$1 billion of iPhone 18 Pro chips 'on the shelves awaiting packaging' due to DRAM shortages — memory shortages reportedly put a wrinkle in Apple's launch plans

Apple of buys-the-entire-node’s-production fame somehow still unable to find dram

Yes this is crazy, Apple is usually 100% on top of ensuring enough supplies.
I think this is more telling about how crazy the situation is than many other things I’ve read.