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Chip Shortage Forces Subaru To Temporarily Shut Factories

Japan-based Subaru becomes latest car maker to close factories due to ongoing chip shortages hitting automotive sector hard

3 years ago

Satya Nadella Confirmed As Microsoft Chairman

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has had another role added to his responsibilities, with the position of chairman of the board

3 years ago

Windows 10 To Be Retired In 2025, As Windows 11 Leaks

Microsoft web document shows it will stop supporting Windows 10 in October 2025, as it readies major revamp of operating…

3 years ago

Sir Tim Berners-Lee To Auction Web Source Code As NFT

Sir Tim Berners-Lee is to auction off the original source code for World Wide Web as a NFT later this…

3 years ago

EA Games Hacked, Source Code Stolen

Hackers compromise systems of Electronic Arts, and steal valuable source code to big name computer games, as well as internal…

3 years ago

Microsoft To Sell Products From Its ‘Experience Centres’

A year after Microsoft closed down all its retail stores and kept some 'experience centres', it will once again sell…

3 years ago

US Senate Passes Bill To Counter China Tech Threat

US Senate passes $250bn US Innovation and Competition Act that seeks to counter global influence of Chinese technology, and encourage…

3 years ago

GlobalFoundries Seeks To Dismiss IBM Claim For $2.5 Billion

US contract chipmaker GlobalFoundries asks New York court to dismiss Big Blue claim that it is owed $2.5 billion in…

3 years ago

Microsoft’s New Version Of Windows To Arrive 24 June

Microsoft is to unveil its 'significant' Windows update on 24 June, in an event that includes Redmond's Surface executive

3 years ago

TSMC Begins Construction Of 5nm Arizona Chip Factory

US chip factory update. CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. confirms construction has begun of new fab at Arizona site

3 years ago

Acer Warns Chip Shortage Will Impact Laptop Production

Chip shortage...the manufacturing of laptops will be impact by the global silicon shortage until at least next year, Acer has…

3 years ago

Microsoft’s Nadella Hints At Significant Windows Update

Major update is coming for the veteran Windows 10 operating system, CEO Satya Nadella teases at Microsoft Build conference

3 years ago

Amazon Buys James Bond Studio MGM For $8.5bn

Significant development in the streaming war, as Amazon purchases veteran film studio MGM for $8.45 billion

3 years ago

Microsoft Confirms Internet Explorer To End On 15 June 2022

Redmond will cease support for Internet Explorer 11 in mid June next year, over a quarter of a century since…

4 years ago

IFA 2021: Berlin Show Cancelled Amid Coronavirus Vaccine Worry

IFA consumer trade show to be held in Berlin in September has been cancelled, with organisers citing concern about the…

4 years ago

US Senate Democrats Propose $52 Billion For US Chip Production

Democrat leader in the US Senate revises legislation to approve $52 billion plan to ramp up US semiconductor manufacturing

4 years ago

Chip Shortage To Last A Few Years, Warns Michael Dell

Head of one of the world's largest PC makers has warned the ongoing silicon shortage is likely to persist for…

4 years ago

IBM Claims Breakthrough With 2 Nanometer Chip

Research boffins at IBM are touting a major leap forward in performance and energy efficiency with a 'world first' 2nm…

4 years ago

US Presses TSMC For More Chips For Car Makers

Global silicon shortage continues, as US Commerce Department presses Taiwanese chipmakers to ease the supply pain for car makers

4 years ago

Intel To Invest $3.5bn To Expand New Mexico Factory

Chip giant Intel is to ramp up its manufacturing capability at its New Mexico factory, and will add 3D packaging…

4 years ago

Bill And Melinda Gates To Divorce

Microsoft co-founder and one of the world's richest men, Bill Gates has confirmed his 27 year marriage is to end

4 years ago

Chip Shortage Will Not End Soon, Forrester Warns

Analyst house Forrester warns global shortage of semiconductors is not going to end any time soon due to fabless chip…

4 years ago

Taiwan Dashes EU Hopes Of Advanced Chip Production In Europe

EU setback. Taiwanese government minister rejects EU plan, and points to TSMC decision to focus chip expansion in Taiwan, not…

4 years ago

Chip Shortage: Jaguar Land Rover To Suspend Production At Two Factories

Ongoing global silicon shortage forces Jaguar Land Rover to suspend operations in Birmingham and Liverpool from next Monday

4 years ago

Dell To Offload Ownership Stake In VMware

The valuable 81 percent ownership stake in VMware held by Dell Technologies is to be spun off, generating a $12…

4 years ago

Chip Shortage – Renault To Extend Idle Factories Until September

Three of Renault's four car factories in Spain will be partly idled until end of September, as silicon shortage continues…

4 years ago

Chip Shortage Hits Apple iPad, Mac Production – Report

Production has reportedly been delayed or postponed for some Apple Macbooks and iPads due to ongoing shortage of silicon chips

4 years ago

Nokia, Lenovo Settle Patent Dispute

PC manufacturer Lenovo is to make an undisclosed payment in order to settle Nokia's legal action over video technology patents

4 years ago

TSMC Pledges $100 Billion Over Three Years, For ‘Advanced’ Chip Making

Mammoth investment over three years to bolster advanced chip making, in order to keep up with rising demand, amid the…

4 years ago