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M2 Chip Production Ceased in January As A Result of Decreased MacBook Sales
According to a recent report from The Elec, Apple halted production of its M2 chip for MacBooks in January and February due to declining sales. This is allegedly the first time Apple has ceased semiconductor production.
Some production restarted in March last year but at half the previous year’s rate.
The manufacturing halt is being blamed on a weak PC market…
Taiwan’s TSMC did not submit 5-nano process M2 chip wafer processing products to OSAT in January and February, according to the Outsourcing Semiconductor Package Test (OSAT) industry on the 3rd. This is thought to be because Apple asked for a cease production as demand for the MacBook fell. Unlike the A-series chips in the fan-out wafer-level package (FO-WLP) package technique, which TSMC refers to as InFO, the M2 chip is ultimately processed through a general flip chip packaging process. (Integrated Fan-Out). When TSMC has completed the full circle, the processed wafers will be shipped to Amkor or Stats Chippack’s Korean factories for packaging. This supply was not available in January or February. Although wafers have been arriving since March, an official acquainted with the situation stated that it is only half of what was received the previous year.
