Neowin News Feed for: Manufacturing

Apple announces $500 billion mega investment into the US

Aditya Tiwari — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 14:48:02 +0000

Apple said it will pump a whopping $500 billion in various projects and facilities over the next four years. Read more...

Apple reportedly started early manufacturing of iPhone 17 in India

Hamid Ganji — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 19:16:01 +0000

A Foxconn factory in Bangalore allegedly started experimenting with the prototypes and manufacturing processes for next year's iPhone 17. Read more...

Foxconn is building the world's largest facility to manufacture Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 06:28:01 +0000

Foxconn is set to build the world's largest manufacturing facility for Nvidia's GB200 chips to meet the soaring demand for the Blackwell platform. Read more...

Meta to start manufacturing Quest 3s headsets in Vietnam starting 2025

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 06:50:01 +0000

Meta's latest VR headsets, the Quest 3s, will be manufactured in Vietnam starting next year according to an announcement made earlier today. Read more...

More than half of Russia's Baikal chips are defective as a result of Western sanctions

Martin Hodás — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 03:54:01 +0000

Russian semiconductor company Baikal was forced to switch to domestic partners for the packaging of its chips due to the war. However, the rate of defective products is at ridiculously high levels. Read more...

Xiaomi becomes the latest tech firm to move some manufacturing from China to India

Paul Hill — Tue, 30 May 2023 01:42:02 +0000

Xiaomi will start locally producing audio products that it sells in India. To achieve this is will be partnering with Optiemus which has a manufacturing facility in Uttar Pradesh in northern India. Read more...

Apple charger supplier Salcomp plans to increase its workforce significantly in India

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 07:56:02 +0000

Finnish company Salcomp plans to more than double its India workforce to 25,000 over the next two to three years, while also building housing arrangements and education for about 15,000 people. Read more...

Report: Apple will cancel or postpone 2024 iPhone SE

Usama Jawad — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 12:48:02 +0000

A reputable industry insider has claimed that Apple will either cancel or postpone mass production of the 2024 iPhone SE. One of the reasons behind this move includes high manufacturing costs. Read more...

Foxconn to increase workforce at India plant while China continues COVID curbs

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 08:24:01 +0000

Foxconn is reportedly boosting hiring at its India plant over the next two years to meet iPhone demand, while China continues restrictions as part of its zero-COVID policy in the Zhengzhou district. Read more...

Apple warns of short supply for iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max due to Foxconn factory lockdown

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 08:42:01 +0000

In a press statement, Apple has stated that production of its iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models will be lower than anticipated due to ongoing COVID-19 curbs in Zhengzhou, China. Read more...

Microsoft highlights six new digital transitions in industry looking to adopt IoT

Alap Naik Desai — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 21:02:01 +0000

In a report entitled 'IoT Signals: Manufacturing Spotlight', Microsoft has highlighted six key aspects on which manufacturers are working to increase automation and IoT adoption to boost efficiency. Read more...

Spotify kills off Car Thing just five months after general U.S. launch

Usama Jawad — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 13:38:02 +0000

Spotify has decided to stop the manufacturing of Car Thing, just five months after its general availability in the U.S. The $89.99 hardware offered a dedicated Spotify streaming solution for your car. Read more...

Foxconn partners up with NXP Semiconductors for its EV efforts

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 10:30:02 +0000

Foxconn, best known for assembling Apple's iPhone, has partnered up with US's NXP Semiconductors for developing platforms for EVs. The companies also aim to significantly lower manufacturing costs. Read more...

Intel plans to boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing with one condition

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 18:00:01 +0000

Intel and Micron CEOs have urged the US Government for granting subsidies under the CHIPS Act. Intel's previously announced plans, however, depend on whether the government grants this or not. Read more...

Sony is ramping up production of the PS4 to deal with PS5 chip shortage

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:46:01 +0000

Sony is reportedly creating a million more units of the PlayStation 4 this year in an anticipated move to deal with the PlayStation 5 components shortage and give gamers a second choice. Read more...

Samsung may increase pricing for its SSD lineup in Q1 2022

Moshe Jacobs — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 15:50:01 +0000

Planning on purchasing a Samsung SSD in the near future? An increase in price may have you second guessing your next SSD manufacturer as Samsung is reportedly considering increasing SSD costs. Read more...

Vodafone: 5G could provide £6.3 billion boost to UK manufacturing by 2030

Paul Hill — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:16:01 +0000

Vodafone has published a new report which states that the UK manufacturing industry could get a £6.3 billion boost if it introduces productivity-boosting 5G technology into its operations. Read more...

TSMC claims breakthrough in the development of 1-nanometer chips

Stergios Georgopoulos — Thu, 20 May 2021 17:58:01 +0000

The world's largest contract chip manufacturer has announced the development of a new material that is more efficient than silicon and will one day enable the production of 1-nanometer chips. Read more...

Samsung could close its Tianjin TV manufacturing plant

Paul Hill — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 17:04:01 +0000

Samsung could close its TV manufacturing plant in Tianjin, China around November time according to sources who have insight on the matter, speaking with Korean news. The factory employs 300 people. Read more...

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News Staff — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 20:30:01 +0000

With this free to claim article, you'll learn how third-party maintenance ultimately gives you more control, both over your equipment life cycle and your IT budget. Get now before the offer expires! Read more...

Samsung will be ending all LCD production by the end of 2020

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 08:38:01 +0000

Amid dwindling demand and a backlog of LCD units, Samsung will let go of all LCD production by the end of 2020. One of the existing factories will be converted to build quantum dot screens. Read more...

GM partners with Ventec Life Systems to increase ventilator production

Usman Khan Lodhi — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 18:52:01 +0000

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, GM is partnering with Ventec Life Systems to increase the production of ventilators needed in hospitals to treat the severe cases of the infection. Read more...

Report: 20 million manufacturing jobs to be automated by 2030

Paul Hill — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 02:48:01 +0000

A new report by Oxford Economics states that 20 million manufacturing jobs will be wiped out by 2030 worldwide. New jobs to fill those are likely to be created but could involve retraining. Read more...

Microsoft releases new book that takes an in-depth look at the role of AI in manufacturing

Hamza Jawad — Thu, 23 May 2019 12:36:02 +0000

Today, Microsoft has announced the release of a new book titled, 'The Future Computed: AI and Manufacturing'. It is written by the co-author of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's 'Hit Refresh'. Read more...

Microsoft and BMW launch the Open Manufacturing Platform to drive innovation

Paul Hill — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 12:50:01 +0000

Microsoft and BMW have come together to develop the Open Manufacturing Platform with the intention of increasing innovation in the manufacturing sector. It's now searching for more partners to join. Read more...

Apple production partner Wistron expanding operations in India thanks to trade war

Jay Bonggolto — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 14:54:02 +0000

After reports of Foxconn's plan to expand its manufacturing plant in India, another Apple production partner, Wistron, is now following suit amid the growing tension between the U.S. and China. Read more...

HTC to lay off 1,500 employees from its Taiwanese manufacturing division

Vishal Laul — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 13:02:01 +0000

HTC today announced that it will be laying off 1,500 employees from its Taiwanese manufacturing division. This move comes just after the company sold a large part of its smartphone R&D to Google. Read more...

The Galaxy S9+ is apparently Samsung's most expensive phone to build, at $379

Steven Parker — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:36:01 +0000

Reverse engineering and analysis service, TechInsights, broke down the estimated cost of building Samsung's newest Galaxy S9+ flagship and discovered it is the most expensive yet, to build. Read more...

Ford wants workers to wear an exoskeleton on the assembly line

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 15:54:01 +0000

The EksoVest from Ekso Bionics is an unpowered exoskeleton that can provide some lift assistance for workers when they perform overhead tasks with power tools over extended periods of time. Read more...

The new iPhone 8 costs around $247.51 in materials

Timi Cantisano — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:02:01 +0000

A week after the retail release of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, a research firm has dolled out numbers for the smartphones, offering up how much each unit costs to make when it comes to materials. Read more...

Trump says Apple CEO promised to build “three big plants, beautiful plants” in US [Update]

Stergios Georgopoulos — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 08:29:19 +0000

President Donald Trump said in an interview that Apple CEO Tim Cook has promised to build three factories in the US. He also said that unemployed people should move and not care about their house. Read more...

Apple ships the first batch of its India-assembled iPhone SE handsets to retailers

Vishal Laul — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 15:46:01 +0000

Apple has started stocking retailers in Bengaluru with the first batch of its India-assembled iPhone SE phones. The 32GB variant is launching at ₹27,200, while the 128GB variant costs ₹37,200. Read more...

Apple claims it created 2 million jobs in the US; will invest $1 billion in manufacturing

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 05 May 2017 06:12:01 +0000

Apple has put out new numbers claiming that, thanks to the App Store, it's responsible for about two million jobs in the US alone, despite the fact the company only employs 80,000 people directly. Read more...

The Galaxy S8 is expensive both to manufacture and to buy, even compared to the iPhone 7

Florin Bodnarescu — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 19:26:01 +0000

Some saw Samsung's Galaxy S8 as a rather pricey handset. That said, it looks like the asking price wasn't unjustified, since it's the most expensive phone on the market to manufacture as well. Read more...

Engineering giant thyssenkrupp expands HoloLens use, Microsoft's AR device passes more tests

Florin Bodnarescu — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 17:14:01 +0000

At the Hannover Messe convention in Germany, engineering firm thyssenkrupp has highlighted its use of Microsoft's HoloLens to further streamline the manufacturing process of stairlifts. Read more...

Apple may start manufacturing iPhones in India

Mina Esapa — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:46:02 +0000

A report by the Wall Street Journal details Apple's plans to start manufacturing the iPhone 6, 6S and SE in Bangalore, India. Apple will reportedly be working with Taiwanese manufacturer, Wistron. Read more...

Apple is set to begin manufacturing iPhones in India, minister suggests

Daniel Hull — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 16:42:02 +0000

Apple has plans to start producing iPhones in southern India. According to an IT minister, Apple would be able to sell directly to India's customers and improve on its current 2% market share. Read more...

Apple will make computer hardware in the US, but it's not for you

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 08:32:01 +0000

The iPhone-maker will start manufacturing and assembling some high-tech products on US soil. However, these are designed in-house server products instead of consumer products. Read more...

Poll: Trump wants Apple to make devices in the USA - how much more would you pay for this?

Christopher White — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 16:48:01 +0000

President-elect Donald Trump wants to offer Apple tax incentives to produce devices like the iPhone in the United States, but will customers be willing to pay more for the privilege? Read more...

Apple wants to manufacture and sell iPhones in India

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 12:06:01 +0000

For years Apple has been trying to get into the Indian market, but so far it hasn't had much success. Now the company wants to open a local manufacturing plant to, hopefully, sell more iPhones. Read more...