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Following a similar warning from Prudential Equity Group yesterday, UBS said today that the “key risk” on Apple in the near-term “remains IBM’s ability to produce enough G5 chips.” According to the firm, IBM is devoting more resources to the issue, but is still facing production problems.

Prudential Equity Group said the availability of PowerPC G5 chips for Apple could be “worse than anticipated” due to manufacturing delays from IBM. “Following a series of recent checks on Apple, we believe that availability of the company’s 1.8GHz and 2.0GHz G5 processors may be worse than initially anticipated,” the firm said. “Apple had previously stated that it expected to have shortages of its processors through July, with supply catching up in August.