Sources: in a first, Apple plans to move some MacBook production to Vietnam in 2023, asking Foxconn to begin as early as May, to further diversify from China (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Dell aims to stop using chips made in China by 2024 and tells suppliers to significantly reduce the number of all China-made components in its products  —  ‘This trend looks irreversible,’ supplier exec says of tech industry’s production shift  —  TAIPEI — U.S. computer maker Dell aims …

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Apple plans to use TSMC’s next generation N3E 3-nm chipmaking technology for the A17 chips in some of its 2023 iPhones and M3 chips for Macs  —  Move will mark industry’s first adoption of updated production technology  —  TAIPEI — Apple aims to be the first company to use …

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia:
Huawei licenses key 5G tech to Oppo, amid a US crackdown, and says it has patent cross-licensing deals with 20 companies, including extended deals with Samsung  —  Chinese tech giant keen to make the most of its trove of intellectual property  —  PHOENIX, U.S. — Huawei Technologies …

Wall Street Journal:
A look at Apple’s efforts to reduce dependence on Foxconn; sources: Apple wants other suppliers in China, Vietnam, and India to actively plan product assembly  —  Burned by Covid lockdowns and worker protests at Foxconn plants, the iPhone maker is looking to diversify the supply chain that has powered its growth

Selina Cheng / Wall Street Journal:
Inside Foxconn’s Zhengzhou iPhone plant as the company grapples with a weekslong COVID-19 outbreak during a critical period, leading to harsh lockdown measures  —  As it adheres to Beijing’s strict epidemic controls, Apple’s biggest smartphone assembler scrambles to keep production lines moving

Reuters:
Source: Foxconn expects its COVID-hit Zhengzhou plant to resume full production around late December to early January, but uncertainties remain  —  Apple supplier Foxconn (2317.TW) expects its COVID-hit Zhengzhou plant in China to resume full production around late December to early January …