Tim Cook signed off on his final Apple earnings call with a warning about a ‘hundred year flood’ in memory chip pricing
- Apple warned of severe supply constraints for advanced processors, forcing price hikes on Macs and iPads and slowing iPhone growth this quarter.
- Tim Cook, in his final earnings call, said he's "beyond excited" about Apple's future as he hands the CEO role to John Ternus in September.
- Apple is leaning into on-device AI for privacy and sees AI driving more iCloud/service usage — a different, less capex-heavy path than other big tech firms.