US DoD needs more chips for missiles to help Ukraine against Russia
The Pentagon is pushing for the passage of legislation aimed at boosting the US’s domestic semiconductor industry, telling lawmakers the components, which go into everything from vacuum cleaners to fighter jets, are needed for...
Samsung's operating profit hits R170 billion in first quarter of 2022
Samsung Electronics Co. reported preliminary earnings for the first quarter that beat analysts’ estimates on robust demand for new smartphone models and memory chips that go into servers.
Operating profit increased 50% to...
Car chip shortage ending next year
German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon expects shortage of its core product to be over next year, with the situation improving in summer.
“I assume that we will be able to cover demand well in 2023,” the head of Infineon’s automotive unit, Peter...
Ellies hammerblow
Ellies has alerted shareholders that it expects to report a revenue decline of 24.6% for the period between May and October 2021.
"The general trading environment in this period has remained constrained in the wake of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the unrest and related...
Nvidia unveils new RTX 2060 to combat graphics card shortage
Nvidia has pulled the wraps off a new version of its RTX 2060 graphics card.
The RTX 2060 12GB launch follows several reports from insider information that the company would release a card for consumers struggling to get their hands...
Samsung dropping Galaxy Note — Report
Samsung will stop producing its Galaxy Note series at the end of 2021, according to the South Korean news site ET News.
The leading smartphone maker did not release a Galaxy Note21 this year and has confirmed to ET News that it has not included any Galaxy...
Threat to Black Friday in South Africa
With Black Friday and Christmas looming, the global chip shortage could result in the price of electronic goods rising, according to a City Press report.
The global shortage will not be rectified anytime soon. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said it could take...
Popular BMWs like the 3 Series, X5, X7 and more will lose their touchscreens - Autoblog
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Chip shortage will get worse
Intel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger predicted the shortage of semiconductors that’s hurting industries from automotive to consumer electronics will bottom out in the second half of this year before starting to improve.
“I don’t expect the chip...
Good signs for graphics card shortage
An analysis by independent German tech site ComputerBase has revealed early signs that the graphics card shortage is easing.
The publication recently assessed the availability of new Nvidia and AMD graphics cards from online retailers in Europe, and found...
Big iPhone maker warns of chip shortages until 2022
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. warned that component shortages could persist till 2022 and affect under a tenth of its shipments, amplifying concerns that a global chip crunch could extend well beyond this year.
The assembler of most of the...