Good news for the iPhone-obsessed: Apple has a next-generation iPhone SoCs in the works!  The A12 chip is now in production, and the CPU core will be built on TSMC’s 7-nanometer design. TSMC first announced they were in mass production back in April but did not disclose who they were building them for specifically.  Since Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) is Apple’s preferred manufacturing partner, one could safely conclude that it is being made for Apple’s iPhones. Apple switched to the Taiwanese company after previously utilizing Samsung for the 14nm node.  Read more >>

For starters, the Fixed Based Operators association are given the right from airports to operate on their grounds to provide services. These services include hangaring, fueling, tie-down and parking, aircraft maintenance, flight instruction, aircraft rental and other similar services. Over time the way people have defined Fixed Base Operators has changed and evolved, because of that, it can hold different meanings in different countries or even regions of the world.  Read more >>

If your prized PC gaming rig has suddenly taken a nose dive it can be a pricey fix. From replacing graphics cards, fans, memory cards and imports of all kinds, the numbers can add up quick. While you can choose to DIY a new system, there are now more pre-assembled gaming pc’s than ever before, no more begging your siblings for their hand-me-downs. Read more >>

The rumors of more expensive graphics cards have come to fruition. If you’re in the market for a new graphics card because your old one finally bit the bullet, you’re better off waiting. In the last two weeks the price of graphics cards has reached an all time high. You would be hard pressed to find one for under five hundred dollars. Read more >>

Allegro Microsystems Inc, a leading developer in manufacturing and marketing high performance semiconductors, just announced the launch of its brand new Three Phase MOSFET Driver IC. The new semiconductor has an integrated low dropout regulator that supplies 5 or 3.3V. The new A4919 is built for a wide range of applications, and can be controlled with trapezoidal sinusoidal, or vector communication when combined with a microprocessor. Read more >>