The Chip-Crunch Recovery Will Be Rocky, as Apple Can Attest
- Companies can find high-end semiconductors, not simple ones
- Chipmakers Qualcomm and AMD strike optimistic tone this week
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The great computer-chip shortage of 2021, a cloud hanging over companies ranging from Tesla Inc. to McDonald’s Corp., is showing signs of easing. But not for everyone.
While chipmakers such as Qualcomm Inc. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. struck an optimistic tone this week, certain products will remain scarce for some time to come. That’s left companies like Apple Inc. in a bind: Even with some supplies of semiconductors getting closer to normal, they still lack the components needed to complete their complex tech devices.