actors of the last decade, not because
| the car companies made some forecasting mistakes. The car
| companies aren't the only ones who just-in-time their supply
| lines.
| hahahahe wrote:
| That's very interesting. My immediate reaction to the pandemic
| was less driving but by May '20 I too realized people will have
| to buy cars (outflow from urban areas and less public transit
| usage).
| andrekandre wrote:
| from the article the U.S., Japan and Germany have
| asked Taiwan and South Korea, the two key chip manufacturing
| economies, to help prioritize chips for the automotive industry,
| which is crucial to the world economy. This has further squeezed
| production of semiconductors for consumer electronics and
| computer products.
|
| does "crucial to the world economy" mean consumer supply of
| automobiles (a.k.a jobs) or industrial use like in trucks,
| forklifts etc??
| sudosysgen wrote:
| Fairly sure they mean those necessary for logistics. Consumer
| supply of automobiles isn't a pressing concern.
| detaro wrote:
| It means "crucial to automotive industry in these 3 countries,
| and it's important to politicians in those countries to look
| like they support their automotive industry". They need to do
| _something_ , and it's not like they can do anything
| substantial that'll fix the problem _now_ , so letter on
| highest level asking nicely it is.
| postingawayonhn wrote:
| It means it supports a lot of jobs. Large auto plants can
| directly employ 10,000+ people.
| Evan__ wrote:
| I'd guess it's skewed towards the former.
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