DDR4 Platforms Take A Deep Dive In Popularity In Germany As AM4 Dips Below 10% Share For The First Time

DDR4 platforms are weakening in popularity in Germany, while DDR5 platforms are getting more popular than ever.

It appears that AM4 couldn't maintain its dominance for long after seeing the RAMpocalypse era. The platform is gradually dying as AM5 takes over the hardware market. While the latest data doesn't represent a true representation of the platform's popularity, in Germany things are going in a completely different direction after witnessing the dominance of AM4 for months.

As reported by @TechEpiphanyYT , the motherboard

A list displays CPU socket distributions, showing 'AM5' with 2170 units (81.0%), '1851' with 235 units (8.8%), 'AM4' with 165 units (6.2%), and '1700' with 110 units (4.1%).
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Apple Quietly Surrenders To A Compromise On The New Siri, Leaning On NVIDIA’s B200 GPU Encryption To Prevent Google From Siphoning Off User Data

Apple's new Siri, empowered by a custom Google Gemini model in the cloud, was supposed to run on Apple silicon, or so the maker of iPhones had assured not too long ago.

Yet, Apple has struggled to accommodate Google's behemoth of a model on its own servers, forcing the Cupertino-based tech giant to resort to a NVIDIA GPU-based band-aid of sorts to safeguard at least a shred of its privacy-related credentials, all the while hosting the Siri-enabling Gemini model


Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition Finally Arrives on Nintendo Switch 2 in August 2026, New Content is Paid DLC on Other Platforms

Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition will finally arrive on the Nintendo Switch 2 later this summer on August 28, 2026, developer FromSoftware confirmed today. The release date reveal is welcome news for Switch 2 players who've been waiting for Elden Ring's arrival since the Switch 2 was revealed and the open-world epic was one of the biggest third-party titles set to arrive on the handheld platform.

Though the plan was to initially bring Elden Ring to Switch 2 at some point in 20

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Biwin Storms Computex With ROG-Certified DDR5 Kits, 11 GB/s PCIe 5.0 SSDs, and Mini Drives Built for Handheld Gamers

Biwin has an SSD for everyone, from handhelds to high-end PCs, but their memory division is dialing up a notch with ROG-Certified DDR5 modules.

For Computex, Biwin is introducing its latest Mini SSDs. The first of these includes the CL100, which is a cost-optimized PCIe 4.0 solution that is compliant with the NVMe 1.4 standard. The SSD comes in 512 GB, 1 TB, and goes up to 2 TB of storage capacity, making it

A display booth featuring multiple Biwin storage devices, each marked with individual labels, alongside a sign reading 'Best in Show MWC 2026'.
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No Rest for the Wicked Won’t Arrive on Xbox Alongside the PS5 Thanks to the Series S “Making That Rough”

One of the many announcements that came out of PlayStation's State of Play event earlier this week was the reveal that No Rest for the Wicked , the action RPG from Ori developer Moon Studios , would launch out of early access this coming October 2026 and launch on PS5 , but not Xbox Series X/S or Nintendo Switch 2 . It's not uncommon to see Switch/Switch 2 versions of games arrive later, but what's the holdup for Xbox? Well, according to Moon

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Phison Demos Its Next-Gen PCIe Gen6 “PS5303-X3” SSD Controller, Up To 28 GB/s Speeds, Full Gen6 Redriver/Retimer Stack Ready

Phison has demonstrated its next-gen PCIe Gen6 technologies, including its latest SSD controllers, and the full ecosystem driving future AI platforms.

At Computex 2026, Phison is introducing its next-gen SSD controller called PS5303-X3-66. This controller is designed for SSDs and conforms to the upcoming PCIe Gen6 protocol that drives up transfer rates by 2x.

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Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve Hands-On — Strangereal Returns With a Propaganda War and a Dead Mentor’s Callsign

Taking off after the success of 2019’s Skies Unknown , Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve brings players back to the world of Strangereal with a much more intimate field of battle. Now seven years since its predecessor, is this latest title from Project Aces the worthy successor we’ve been waiting for?

It’s the year 2029. The Usean continent is once again on the brink of war, as various factions vie for control, most notably the FCU . This is a

A military briefing scene from the game 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III' shows characters in discussion with a large map projected on a screen.
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Intel Panther Lake & Wildcat Lake Arrive On Desktop PCs With First MoTD Designs From Maxsun

Maxsun is the first PC manufacturer to unveil Intel Panther Lake and Wildcat Lake "MoTD" designs with up to Intel Core Ultra X9 388H options.

Both Intel Panther Lake "Core Ultra Series 3" and Wildcat Lake "Core Series 3" are fantastic SoCs for high-end and entry-level mobile platforms. These chips are already available on laptops and in Mini PCs too, but Maxsun is the first to start making MoTD "Mobile on Desktop" motherboards out of these chips.

At Computex,

A Maxsun motherboard labeled SK-PTLNAS is displayed on a table, with a detailed specification card listing features such as '2x M.2 PCIe3.0 x4,' 'HDMI,' and 'TDP: 55W.'
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Intel Panther Lake & Wildcat Lake Arrive On Desktop PCs With First MoDT Designs From Maxsun

Maxsun is the first PC manufacturer to unveil Intel Panther Lake and Wildcat Lake "MoDT" designs with up to Intel Core Ultra X9 388H options.

Both Intel Panther Lake "Core Ultra Series 3" and Wildcat Lake "Core Series 3" are fantastic SoCs for high-end and entry-level mobile platforms. These chips are already available on laptops and in Mini PCs too, but Maxsun is the first to start making MoDT "Mobile on Desktop" motherboards out of these chips.

At Computex,

A Maxsun motherboard labeled SK-PTLNAS is displayed on a table, with a detailed specification card listing features such as '2x M.2 PCIe3.0 x4,' 'HDMI,' and 'TDP: 55W.'
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PS5 Pro Onimusha Way of the Sword Boost Disappoints, But Early Test Crushes RE Engine Optimization Fears

Onimusha: Way of the Sword launches in the most packed September of recent memory , but fans of the series can get their first taste of the next entry with a playable demo now available on all platforms. And while the initial PlayStation 5 Pro support (which now includes PSSR 2 ) disappoints , early tests highlight how the massive performance issues seen in Monster Hunter Wilds and Dragon's Dogma 2 caused by the RE Engine are evidently a thing of the past.

A new comparison video put together by ElAnalistaDeBits puts the game