That will also help with possible sanctions from the US against China as well.īGR will keep reporting on these efforts by Apple to diversify its supply chain and decrease its reliance on Chinese factories.

After the COVID-19 lockdown at the largest iPhone factory in China last year, the Cupertino firm wants to diversify its production to Vietnam, Taiwan, and India. These moves by Apple, with Foxconn’s help, are to avoid possible supply chain issues in the future. A possible M2 Extreme chip was also canceled, as the company is expected to bet on the M2 Ultra processor for this high-end Mac. For example, it won’t have user-upgradeable RAM and will maintain the same design as its Intel counterpart. The Apple silicon Mac Pro still has a few mysteries behind it, as Apple is rumored to have hit a few roadblocks. These are not the same as the startup sound (chime) that a Mac can play when starting up normally. On some Mac models, you might hear one of these sequences of beeps at the beginning of the startup process, while the screen is still blank. This was rumored by Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, also in December, saying Apple was shifting its production line away from the US. Certain conditions related to memory or firmware might cause your Mac to beep once or more during startup. The rumored Apple silicon Mac Pro is also expected to lose its “Made in the USA” engrave for a “Made in Vietnam” one. So maybe the connection is solid enough to display in About this Mac but 'loose' enough for the MBP to see properly use the RAM Trying to think of a better way to phrase that last bit. The “Made in Vietnam” products are expected to appear as early as May with MacBook models. A discussion thread on Apples site suggests that 3 beeps is a sign of a bad memory bank. Nikkei Asia, for example, already reported that Foxconn had finalized its plans to relocate some of its MacBook production to Vietnam in December.

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