CE Costs Could Rise As TSMC Hikes Chip Prices
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September 7, 2021
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Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC is hiking prices on its chips by up to 20 per cent amid the global semiconductor shortage, a... Read More
Chipmakers Combat Shortage With Record Inventory
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August 23, 2021
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Inventory at the world’s nine biggest chipmakers has hit record highs as the industry battles against the global semiconductor shortage. As reported... Read More
Intel Muscles Into Gaming Graphics
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August 17, 2021
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Intel is turning the great graphics card war into a three-cornered fight, unveiling its own Intel Arc brand of high-performance GPUs. The... Read More
Chip Supply Getting Worse, Not Better
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August 12, 2021
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The global chip shortage is continuing to bite, with lead times for semiconductors now stretching beyond 20 weeks. Companies that order semiconductors... Read More
Global Chip Sales Rise In Q2
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August 5, 2021
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Unsurprisingly, worldwide sales of semiconductors were up more than eight percent in Q2, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). Sales totalled... Read More
Texas Instruments Report Adds To Chip Supply Concerns
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July 23, 2021
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Texas Instruments (TI) has raised further concerns about the global chip shortage, after the company forecast lower-than- expected revenue for the next... Read More
Is Intel Set To Boost Its Chipmaking With $40bn Deal?
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July 16, 2021
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Rumours are swirling that Intel is planning to buy the world’s fourth largest chip foundry in a $30 billion USD (around $40... Read More
UK Tech Sector Concerned About Newport Wafer Takeover
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July 5, 2021
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The UK’s largest chip producer, Newport Wafer Fab, is set to be acquired by Chinese-owned semiconductor company Nexperia for around US$87 million.... Read More
Chip Shortage Hampers Aust Navy Helicopters
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June 28, 2021
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Submarine contract issues are not the only problem dogging the Australian Defence Force. The ADF has extended the grounding of its fleet... Read More
Bosch Opens Massive Chip Factory In Germany
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June 9, 2021
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German technology company Bosch has opened a €1billion chip factory in the eastern city of Dresden to help meet the growing demand... Read More
Chip Giants See Revenue Surge
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June 3, 2021
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Market research firm TrendForce says the world’s 10 biggest chip manufacturing companies saw revenues surge to a record high in Q1 2021.... Read More
Yes, The Global Microchip Shortage Is COVID’s Fault. No, It Won’t End Any Time Soon
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June 2, 2021
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The manufacturing world is facing one of its greatest challenges in years — a global shortage of semiconductors — and there doesn’t... Read More
US Chip Funding Could Result In Up To 10 New Factories: Officials
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May 26, 2021
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The new US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says a proposed US$52 billion boost in government funding for semiconductor production could result in... Read More
Europe Naive On Chip Supply
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May 6, 2021
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Europe’s industry commissioner Thierry Breton says the EU has been naive to outsource so much of its semiconductor design and manufacturing in... Read More
Chip Shortage To Last Another Six Months: Cisco Chief
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April 27, 2021
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Cisco boss Chuck Robbins says the current computer chip shortage will last at least another six months. Robbins told the BBC the... Read More
Back To Basics As Older Chip Tools Now In Short Supply
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April 19, 2021
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Global semiconductor makers are having to rely on older style chipmaking machinery which is in short supply because of soaring demand for... Read More
Samsung Unveil Smaller, Improved Capacitor For Smart Phones And Self-Driving Vehicles
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April 16, 2021
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Samsung Electro-Mechanics has today announced the creation of a tiny, high-capacity multilayer ceramic capacitor, a vital component in electrical devices. The capacitor... Read More
TSMC Confirm Chip Shortage Will Last Until 2023
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April 16, 2021
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The CEO of the world’s largest chip foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., has echoed recent claims from Intel’s CEO that the worldwide... Read More
US Industry Wants Biden To Help End Chip Shortage
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April 7, 2021
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A US auto industry group is urging the Biden administration to help it ride out the global semiconductor shortage. The Alliance for... Read More
Arm Takes On AI With New Chip Architecture
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March 31, 2021
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Arm has unveiled its first new architecture in more than 10 years, pushing security and AI as potential markets for its processor... Read More
Governments Pour Billions Into Building Chip Arsenals
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March 29, 2021
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Governments around the world are subsidising the construction of semiconductor factories, as chip shortages jam auto production and the electronics industry. The... Read More
Texas Storm Hits Infineon
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March 23, 2021
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German chipmaker Infineon is expecting a quarterly hit to revenue in the high double-digit million-euro range, due to a production outage at... Read More
Demand Squeezes Industry As Chip Drought Wears On
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February 22, 2021
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As chip shortages continue to plague the consumer electronics industry, Nvidia is taking action to curb rampant buying-up of its graphics cards.... Read More
Foxconn Expects Limited Impact From Chip Shortage
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February 22, 2021
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TAIPEI: The chairman of Taiwanese technology conglomerate Foxconn says he expects clients will face only “limited impact” from a chip shortage that... Read More
Chip Sales Rise Due To Pandemic-Fuelled Rush
SAN FRANCISCO: Global semiconductor sales rose 6.5 percent overall in 2020 due to a recovery during the last three months of the... Read More
Compal Denies It Has Been Targeted By Ransomware
TAIPEI: The world’s second largest laptop manufacturer, Taiwanese electronics company Compal, has denied reports that it has been hit by a ransomware... Read More
Intel Data Centres Blamed for Weak Results
SAN FRANCISCO: Intel’s revenue declined around four percent year-on-year, according to the chipmaker’s Q3 results. Its datacentre group came up with $5.91... Read More
MSI Subsidiary Caught Flogging NVIDIA 3080 GPUs At Huge Markup
MSI has been forced to rap its own subsidiary over the knuckles after Starlit Partner was caught selling MSI-branded RTX 3080 GPUs... Read More
New RAM Can Transmit Nine FHD Movies Per Second
Computers are set to be even faster with the launch of the world’s first DDR5 RAM, which runs at almost double the... Read More
NVIDIA Delays RTX 3070 As Shortage Expected To Extend Into 2021
Frustrated NVIDIA customers looking to buy the popular new RTX 30 series graphics cards will likely have to wait longer, with shortages... Read More
Toshiba Exits Image Chips
TOKYO: Toshiba says it will exit its money-losing system LSI chip business as the Japanese conglomerate aims to boost the group’s profit... Read More
US Tightens Screws On China’s Top Chipmaker
The Trump administration has slapped new export restrictions on China’s biggest chip manufacturer. Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation’s (SMIC) suppliers will have to... Read More
Will Tonight’s NVIDIA RTX Launch Repeat Last Week’s Disaster?
NVIDIA has warned that supply of its new top-end GeForce RTX 3090 will be limited at its launch tonight. Due to go... Read More
PC & Notebook Makers Turning To AMD Processor Over Struggling Intel
Days after Apple dumped Intel it’s been revealed that archrival AMD is expected to see its share of the notebook processor market... Read More
Scalpers Storm NVIDIA Store To Buy Out New GPU
Scalpers have snapped up massive numbers of the new NVIDIA RTX 3080 graphics cards, with some selling for hundreds or thousands of... Read More
NVIDIA Buys Arm From SoftBank In $40 Billion Deal
SoftBank is selling Arm Limited to NVIDIA for $40 billion, giving the American chipmaker control of the mobile processor giant. The deal... Read More
Backflip: NVIDIA Will Sell New RTX Founders Edition GPUs In Australia
In an abrupt about-face from NVIDIA, the manufacturer has confirmed it will sell Founders Edition versions of its RTX 3080 and 3090... Read More
New Nvidia Gaming Realism Technology Revealed
PNY is releasing three new NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards, powered by the new NVIDIA Ampere architecture. The PNY XLR8 Gaming GeForce RTX... Read More
Q3 Notebook Shipments Forecast To Sustain Growth
Global notebook shipments are forecast to sustain sequential growth in Q3Y20, despite a surge in work-from-home demand triggering a ten-year quarterly high... Read More
HP Memory Products Come To Oz For The First Time
PNY Technologies has launched HP memory products into Australia and New Zealand for the first time, initially releasing four USB flash drives:... Read More
Intel Heralds New Ultra-Thin & Dual-Screen Notebook Niche
[Image: Microsoft Surface Neo] Samsung’s Galaxy Book S will reportedly be the first device to feature Intel’s new ‘Lakefield’ processor – a... Read More
Intel Shares Fall After Apple Invests In Own Processor For iPhones & Macs
Intel who were dealt a major blow by Apple for the second time in 18 months has withdrew its full-year sales forecast,... Read More
OZ CE Retailers Face New Stock Problems & Limited New Product Launches
Australian consumer electronics retailers could face a lack of new product launches this year due to a backlog of parts manufacturing by... Read More
Lenovo Q3 Performance Reach “Record High” Revenues
Lenovo Group marks the 10th consecutive year-on-year quarter of growth with revenues in Q3 2019 reaching a record high of US$14.1 billion,... Read More
Intel Posts Record Q4 Result
Intel has reported a record Q4 revenue of US$20.2 billion, up eight percent from a year ago. The chip giant also posted... Read More
AMD Mobile CPU Market To Jump 20% On Intel Chip Shortage
Industry sources say AMD is expected to control a fifth of the laptop processor market by Q1 2020. This is mainly due... Read More
MSI Unveil Desktop Chassis For Content Creators
MSI has unveiled the Creator 400 series, its first desktop chassis dedicated to content creation and multi-tasking, complete with multiple important components... Read More
Tech Giants Sued For Child Deaths In Cobalt Mines
Tech giants Apple, Google, Tesla, Dell and Microsoft are among the companies named in a lawsuit brought on behalf of both injured... Read More
Replace Foreign Computers And Software – Beijing Order
The Chinese have ordered all government offices and public institutions to remove foreign computer equipment and software from their offices within three... Read More
PC Makers Blame Intel For Revenue Shortfall
PC makers are pointing the finger at Intel accusing the semiconductor giant of being the culprit behind the revenue downturn in the... Read More
