[HN Gopher] MacBook and iPad production delayed as supply crunch... ___________________________________________________________________ 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) (HTM) web link (asia.nikkei.com) (TXT) w3m dump (asia.nikkei.com) | 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-04-08 23:00 UTC)