Beijing. Apple supplier Foxconn has announced the temporary closure of two of its manufacturing sites in Shenzhen, China, in response to another COVID-19-related lockdown. To mitigate the impact of the lockdown, the company has shifted production to other sites, which are still operating regularly.
According to the report of 9to5Google, the lockdown is expected to last till March 20.
The Chinese government opted for a new lockdown after more than 3,000 cases of COVID-19 were reported in Shenzhen on Sunday, and the lockdown is also expected to delay Mac Studio desktop shipments.
Apple recently unveiled the new Mac Studio during a special event.
The device comes in two variants M1 Max and the more powerful M1 Ultra.
With the M1 Max, the Mac Studio delivers up to 50 percent faster performance than the 16-core Xeon-powered Mac Pro and 2.5 times faster than the Core i9-powered 27-inch iMac.
The company claims that the M1 Ultra configuration is 3.8 times faster than the 27-inch iMac and 60 percent faster than the Mac Pro.
It also comes with four Thunderbolt 4 ports, a 10GB Ethernet port, two USB-A ports, an HDMI, and an audio jack.
Meanwhile, the M1 Max variant sports dual USB Type-C ports, while the M1 Ultra variant has two Thunderbolt 4 ports.
Connectivity options include Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.
The M1 Max variant comes with 32GB of unified memory (basically RAM) along with 512GB of SSD storage for the base model.
The M1 Ultra base variant comes with 64GB of unified memory and 1TB of SSD storage.
—AnyTV News
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