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Apple Says: Not Enough Chips

businessAugust 2, 2026·83 words·1 min read

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Apple Says: Not Enough Chips

Apple says it needs more computer chips. The chips cost a lot of money now. This is bad for Apple. Its share price went down about 7 percent.

Tim Cook is the head of Apple. He says many people want new Apple products. Apple did not make enough of them. Some Mac computers are hard to find in shops.

Apple thinks the iPhone will have the same problem. Cook will leave his job on 1 September. John Ternus will be the new head.

Vocabulary Translations· 6 words · 12 languages

Every definition is context-aware — translated based on how the word is used in this article, not a dictionary.

computer chipn.

a small part that makes a computer work

con chip máy tínhchip de computadorコンピューターチップ（半導体）bilgisayar çipichip de ordenadorukład komputerowy (czip)شريحة حاسوبcomputerchipкомпьютерный чип电脑芯片컴퓨터 칩

share pricen.

how much one part of a company costs

giá cổ phiếupreço das ações株価hisse fiyatıprecio de las accionescena akcjiسعر السهمaandelenkoersцена акций股价주가

percentn.

a part of one hundred

phần trămpor centoパーセントyüzdepor cientoprocentبالمئةprocentпроцент百分之…퍼센트

productn.

a thing a company makes to sell

sản phẩmproduto製品ürünproductoproduktمنتجproductтовар; продукт产品제품

shopn.

a place where you buy things

cửa hàngloja店mağazatiendasklepمتجرwinkelмагазин商店가게

enoughn.

as much as you need

đủsuficiente十分なyeterlisuficientewystarczającoكافٍgenoegдостаточно足够的충분한

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