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As memory crisis continues, Samsung expects record profit in latest quarter

Usama Jawad — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 09:04:01 +0000

Samsung is expected to post a record-breaking quarter soon, with the latest guidance indicating almost 20 trillion Korean won in operating profit. Read more...

Aliens can wait, the world wants to mine cryptocurrency instead

Dreyer Smit — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 09:20:01 +0000

Thanks to cryptocurrency miners buying up all the graphics cards they can get their hands on, gamers have been joined by scientists in a collective war cry over the rising costs of obtaining hardware. Read more...

Sony executive expects PlayStation VR shortages, details thoughts on 'Neo'

Usama Jawad — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 08:00:01 +0000

In an interview, a Sony executive has stated that the company expects PlayStation VR shortages due to difficulty in predicting sales, also detailing his thoughts on the upcoming upgraded PlayStation. Read more...

Apple's iPhone 6S/6S+ outpacing 6/6+ preorders but could face supply issues

Chris Schroeder — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 20:44:01 +0000

Apple claims that its new iPhone 6S and 6S+ are outpacing the 10 million preorders of last year's iPhone 6 and 6S, but the demand is reportedly causing problems in production. Read more...

Hard drive shortage will cut PC shipments in 2012

John Callaham — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:01:57 +0000

The current hard drive shortages caused by the flooding of plants in Thailand will cut into the PC shipment numbers in the first quarter of 2012, according to a new research report. Read more...

Western Digital resumes HDD production in Thailand

John Callaham — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:20:09 +0000

Western Digital has announced it has resumed production of hard drives in one of its Thailand plants after the building was shut down for a number of weeks due to flooding in that country. Read more...

iPad shortages follow release of 3G model

Jonathan Downin — Fri, 07 May 2010 20:46:01 +0000

AppleInsider reports they have contacted ten stores and after just a week of availability, all are sold out of the iPad Wi-Fi + 3G models. This coincides with a current wait time of 5 -... Read more...

Intel E8000 CPU family shortage spurs pricing up over 20%

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:48:09 +0000

Although it is not long since Intel launched its 45nm E8000 series CPUs, shortages have already been observed in the Taiwan channel. The lack of supply has spurred prices to increase by over 20%, prompting... Read more...

Taiwan mobo makers caught in Intel chipset shortage

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 09:19:03 +0000

Fourth-quarter motherboard shipments from Taiwan motherboard makers might be affected by a shortage of Intel 865- and 845-series core-logic chipsets, according to sources at Taiwan motherboard makers. Efforts by Intel to force the PC industry... Read more...

High end card shortage due to lack of GDDR3

Mon, 11 Oct 2004 14:45:15 +0000

Sources within the graphic industry confirmed that delays of high end graphics cards are being heavily affected by a shortage of high clocked GDDR 3 memory. ATI won't even talk about the X800XT PE and... Read more...

AMD Athlon in shortage, buying surge follows price cuts

Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:54:34 +0000

A surge in demand for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Athlon processors has caused a supply shortage in the channels in Taiwan, China and Europe, and this may undermine AMD's opportunity to boost its market share,... Read more...

Analyst claims AMD had Athlon 64 shortage

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 09:56:10 +0000

AN ANALYST AT Citigroup Smith Barney claimed that Advanced Micro Devices wasn't able to deliver enough shipments of Athlon 64s in its fourth quarter. According to reports, that was due to "manufacturing problems", and Smith... Read more...

Shortage of LCD monitors continues

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 27 Nov 2003 10:07:45 +0000

INCREASED DEMAND and lack of supply are putting pressure on LCD panels and that's likely to continue well into next year, according to Samsung, one of the monitor giants. And that's good news for the... Read more...

LCD monitors in massive shortage

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 13:39:19 +0000

A VERY no, extremely reliable source explains that there is a drought of LCD monitors in the channel and there seems to be no obvious mirage at the end of the tunnel. This is apparently... Read more...

15-inch LCD panels in severe shortage

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:43:32 +0000

WHETHER IT'S A RESULT of LCD panel makers turning off the taps to increase their profits or a general surge in demand, it appears that there's a big shortage of 15-inch screens. A report in... Read more...

Net address shortage, but not in U.S.

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 28 Jul 2003 12:57:35 +0000

Global momentum is growing for a new address system, known as IPv6, which promises to vastly expand the pool of unique numbers available for connecting PCs and other devices to the Net. The standard is... Read more...

Shortage of ATI products begins to bite

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 11 Jun 2003 19:55:55 +0000

RESELLERS AND DISTRIBUTORS say that there's a chronic shortage of some ATI technology as the firm waits for its chip manufacturer to step up the volumes. ATI appears to be the victim of its own... Read more...

AMD Opteron launch damaged by motherboard shortage

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 27 May 2003 09:04:07 +0000

THERE MAY BE PLENTY of AMD Opteron microprocessors around but getting hold of motherboards to plug them into is a different matter altogether. Resellers from North America, from Europe and from Asia have all written... Read more...

New Xeon Stunned by materials shortage

Fri, 13 Dec 2002 22:51:13 +0000

Intel is having problems supplying customers with its newly announced 533MHz frontside bus, 2.8GHz Xeon processors because of a shortage of "supplier raw materials", we learn. Resellers trying to obtain the chip have been... Read more...

Shortage of ATI Radeon 8500s?

Fri, 18 Jan 2002 01:43:47 +0000

Suppliers of ATI Radeon 8500s appear to be experiencing problems delivering 275/275 to the UK marketplace. According to readers attempting to buy retail ATI Radeon 8500 packs, quite a few online retailers are... Read more...

Shortage of P4 b4 Christmas

Thu, 29 Nov 2001 01:27:32 +0000

Intel can't keep up with the Xmas rush Bumper period for PC vendors scuppered by short chip supplies... Intel has reported it could leave computer vendors short on Pentium 4... Read more...