Electronics Industry Shortage of $1 display driver chips is causing production delays for everything with a screen The tech industry now can't keep up with demand for screens By Adrian Potoroaca, April 6, 2021, 5:17 PM 51 comments
Industry Car Tech Foxconn's profit disappoints, but the big manufacturer has set its sights on electric vehicles Apple and its largest supplier both want a piece of the EV pie By Adrian Potoroaca, March 30, 2021, 9:21 PM
Industry Taiwan introduces further water restrictions amid drought, potentially worsening chip shortages Not what we need right now By Rob Thubron, March 26, 2021, 5:16 AM 13 comments
Hardware Industry Global shortage of chips is getting worse, with no sign of supply catching up The supply chain might not recover until 2023 By Adrian Potoroaca, March 24, 2021, 7:47 AM 26 comments
Industry Chip shortages expected to worsen as Texas fabs struggle to restart production Potential price hikes incoming By Rob Thubron, March 4, 2021, 5:17 AM
Industry Global chip shortages expected to last into 2022 A perfect storm of factors By Rob Thubron, February 24, 2021, 5:16 AM 27 comments
Hardware Nvidia turns to the RTX 2060 and GTX 1050 Ti as GPU shortages bite It's hoped the old cards will help meet demand By Rob Thubron, February 12, 2021, 5:15 AM 27 comments
Gaming Tech Culture Scalpers say the press treats them unfairly; they are a 'valuable industry' 'All we are acting as is a middleman for limited quantity items' By Cal Jeffrey, February 11, 2021, 1:06 PM 92 comments
Hardware Industry Laptop component shortages could exacerbate low stock levels, claims report Joining graphics cards, consoles, CPUs, etc. By Rob Thubron, February 11, 2021, 10:44 AM
Hardware Expect RTX 3000 shortages to get even worse this quarter, warns retailer And prices are set to rise By Rob Thubron, February 8, 2021, 10:36 AM 38 comments
Gaming Industry Phil Spencer says Microsoft is cranking out as many next-gen consoles as it can 'We have all of the assembly lines going' By Cal Jeffrey, January 4, 2021, 5:33 PM 11 comments
Gaming Insiders claim Sony will accelerate PS5 production in 2021 to meet demand Component makers AMD and TSMC have stepped up PS5-related production By Cal Jeffrey, January 1, 2021, 12:37 PM 23 comments
Industry Gaming Scalper group boasts buying up 1,000 Xbox Series X consoles over Black Friday weekend This is why we can't have nice things By Cal Jeffrey, November 30, 2020, 3:23 PM 25 comments
Industry Gaming Kohl's is canceling PlayStation 5 orders because they sold too many Apparently a lack of inventory control on the website led to overselling By Cal Jeffrey, November 23, 2020, 1:39 PM 9 comments
Hardware Nvidia: RTX 3000-series supply issues will last for months Will Bitcoin's rising price make things worse? By Rob Thubron, November 20, 2020, 6:30 AM 45 comments
Gaming Microsoft Microsoft warns Xbox Series X/S supply issues will last until at least April 2021 Just don't turn to scalpers for one By Rob Thubron, November 17, 2020, 5:16 AM
Apple Industry iPhone 12 may not meet holiday demand due to power chip shortfall Silicon suppliers are prioritizing Apple over competitors, sources say By Cal Jeffrey, November 5, 2020, 1:09 PM
Gaming PlayStation 5 Digital Edition consoles reportedly in short supply Unless Sony significantly increases availability 'over the next few days,' it's going to become a scalper's paradise By Cal Jeffrey, September 21, 2020, 12:21 PM 7 comments
Gaming PlayStation 5 pre-orders sell out in less than 24 hours Sony claimed that reports of production shortfalls were 'false,' yet pre-orders are already gone By Cal Jeffrey, September 17, 2020, 1:18 PM 14 comments
Industry Hardware Back-to-school laptop shortage hits US schools Shortages and long delays of laptops increase as distance education ramps up By J.D. Wheeler, August 26, 2020, 12:06 PM 23 comments
Industry Gaming Nintendo hopes to put a dent in the Switch shortage by upping production 10 percent It is unclear if the company's supply chain is ready to meet the goal By Cal Jeffrey, April 21, 2020, 11:56 AM
Industry Hardware Over a year later, Intel's CPU shortage is expected to last "another quarter or two" Intel may forfeit more market share to AMD By Eric Hamilton, October 20, 2019, 11:37 AM
Hardware Industry Intel CPU shortages reportedly to begin letting up in June Reports are based on communications between Intel and its clients By Cal Jeffrey, May 8, 2019, 4:04 PM
Hardware Industry Intel's scaling back CPU shipments for builders, could hit motherboard makers Shipments to DIY distributors have been cut by 2 million units By Rob Thubron, November 16, 2018, 5:24 AM
Apple Industry Apple turns directly to mines to secure Cobalt required for batteries Possible shortage leaves suppliers scrambling to sign contracts By Greg Synek, February 21, 2018, 8:58 AM 14 comments