Most electronics in the things you use are on old-school-gen process nodes, after all Texas Instruments is focusing its fabrication efforts on analog chips and embedded processors – and seeing growing revenue from the components – amid an insatiable…
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Lees meerBrexit, COVID-19 and tax rises all eclipsed by the omnipresent rule change, study of contractors finds The majority of contractors see the IR35 changes to the way employment status is judged as the biggest threat to their business in 2022, according…
Lees meerFor FLoC's sake, people Google has given up on Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC), a categorization system for serving interest-based ads, and replaced it with Topics, a categorization system for serving interest-based ads.…
Lees meerDon't start celebrating just yet if you own a Boeing 747-8, 747-8F, 777 Nine out of ten of America's commercial aircraft can land in low visibility using radio altimeters at US airports that have nearby 5G C-band masts, the country's aviation watchd…
Lees meerComponents fabbed using 40nm-plus process nodes hit hard Hardware manufacturers hit hardest by the global semiconductor shortage had less than five days of chips in their inventories last year – and should expect supply chain issues to continue thro…
Lees meerSays it'll be 'asking customers' to make sure own phones support 4G, and to check on friends, family Vodafone is to begin retirement of its 3G network next year, saying this will free up frequencies to improve 4G and 5G services.…
Lees meerHybrid cloud is Big Blue's big bet, but but big iron is predicted to bring a welcome revenue surge IBM has confirmed that a new model of its Z Series mainframes will arrive “late in the first half” of 2022 and emphasised the new device’s debut as a …
Lees meerKids: empty the dishwasher! We can’t, Dad, it’s updating its OS to handle baked on grime from winter curries As the right to repair movement gathers pace, Korea’s LG has decided to make sure that its whitegoods can be upgraded.…
Lees meer6.6-rated rumble joins fire, snow, plague, and trade war as source of recent semiconductor supply chain SNAFUs A 6.6 magnitude earthquake that hit southwestern Japan around 1:00 AM last Saturday has led to the closing of Toshiba’s Oita semiconductor…
Lees meerAn ISO image you can burn or drop onto a USB key The latest version of an old friend of the jobbing support bod has delivered a new kernel to help with fixing Microsoft's finest.…
Lees meer*Don't do this MediaTek claims to have given the world's first live demo of Wi-Fi 7, and said that the upcoming wireless technology will be able to challenge wired Ethernet for high-bandwidth applications, once available.…
Lees meerWhy won't you love me, sobs perennially spurned protocol Opinion In the World of Tomorrow that's always 10 years away, Linux dominates the desktop, quantum computers control the fusion reactors, and all Android phones receive regular system updates…
Lees meerNot all heroes wear capes. Some are Unix admins. Who, Me? Welcome to another entry in The Register's Who, Me? archives. Today, a reader goes full Hollywood to save the day (and fix some IP addressing).…
Lees meerSeeks salespeople focused on expansion – and casinos – and adds a trio of senior managers Cloudflare has signalled significant expansion into the Asia-Pacific, Japan, and China, using Singapore as a beachhead.…
Lees meerLet's not get too excited about this right away Comment Intel puts on a show for its biggest manufacturing announcements, with episodes every few years using a rotating cast of CEOs and US presidents.…
Lees meerProbably something to tackle before those chip fabs are built, eh? Soaring electricity prices have derailed manufacturing involving silicon and non-ferrous metals in Europe, politicians were warned this week.…
Lees meerProcesses relying on 1980s ICL mainframe contributed to £1bn pension black hole Brit MPs have told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) it should factor in the cost of not upgrading a 34-year-old legacy system when reviewing tech investments a…
Lees meerAnnouncement scheduled for today as Gelsinger meets with Biden at the White House Intel is scheduled to announce on Friday that it is committing $20bn to build semiconductor plants outside Columbus, Ohio, thereby strengthening domestic supply chains…
Lees meerTime to look at on-prem storage through the cloud, says HPE Paid feature Let’s remind ourselves what the ideal cloud operational “experience” should look like.…
Lees meer'Most of our supplies come from outside Europe. This is a dependency and uncertainty we cannot afford' The European Commission will introduce legislation next month designed to turn the continent into a center of chip expertise and manufacturing.…
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