News Apple expects to source over 19 billion chips from U.S. factories this year

Of course Apple buys a buttload of chips that aren’t 3nm….They still sell the iPhone 11 for like $200 not to mention every other gen between that and the current one.
 
The article said:
Each of Apple's devices contains dozens of humble ICs, however — amplifiers, power management ICs (PMICs), display drivers, radio front-end modules (FEMs), microcontrollers, retimers, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth modules, Ethernet controllers, and tens of others — that do not need the most advanced fabrication technologies, and which are made in the U.S. To that end, it is not surprising that Apple may be sourcing billions of chips made in the U.S. already.
This number is so huge that I'd be surprised if Apple wasn't using the most expansive definition of "chip" to include basically all surface-mount components, down to humble resistors and diodes.
 
Quick look a the 13 Pro shows at least 18 packages that could be called "chips" 18 x 100 million phones, yeah sounds about right, only the one model. And then all the laptops, and tablets, etc.

Saw a figure for 217 million total devices sold last year.
 
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