NAND Revenue Explodes 3.5x to a Record $46 Billion in a Single Quarter as Agentic AI Starves the PC Market

The AI surge has not only led to a global supply problem, but it's also driving record revenue in the NAND segment; however, the PC market has taken a big hit.

The latest market report shared by Counterpoint Research shows us the extent of the global NAND demand. As of Q1 2026, the NAND market has seen a massive 3.5x surge in global revenue, driving the tally up to 46 billion US dollars.

The strong demand is driven primarily by Agentic AI

A bar chart shows market share percentages for NAND manufacturers from Q1 2025 to Q1 2026, with Samsung leading in each quarter, and significant growth '246% YoY' and '90% QoQ.'
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ASRock Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Taichi Brand With New Intel & AMD Motherboards, High-End Displays, Dual-Pump “Aqua” AIO, & Latest GPUs

ASRock is showcasing several new Taichi products at Computex to mark the 10th Anniversary of its flagship brand.

ASRock is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Taichi, which began in 2016 with the introduction of the Taichi X99 and Z170 motherboards. The company has been releasing its flagship products in the Taichi series since then, and now it is unveiling more products at Computex 2026.

The Taichi series was launched with motherboards, so we have to talk about those first

An ASRock Z790 Taichi Lite motherboard is displayed with 'A Decade of Mastery' written on its cover, alongside dual PCIe slots and four RAM slots.
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Until Dawn 2 Revealed With Horizon: Call of the Mountain Devs Firesprite Games Behind it, Arrives on PS5 in 2027

After getting a small tease from actor Peter Stromae , it was finally revealed during today's State of Play that yes, Until Dawn 2 is coming, though not from Supermassive Games . Instead, it's being made by Horizon: Call of the Mountain developers, Firesprite Games , and it'll arrive on PS5 sometime in 2027 .

The game is not some attempt at a continuation of the story from the first game, but is instead a standalone experience with brand new characters and a new

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Microsoft’s Brings The “NVIDIA Power” To Devs With Passive-Cooled Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, Coming Later This Year With 128 GB Memory

Microsoft is working on its most powerful developer system, powered by NVIDIA, the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box .

At Build 2026, Microsoft is announcing its Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, which is built on the same foundation as its recently announced Surface Laptop Ultra . The machine harnesses the power of NVIDIA's RTX Spark SoC , which was announced a few days ago, bringing significant AI performance to developers locally.

The difference between Microsoft's RTX Spark Dev box and other RTX Spark systems is that the

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Saber Interactive Reveals Stuntman: Hollywood at June 2026 State of Play, Brings the Stuntman Franchise Back After Nearly 20 Years

One of the biggest surprises during today's State of Play was the reveal of Stuntman: Hollywood , a new entry in the stunt racing franchise from Saber Interactive that'll feature big-name movies like Fast & Furious and Back to the Future .

The arcade racer brings the series back since its last entry all the way back in 2007, making it the first Stuntman game in very nearly two decades. Though, since we didn't get a release date for it, by the time it

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Control Resonant Lands September 24, Crashing Into Silent Hill: Townfall and Onimusha in a 24-Hour AAA Pileup

Remedy Entertainment confirmed the launch date of Control Resonant , their sequel to the acclaimed 2019 game, during today's State of Play event.

Control Resonant will be released on Thursday, September 24, which means it will be available within 24 hours of two other big triple-A games: KONAMI and Screen Burn Interactive's Silent Hill: Townfall, and CAPCOM's Onimusha: Way of the Sword .

The new trailer finally featured some voiceover from Jesse , even though Dylan will be the

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God of War Laufey Is The Next Entry In The Series, Following Kratos’ Wife Into the Afterlife of the Gods

For a very long time, it has been rumored that Cory Barlog, director of God of War II and the 2018 entry in the series, was working on a new IP , leaving other members of the team to work on games such as God of War Ragnarok . Eventually, it was discovered this new IP was still set in the series' universe , but would feature a new main character, Kratos' wife and Atreus' mother, Faye, and more action-oriented gameplay reminiscent not only of


Dune: Awakening Arrives on Consoles in September 2026, Adding One of the Most-Requested Features Since Launch

After a hit launch on PC in June 2025, Funcom announced that Dune: Awakening will arrive on consoles on September 22, 2026 during today's State of Play event. The release date means it'll arrive a few months after it was initially meant to, since the original plan was to arrive on consoles a year after it arrived on PC.

It'll also arrive with a brand new single-player mode, which seems exactly in line with Funcom's pivot

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LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight PC Performance Analysis & Tuning Guide – How To Get Best Experience On PC

With PC games becoming increasingly complex nowadays — especially open-world games built on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 — default/maxed-out graphics settings rarely, if ever, strike the optimal balance between visual fidelity and performance that most PC gamers seek, and LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is no exception to this rule.

TT Games’ latest LEGO Batman adventure is certainly a much more visually ambitious game than the studio’s older LEGO titles, with its open-world Gotham City, dense streets,

A futuristic cityscape with neon signs, featuring a stealth aircraft flying overhead and prominent 'SHIRLEY' and 'WELCOME' signs.
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Rayman Legends Retold Hands-On: Ubisoft’s $40 Remake Is Gorgeous, But I Kept Asking Who It’s Actually For

The start of 2026 was the beginning of a new era for Ubisoft , kicking off in upsetting fashion with a " major reset " that reorganized the company into multiple Creative Houses and resulted in the layoff of hundreds of developers. As the company continues to mark down losses while trying to establish a new foundation, part of that new foundation means retreating back to a classic franchise well, with the reveal of Rayman Legends Retold .

It's a remake of the 2013 platforming classic Rayman Legends ,

Characters from the video game Rayman Legends, including Rayman, Globox, and Barbara, are shown in an animated, outdoor setting.
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