Even as the tech industry is scrambling to scale semiconductor manufacturing capacity through billion-dollar investments, China’s IC ecosystem is further constrained in the wake of COVID-19 lockdowns. According to a report from Bloomberg, China’s IC manufacturing capability over the first quarter of this year actually declined 4.2% YoY (Year-over-Year). This has put a dent in…
For the last few years, TSMC’s N5 nodes have been used almost exclusively by Apple for its system-on-chips aimed at smartphones and PCs. But as more companies adopt these fabrication technologies, TSMC has had to increase its production capacities. A new report says that TSMC will increase its N5 production capacity by around 25% this…
The Raspberry Pi 4 has been the main topic of many electronics hobbyists and a plethora of software developers that love the platform. The Raspberry Pi 4 introduced two micro HDMI ports, with a single port offering 4k 60 Hz, and both ports providing up to 4k 30 Hz. According to the latest round of…
China has largely been the number one consumer of semiconductors, and now it’s making more than ever. It hit an all-time monthly high in May, according to data released by the Chinese government yesterday. In May, 2021, various companies in China produced 29.9 billion of chips, up 37.6% from the same month a year ago.…
Developer Miroslav Nemecek has created a Raspberry Pi Pico Library capable of outputting high-res video via VGA. The new project is called PicoVGA, and it’s already available for you to download and tinker with. The developer released the library just this week, and it comes pre-loaded with a series of demos. According to Nemecek, the…
Intel introduced the Iris Xe discrete graphics processor months ago, but so far, only a handful of OEMs and a couple of graphics card makers have adopted it for their products. This week, VideoCardz discovered another vendor, Gunnir, that offers a desktop system and a standalone Intel DG1 graphics card with a rare D-Sub (VGA) output,…
