Apple is the largest buyer of chips, surpassing HP

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As indicated by a study carried out in iSuppli, Manzana It has surpassed the company that until now was located in the first place in the ranking of companies that spend the most when buying chips. The list is completed with HP, which is in second place, as well as Samsung, Dell and Nokia, which occupy the third, fourth and fifth positions respectively.

The climb to the top spot was driven by the 48 million iPhones that Apple sold last year (89% more than the previous year), as well as a 14% increase in Mac computer sales.

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Serve as an example that Manzana indicated in January that it had spent 3.9 billion dollars to guarantee the supply of a strategic component during the next two years, although it has not been revealed which component it is, presumably it is processors or chips for the development of its products. products.