Foxconn said that the shortage of parts in the past two years is easing

Webmaster's House (ChinaZ.com) Feb. 11 News: Foxconn, the largest iPhone assembler, said the shortage of parts that has limited equipment supply over the past two years is now showing signs of easing, according to Bloomberg.

A Foxconn spokesperson said at a corporate event earlier today that there will be a significant improvement in parts shortages in the first quarter of 2022, and overall supply constraints are expected to ease in the second half of the year. While TSMC produces Apple's custom-designed chips, Apple still relies on many industry-standard chips, such as power management chips. Display drivers and power management chips have been among the components that limit Apple's manufacturing capabilities, and Foxconn added that power management chips are still in short supply.

The announcement could be an encouraging sign for tech manufacturing as a whole, but TSMC warned that chip supply will remain tight throughout 2022. Major suppliers such as Foxconn and TSMC plan to maintain larger inventories in the future to ensure security of supply.

Smartphone shipments have slowed over the past two years due to shortages, but supply chain disruptions have mainly affected low-end suppliers rather than giants like Apple. Industry analysts believe that the bottleneck will not be completely alleviated until the second half of 2022.

Nikkei Asia reported earlier this month that Apple is working to address its backlog of iPad orders as it prioritizes shipments of the iPhone 13. 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models are also still in short supply worldwide.

While the supply chain was limited to apple in the fiscal fourth quarter of 2021, Apple lost $6 billion, the company's supply chain is currently in the process of a solid recovery as it prepares for a series of new products launched this year.