ENTITY · apple

AppleAAPL

United States·custom silicon·major·$4377.0B mkt cap

Designs A/M-series SoCs and modems for its own devices; TSMC's largest customer.

CLEAR · 0–39

34/100 illustrative

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Underwriting Thesis

CLEAR — Apple: concentrated foreign-origin supply compounded by sanctions exposure in its immediate supply path in custom silicon. A chokepoint underwriting concern at this tier.

Factor Breakdown

Foreign-Origin Concentration51

Sole-Source Dependence30

Sanctions Exposure45

Downstream Criticality0

Sanctions Exposure

Entity not present on tracked screening lists (CSL).

DoD Exposure

No matched DoD semiconductor awards (USASpending) for this entity.

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Chokepoint Relationships

Key Suppliers · upstream · 13

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ALLIED
LG InnotekSouth Korea
ALLIED
Zhen Ding TechnologyTaiwan
CHOKEPOINT
SynopsysUnited States
DOMESTIC
Cadence Design SystemsUnited States
DOMESTIC
Siemens EDAGermany
ALLIED
Arm HoldingsUnited Kingdom
ALLIED
ASE TechnologyTaiwan
CHOKEPOINT
Amkor TechnologyUnited States
DOMESTIC
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Key Customers · downstream · 0

No mapped downstream customers.