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• SDRAM shows buoyant signs amid insufficient supply
  Monday 25 September 2006 – 03:56
  The buoyant price trend of SDRAM is likely to persist, thanks to seasonal effects and limited supply from leading players, according to industry players.
• Fire at CMC Magnetics may aggravate tight CD-R supply
  Friday 3 March 2006 – 04:37
  With a fire occurring at one of CMC Magnetics' facilities recently, sources expect that an already tight CD-R supply will worsen and quotes may rise next quarter.
• Report: 32" LCD TV panels facing tight supply
  Monday 5 December 2005 – 04:48
  Despite ramping capacity at major next-generation plants, supply for 32" LCD TV panels currently can only meet 90 - 95 percent of global demand due to a shortage of cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs), according to Taiwan-based TFT LCD panel makers, as quoted by the Taiwan edition of the Chinese-language Apple Daily .
• Supply of 15" LCD monitor panels running short of demand
  Thursday 14 April 2005 – 04:41
  Supply of 15" LCD monitor panels recently started to lag demand, as panel makers have dramatically reduced production for the segment and demand has been stimulated by low prices, according to sources.
• Playstation 3 supply catches up with demand, firm says
  Thursday 21 December 2006 – 06:42
  There's a good chance that you are still able to put a Playstation 3 console under your Christmas tree, if you weren't willing to wait in line for three days or more at launch or pay outrageous premiums for the console on Ebay. Supply is improving and you can get the console below suggested retail price.
• Key LCD component to suffer tight supply in 2007
  Monday 17 October 2005 – 04:18
  With TFT LCD panel makers aggressively ramping capacity, ITO (indium-tin oxide), a key component for color filters (CFs) is expected to be in short supply by 2007 due to the difficulty in expanding indium production, according to industry sources.
• Tight supply of low-end CPUs delivers uncertainty for Q4
  Thursday 5 October 2006 – 03:53
  Charles Chou, an analyst at Fubon Securities, commented that the tight supply of low-end Intel Celeron and AMD Socket AM2 Sempron CPUs became apparent in the middle of September, with the two chip vendors gearing up to accelerate each platform's transition by the fourth quarter of 2006.
• Tight supply of 32" TV panels on the horizon
  Friday 28 July 2006 – 04:42
  Supply of 32" LCD TV panels will run short of demand by 10-15% in September, as large-scale US-based electronics retailers such as BestBuy and Circuit City have released orders for LCD TVs for the upcoming hot season, according to TFT LCD makers.
• Tight supply for 17" LCD monitor panels by mid-August - sources
  Monday 3 July 2006 – 04:15
  The supply of 17" LCD monitor panels is expected to become tight during the middle of August at the soonest, according to industry sources.
• Taiwan makers of Blu-ray/ HD-DVD drives at risk from PUH supply
  Wednesday 21 December 2005 – 05:37
  Leading Taiwanese makers of optical disc drives (ODDs) are preparing for production of Blu-ray Disc and/or HD-DVD drives/players, but face a potential problem of having to rely on an outside supply of pick-up head (PUHs) since most of all patents for high-power laser diodes (LDs), a key component of PUHs, are owned by Japanese companies, according to local sources.
• GeForce 8800GT cards may face channel supply issues
  Monday 5 November 2007 – 10:06 in Hardware
  Earlier this week, Nvidia introduced the GeForce 8800GT targeting the mid-range enthusiast segment. The performance and the relatively moderate price tag are enticing.
• DRAM makers expansion may advance with ease of equipment supply
  Thursday 15 February 2007 – 04:33
  DRAM makers may see their expansion projects complete ahead of schedule as tight supply of equipment is easing amid a more conservative change in pure-play foundries' attitudes towards capacity expansion, according to industry sources.
• Intel to ensure sufficient Core 2 Duo supply to channel market
  Friday 23 June 2006 – 04:25
  Intel intends to strengthen its relationship with channel players by not only quoting the same desktop CPU prices to OEM and channel players, but it has also promised to supply sufficient Core 2 Duo processors to the channel market when the processors come out in July, according to sources in the channel market.
• Tiny power supply cranks out 120 watts
  Friday 27 January 2006 – 07:55
  For some users, computer designs can't be small and quiet enough. Mini-box.com has begun offering what it claims to be the world's smallest ATX compliant power supply that uses a single 12 volt power source and puts out 120 watts.
• Supply of large-size TFT LCDs to exceed demand in 2006
  Tuesday 11 October 2005 – 04:45
  Supply of global large-size TFT LCDs is expected to widen to around 9.4% in 2006, with the second quarter having the widest gap between supply and demand, according to DisplayBank.