Apple unveils a $329 iPad that features the tech giant’s new A13 Bionic Chip

Apple hosted its annual product event on Tuesday, which opened with the unveiling of a new iPad that is three times more powerful than a Chrome book and six times more powerful than an Android Tablet. The iPad features the tech giant’s new A13 Bionic Chip, giving it 20 percent faster performance than its predecessor with … Read more

Chip shortage worsening by the day, IT supply chain badly disrupted

While the times have been turbulent for the past year or so, it has hit virtually every industry. The semiconductor shortage is proof of that and now it is getting even more serious. Experts are predicting, this could continue till the end of 2022, and affect virtually all the manufacturing industries that rely on semiconductor … Read more

Chip and Joanna Gaines celebrate their 18 year wedding anniversary in Mexico

Chip and Joanna Gaines have been married for 18 years – they wed in 2003 and now share five children – Drake, 16, Ella, 14, Duke, 12, Emmie, 11, and Crew, two. And the design duo, who are best known for TV’s Fixer Upper but are branching out with the Magnolia network, celebrated with a … Read more

Project CHIP rebranded as MATTER, set by the Connectivity Standards Alliance

We have not mentioned this here before but it is not too late when it comes to good news. The Project Connected Home over IP (Project CHIP) is now called MATTER. The new standard is introduced by the Connectivity Standards Alliance which is an organization of tech giants like Google, Samsung, Apple, and Amazon among … Read more

How world computer chip crisis has hit supplies of PS5, cars and phones

The supply of PS5 and XBox consoles as well as electric cars, TVs, laptops, printers and 5G phones could be hit for up to 18 months due to a global shortage of microchips after a Taiwan mega-factory was scuppered by Covid-19, Trump’s trade war and even a natural disaster.  Apple, Sony, Samsung, Epson, Microsoft, Ford, Toyota … Read more

Boost for City as Canadian chip designer announces £3bn London float

Boost for City as Canadian chip designer announces £3bn London float By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 23:11 BST, 22 April 2021 | Updated: 23:11 BST, 22 April 2021  A Canadian chip designer is planning a £3billion float in London, which is a major vote of confidence in the Square Mile as a … Read more

Jaguar Land Rover suspends work at UK car factories over world computer chip shortage

Jaguar Land Rover has announced that production at two of its manufacturing plants is to be suspended due to supply chain disruption caused by the pandemic.  Output at the Castle Bromwich and Halewood factories will be temporarily halted from Monday, amid a worldwide shortage of semi-conductors caused by US-China trade tensions and supply disruptions caused by … Read more