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Ford and chipmaker announce noncommittal “partnership” to alleviate shortages

Bloomberg | Getty Images reader comments 35 with 23 posters participating Share this story In an effort to combat the ongoing global chip shortage, chipmaker GlobalFoundries and the Ford Motor Company have announced a “strategic collaboration” today, both via press release and coverage in The Wall Street Journal. The “non-binding agreement,” according to the release,… Read More: Ford and chipmaker announce noncommittal “partnership” to alleviate shortages »

Now the chip shortage is being exacerbated by a labor shortage

Enlarge / Don’t expect cheaper chips anytime soon. Tommy/Getty Images reader comments 1 with 1 posters participating Share this story The semiconductor chip shortage that has so vexed the auto industry looks set to continue for quite some time, according to a new industry survey. More than half of the companies that were surveyed by… Read More: Now the chip shortage is being exacerbated by a labor… »

AT&T delays 500,000 fiber-to-the-home builds due to severe fiber shortage

Enlarge / An AT&T technician working on a fiber project. reader comments 81 with 66 posters participating Share this story AT&T says that supply-chain shortages will delay fiber construction to about 500,000 homes that it originally planned to wire up this year and warned that shortages are likely to impact other companies that purchase fiber… Read More: AT&T delays 500,000 fiber-to-the-home builds due to severe fiber shortage »

Chipmaker says it will ramp up production of older 28nm chips

Enlarge / A woman watches a mask—a part used in wafer conception—at a show room of the 12-inch United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) factory in Tainan, southern Taiwan. Sam Yeh | Getty reader comments 48 with 38 posters participating Share this story United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), the world’s fourth-largest contract chipmaker, is expanding its capacity to… Read More: Chipmaker says it will ramp up production of older 28nm… »