Natural disasters are never good for the global supply chain. Over in Japan, a 7.4 magnitude tremor shut down a good portion of the nation’s manufacturing on Thursday. Included in these closures is Murata, which produces ceramic capacitors for Apple. The earthquake claimed four lives and caused 97 injuries. Company Murata, which is located in […]
As nifty as 5G functionality may be, it may come at a hefty cost to an iPhone’s battery life. As such, reports have indicated that Apple may switch to supplier TSMC for both a reduced battery cost as well as improved battery life with the iPhone 14 handset. While TSMC doesn’t typically comment on single […]
Apple has entered its trial production phase of the iPhone 14, wherein the company produces a small number of the upcoming handset to prepare for mass production later. Per recent reports, assemblers Foxconn and Luxshare have begun the trial production phase. When an iPhone assembler begins the trial production stage, it has four main goals. […]
Trial production of the third-generation iPhone SE is rumored to be underway in the near future as Apple’s suppliers and supply chain prepare to mass produce the updated handset ahead of an early 2022 launch. According to MyDrivers, trial production, a stage in the supply chain ahead of when the device is mass produced, is […]
Apple’s next-gen processor, the M3, may have already entered its pilot production phase. According to DigiTimes, TSMC, Apple’s chipmaking partner, has begun producing the processor using it 3 nanometer process, known as “N3.” The report, citing unnamed industry sources, claims that TSMC will move the process to volume production by the fourth quarter of 2022 […]