If you were considering upgrading your gaming rig to Intel’s new Alder Lake platform, and dropping in some DDR5 memory modules, memory manufacturer Micron has some bad news for you. The company confirmed in an earnings call recently that production of the next-gen memory modules is quite difficult at this …
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(Photo:Annie Spratt/Unsplash)Big-name tech manufacturers are again facing delays, but this time the pandemic isn’t to blame. Commitments to reduce energy consumption and a widespread coal shortage have resulted in some Chinese Apple and Tesla suppliers slowing production and even shutting down for days at a time. China announced in April …
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Now that we’re about six months into the ongoing semiconductor shortage, the periodic updates coming in about which companies will be eating delays and slowdowns next have taken on something of a routine air. This time, it’s Apple’s turn at the dunking trough. Apple’s superior supply line management techniques …
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Last year, a lot of semiconductor companies promised they’d be exiting the current supply crunch by the end of Q1 2021. In January, we started hearing companies say they thought the shortages could last until the end of Q2. Now, analysts are predicting they could actually persist for the …
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AMD reported its Q4 2020 earnings earlier this week, as well as full-year revenue results. One of the topics the company covered during the call was the ongoing hardware shortage in CPUs, GPUs, and gaming consoles. We want to say upfront that AMD had an excellent 2020, with full-year …
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