Apple, Qualcomm suffering weak yields for wearable devices

Several wearable devices such as Apple's iWatch and Qualcomm's Toq are reportedly seeing less than 50% yield rates due to difficulties applying surface treatments on their metal injection molded (MIM) chassis, according to sources from the upstream supply chain. The MIM process is often used in the mass production of high-precision products with complicated industrial designs as it allows...



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