{"id":2387,"date":"2022-04-22T15:35:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T13:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/apple-supply-chain-problems-continue-as-iphone-display-production-takes-further-hit\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T15:35:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T13:35:21","slug":"apple-supply-chain-problems-continue-as-iphone-display-production-takes-further-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/apple-supply-chain-problems-continue-as-iphone-display-production-takes-further-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple supply chain problems continue as  iPhone display production takes further hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"source-title\">Apple supply chain problems continue as  iPhone display production takes further hit<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-text\">\n<div >\n<p>It seems hardly a day passes without fresh news on Apple&#8217;s supply chain problems. Recent ones focus on the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns in China, but the global chip shortage continues to bite. <\/p>\n<p>Apple had hoped that Chinese display manufacturer BOE would be able to make as many as 40M iPhone displays this year. A shortage of display driver chips saw the goal reduced to 30M, but even that is now in doubt &#8230; <\/p>\n<p><span ><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<h2 >Background<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;ve previously outlined the background to the problem. <\/p>\n<blockquote >\n<p> A combination of factors caused the global shortage in chip supply. These include increased demand for technology during the pandemic, COVID-related production disruption, and a growing demand for chips by car-makers; as cars rely on increasing numbers of microprocessor units. <\/p>\n<p>The biggest issue is not with CPUs and GPUs, but far more mundane chips like display drivers and power management systems. This low-tech chip is used in many devices including Apple&#8217;s. <\/p>\n<p>Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that supply constraints cost Apple $6B in each of the last two quarters. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Apple had previously asked BOE to ship up to 40M iPhone screens this year, to supplement supplies from Samsung and LG. It was reported earlier this year that a shortage of display drivers made that target unlikely, but now even 30M seems optimistic. <\/p>\n<h2 >Apple supply chain problems continue<\/h2>\n<p><em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thelec.net\/news\/articleView.html?idxno=3999\">TheElec<\/a><\/em> reports that BOE&#8217;s chip supply position has worsened, and it is also struggling with yield rates. <\/p>\n<blockquote >\n<p>BOE is expected to continue facing production problems with OLED panels for iPhones due to the ongoing chip shortage, TheElec has learned. <\/p>\n<p> The production volume of Chinese panel makers has dropped from February to March due to a shortage in driver ICs. This was reported earlier by TheElec. The yield rate for the panels also seems to be an issue, sources said. <\/p>\n<p>BOE&#8217;s production problem from the situation is expected to continue up to at least May, they added [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>LX Semicon has opted to supply to LG Display first due to the situation. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p><!-- youtube embed -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-image\">[og_img]<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-link\">https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2022\/04\/22\/apple-supply-chain-problems-boe\/<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple supply chain problems continue as iPhone display production takes further hit It seems hardly a day passes without fresh news on Apple&#8217;s supply chain problems. Recent ones focus on the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns in China, but the global chip shortage continues to bite. Apple had hoped that Chinese display manufacturer BOE would be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}