In late January, we reported that Intel secured a leading “cloud, edge, and data center solutions provider” that will use its Intel 3 node. Intel is bolstering its efforts to sign lucrative contracts for its Intel Foundry Services arm, a lynchpin in CEO Pat Gelsinger’s efforts to increase revenue. But while Intel produces most of…
Since the US government began creating sanctions against China, Apple started its plan to rely less on the country so it doesn’t impact the supply chain of products. With the COVID-19 outbreak and several lockdowns throughout the years – the more recent last November – the company is slowly increasing production in other countries, such…
Elon Musk shared an outlandish goal for Twitter a few days ago, saying he wants his social network to reach 1 billion monthly users within 18 months. That’s an incredibly bold target for a company trying to navigate particularly tumultuous waters after Musk’s acquisition. And it might be challenging to reach if you don’t have…
The current state of the consumer electronics industry is a tectonic contrast to yesteryear’s scalper-mania. Just a few months ago, the sky-high prices of GPUs, along with a bunch of other computer components, started to come down to Earth. Today, these prices are scooping below MSRP due to the massive change in supply and demand…
Getting your hands on the new iPhone on launch day is always a challenge, but it might be even more difficult than usual this year. DigiTimes reports that Apple is cutting its iPhone 14 orders by 10% due to supply chain disruptions. Semiconductor industry sources tell DigiTimes that three massive TSMC customers recently adjusted their…
EVGA has begun cutting the cord on its GPU Queue program for good as graphics card inventory returns to normal. But, instead of deleting the program all at once, EVGA is killing off its GPU queue orders per GPU model, starting with the EVGA FTW3 models, which have the highest availability. In our case, we…
As sales of chips are expected to total 427.7 billion units this year, semiconductors manufacturers are aggressively expanding production capacity and buying new equipment. Demand for lithography tools is so strong that ASML, the world’s largest maker of scanners, is warning that only 60% of orders for deep ultraviolet (DUV) litho machines can be fulfilled. …
On March 8th, Apple held its first major hardware reveal event of the year. During the event, the third-generation iPhone SE made its debut, complete with an updated processor and 5G support. But those upgrades might not be as tempting as Apple expected. According to two reliable sources, Apple plans to slash production orders for…
