Enlarge / A 2021 VW ID.4, the brand’s battery-electric crossover. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) Volkswagen, the world’s second-largest electric vehicle manufacturer by volume, has “sold out” of battery-powered models in the US and Europe for this year as persistent supply chain bottlenecks hit global production. The Wolfsburg-based group, which includes brands such as Porsche, Audi and […]
Enlarge / These days, it’s hard to buy a new vehicle without giving the dealer an extra wad of cash. (credit: Thitiphat Khuankaew / EyeEm / Getty Images) If there’s anything harder to buy right now than a new PlayStation 5 or a graphics card , it’s probably a new car, truck, or SUV. As […]
Enlarge / Technicians inspect a semiconductor wafer during testing in the cleanroom at the Tower Semiconductor Ltd. plant in Migdal HaEmek, Israel. (credit: Bloomberg | Getty Images) Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to pile further pressure on chip manufacturing as a squeeze on the supply of rare gasses critical to the production process adds to […]
Enlarge (credit: Monty Rakusen | Getty Images) Ten major car and motorcycle groups announced factory closures or froze sales to Russia as the industrial fallout from the country’s invasion of Ukraine spread on Wednesday. Porsche and BMW became the latest carmakers to shut European plants because of a lack of parts from Ukraine, while Toyota, […]
Enlarge / TSMC Fab 16. (credit: TSMC) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company plans to raise its capital expenditure by almost a third this year as the world’s largest contract chipmaker defies analyst warnings of softening demand for technology gadgets. TSMC expects capital expenditure to reach $44 billion this year, a 32 percent increase from the $30 […]
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Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) If you’re still searching for a PS5 and are a Best Buy customer, your ship may have just come in—that is, if you’re willing to spend an extra $200 a year for access. That’s because the big-box electronics retailer is locking stock of in-demand holiday items like Sony’s console behind membership […]
Enlarge (credit: Raphael Rychetsky) Iowa-based provider of agriculture services NEW Cooperative Inc. has been hit by a ransomware attack, forcing it to take its systems offline. The BlackMatter group that is behind the attack has put forth a $5.9 million ransom demand. The farming cooperative is seen stating the attack could significantly impact the public supply […]
Enlarge / You can’t see the part number which distinguishes the newer, slower drive from the older, faster one on the box—you need to check the PN field in the top center of the label on the drive itself. (credit: Jim Salter) Recently, major SSD vendors Crucial and Western Digital have both been caught swapping […]
Enlarge / Sure, it’s cheaply produced clip art… but it’s also a disturbingly accurate picture of the current state of supply and demand in the semiconductor product market. (credit: tommy via Getty Images) 2021’s infamous chip shortages aren’t only affecting automakers. In a post-earnings conference call Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook said, “We’ll do everything we […]