Foxconn, Apple's semiconductor supplier, says it expects the global chip shortage will have only "limited impact" on the Taiwanese chipmaker and its chief customers. Who are, by strange coincidence, the world's biggest consumer electronics firms. The lesson is that when push comes to shove among chip customers, it's good to be the biggest beast in the jungle. Get in line: Apple is big enough to muscle its way to the front of the queue. The world's top electronics makers have largely hoovered up the world's currently sharply limited semiconductor supply. Apple is Foxconn's biggest customer. Its suppliers tend to prioritize it.