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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.

Dreyer Smit · Feb 15, 2018 · Hot! with 15 comments

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.

Usama Jawad · Jun 15, 2016 · Hot! with 6 comments

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.

Chris Schroeder · Sep 14, 2015 · Hot! with 38 comments

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.

John Callaham · Dec 12, 2011 · Hot! with 10 comments

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.

John Callaham · Dec 2, 2011 · Hot! with 21 comments

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 -...

Jonathan Downin · May 7, 2010 · Hot! with 27 comments

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...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Jan 31, 2008 · Hot! with 5 comments

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...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Nov 19, 2004 with -1 comments

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...

· Oct 11, 2004 with -1 comments

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,...

· Aug 24, 2004 with -1 comments

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...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Jan 8, 2004 with -1 comments

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...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Nov 27, 2003 with -1 comments

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...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Oct 31, 2003 with -1 comments

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...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Jul 30, 2003 with -1 comments

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...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Jul 28, 2003 with -1 comments

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...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Jun 11, 2003 with 1 comment

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...

Daniel Fleshbourne · May 27, 2003 with -1 comments

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...

· Dec 13, 2002 with -1 comments

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...

· Jan 17, 2002 with -1 comments

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...

· Nov 28, 2001 with -1 comments