PC Manufacturers To See Massive Decline In Motherboard Shipments In 2026 Due To Low Consumer Demand As Component Prices Rise

Motherboard shipments are going to see a sharp decrease in 2026 as PC component prices continue to rise, and consumer interest is at an all-time low.

PC component prices are at an all-time high. The worst-affected products are memory, graphics cards , and storage. Meanwhile, CPUs have also started to get more expensive as AI demand continues to get wilder each passing day. And it's not a matter of just rising prices; consumer hardware also sees wide-spread shortages.


SEGA’s Stranger Than Heaven Drags Snoop Dogg Into a 50-Year Yakuza Saga Spanning Five Eras of Japan

During the announced Xbox Special Look broadcast, SEGA and RGG Studio revealed plenty of new details about Stranger Than Heaven , their upcoming new intellectual property. First of all, the game is targeting a Winter 2026 launch on Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, Xbox Cloud Gaming, Steam, and PlayStation 5.

Stranger Than Heaven is set up as a sprawling, multi-generational saga spanning 50 years of Japanese history, from 1915 to 1965

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Pixel’s Tensor Chips Can Easily Handle Liquid Glass, But Google’s Approach Promises One Benefit, Preventing This UI Transition

Google’s Sameer Samat, the Android chief, has already that the company’s Android 17 will not be a Liquid Glass makeover, but don’t believe that this is because those Tensor chips powering the Pixel family are underpowered in any manner. Sure, these SoCs are slower than current-generation competitors, but running Apple’s latest UI shouldn’t be a problem for them. It’s just that Google has a different way of how its Android platform should look and behave, and there


Samsung’s Exynos 2800 To Take A Giant Leap On GPU Front, Skipping Ray Tracing Entirely To Chase Apple’s M7 Chip With Full Path Tracing

Apple's MacBook Neo has popularized a trend of high-end smartphone SoCs powering low- and mid-tier laptops. And, Samsung now appears to be readying a Chromebook version of its 2028-launching Exynos 2800 SoC to power not only a MacBook Neo rival but also take on Apple's base M7 chip.

The tipster Schrödinger appears to be on a roll lately. Just hours back, he revealed the CPU architecture of Samsung's first 1.4nm


Nintendo Reimagines Star Fox Again With James McCloud Prologue & 4v4 Star Wolf Battles, Switch 2 Exclusive Drops June 2026

Out of the blue, Nintendo shadowdropped a Star Fox Direct and revealed the previously rumored game .

It's a remake of the original 1997 Nintendo 64 title, which may be a little confusing for some, since there were already a remake and a reimagining of that classic game. Anyway, Nintendo describes it as a "cinematic take" with fully voiced dialogue, a sweeping orchestral soundtrack, all-new cutscenes, and redesigned characters with a more animal-like aesthetic. It will be released exclusively

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Ed Boon Teases New Mortal Kombat Game In The Works At NetherRealm, Hints More Projects Cooking Beyond Injustice 3

The movie Mortal Kombat II is out in just two days in the United States, and so far, the reception has been much better than that of the previous installment , released in 2021. Early reviews highlight better fights, cooler costumes, nastier fatalities, stronger character dynamics , and the standout performance of new entry Karl Urban as Johnny Cage .

Gamers, however, may be more interested in the future of the gaming franchise. There have been rumors about a new Injustice 3 game from NetherRealm dating all the

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GALAX Confirms That It Will Continue Making Current & Next-Generation GPUs Under Palit, Clears Up Confusion Caused By Miscommunication

will continue making GPUs under its new leadership at Palit as it addresses the recent confusion caused by miscommunication.

A few days ago, we exclusively broke the news that Palit had taken full control of GALAX , handling their entire business and RMA support. The initial messaging between different GALAX teams suggested that the GPU vendor was ending its PC business and would be dissolved under GALAX; however, that's not true.

As per new statements, has confirmed that GALAX is not leaving the graphics card market and will continue to develop


Rambus Bets on Time Division Multiplexing to Fix PCIe 7.0 for AI Workloads, As GPUs Starve for Data

Rambus wants to address ongoing AI bandwidth problems with its new PCIe 7.0 Switch IP that features Time Division Multiplexing.

Press Release: Rambus, a premier chip and silicon IP provider making data faster and safer, today announced the (TDM) , a new addition to its advanced interconnect IP portfolio designed to address the rapidly escalating bandwidth, latency, and scalability requirements of AI, cloud, and high-performance computing (HPC) systems.

As AI infrastructure grows in scale and architectural complexity, system designers are increasingly challenged


Samsung Is Now A Trillion-Dollar Juggernaut, As Conventional DRAM Quietly Out-Earns The HBM Everyone Is Obsessed With

Samsung has finally entered the hallowed trillion-dollar club, courtesy of the memory-driven tailwind that continues to emanate from AI-focused data centers, going on to permeate nearly every facet of the global consumer electronics industry.

As per a tabulation by CompaniesMarketCap, Samsung is worth right now, and remains poised to overtake Tesla is the world's tenth most valuable company.

This comes as the operating profit of Samsung's semiconductor unit in Q1 2026 surged by an unbelievable 48x year-


Nintendo Stock Hits Longest Losing Streak Since 2016 as Investors Demand Switch 2 Price Hike Despite Pokopia & Mario Galaxy

Today, covers a thorny subject: should Nintendo raise the Switch 2 pricing in response to the current economic environment and the ongoing memory shortage?

Sony did , across its entire PlayStation ecosystem (PS5, PS5 Slim, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal). Nintendo, on the other hand, has maintained steadfast so far , but Bloomberg points out that investors aren't quite happy with this strategy. The company's stock has been on a steady decline for five consecutive months , marking the longest sustained

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