China’s CXMT Also Engages In Long-Term Memory Agreement With Tencent That’s Reportedly Worth Almost $3 Billion

CXMT has reportedly signed a long-term agreement to supply memory worth almost $3 billion to Tencent.

Memory shortages are sky-high , and they are affecting regional markets, including China, which is going through a revolution in the adoption of AI as it races with the United States to secure the lead in the segment. This has created a boom in the number of AI firms that are showing up, leading to massive demand for compute, memory, and AI-related infrastructure.

To address these needs, China

Chinese Memory Starts Entering Global Markets As Corsair DDR5 Modules Spotted With CXMT DRAM

GIGABYTE Silently Launches B850 AORUS Elite X3D Motherboard With X3D Turbo Mode 2.0 Support

GIGABYTE has launched one more B850 chipset motherboard in its AM5 catalog, offering the latest X3D Turbo Mode 2.0 support.

Popular hardware maker GIGABYTE has introduced another motherboard to its AM5 arsenal called B850 AORUS ELITE X3D , which appears to be a sibling of the B850 AORUS Elite, except that it's optimized for the Ryzen X3D processors. Since unlocking Ryzen X3D processors is a little different from traditional non-X3

The image displays the Gigabyte B650I Aorus Elite X3D motherboard with visible ports including 'HDMI,' '4 x USB 2.0,' '4 x USB 3.2 Gen1,' '5 GbE LAN,' '2 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C,' and '2 x SATA 6Gb/s.'
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Game Pass May Be Losing Its Crown at Xbox, as Microsoft Reportedly Freezes New Third-Party Deals That Once Defined It

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is famously turning the division upside down in an attempt to restore profitability ( at the behest of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella ), and that may include cutting Game Pass funding to third-party studios.

Speaking on The Business of Video Games Podcast 's Episode 59, Fernando Rizo from Caboodle Games shared information learned by conversing with fellow industry members at the recent First Playable trade show, held earlier this month in Florence, Italy.

According to Rizo, who co-hosts the podcast with Shams Jorjani

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AMD Driver Bug Silently Disables Smart Access Memory On Windows 10, Tanking Gaming Performance And Triggering Crashes

New reports indicate a problem with AMD's driver that results in the disabling of SAM, resulting in lower performance.

AMD SAM, or Smart Access Memory, is a feature that allows the CPU to access the entire pool of GPU VRAM, eliminating bottlenecks and improving gaming performance in supported titles. However, new community reports indicate that the AMD driver is causing issues with Smart Access Memory on Windows 10 systems.

As per the reports, the new bug has left gamers with performance losses in gaming, even crashes,

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Bethesda Veteran Warns The Elder Scrolls VI Faster Schedule Would Gut Features, Yet 10 Years Spells Ultimate Failure

The Elder Scrolls VI was announced back in 2018 during that year's Bethesda E3 showcase, and it may well be over a decade until it is released on PC and consoles like the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S . While the long absence of the series has unnerved fans, the game taking so long to release may not be a bad thing, as Bethesda Game Studios veteran and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim lead designer Bruce Nesmith warned that faster development times could lead to reduced features


Square Enix Ignored Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Flat Lighting Since 2024, But A Modder Finally Fixed It

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is widely considered as one of the best entries in the entire series to date, but this doesn't mean the game is without flaws. The most evident is the flat lighting which has a significant impact on the visuals of the game's open world, and a far cry from the significantly better lighting used for interiors. Although there was an attempt to fix the issue in places, it was never truly addressed, but this is now no longer an issue in the PC version of the

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Grand Theft Auto VI Rumored to Offer 60 FPS Mode on PS5/Xbox Series X, But Maybe Not at Launch

One of the reasons Grand Theft Auto VI fans are eager to learn the currently missing details on PS5 Pro enhancements is that the most powerful console available on the market is expected to include a performance mode targeting 60 FPS . However, according to a credible source, there's a decent chance that even the base PlayStation 5 and Microsoft 's roughly equivalent Xbox Series X will support 60 FPS in Rockstar 's massively anticipated game.

The rumor comes from the popular Polish gaming podcast Rock and Borys, which

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Enjoy Uninterrupted Speeds And Smoother Browsing While On The Go With TP-Link’s Roam 7 BE3600 Portable Wi-Fi 7 Router, Now Available For $129.99 On Amazon

Connecting to public Wi-Fi hotspots is never the most secure way to get work done, and if you value your privacy and the security of your sensitive credentials, irrespective of where you currently are or where you’re headed, you can never go wrong with a portable router.

Unfortunately, the drawback of these routers is their limited wireless performance, but that’s where TP-Link’s Roam 7 BE3600 raises the bar by supporting the faster Wi-Fi 7 standard and easily fitting


Memory Trio Samsung, SK Hynix & Micron Face Class Action Lawsuit As Prices Reach Historical High Due To Shortages

Samsung, SK Hynix & Micron are facing a class action lawsuit in the US as memory prices spiral out of control due to persistent shortages.

Memory prices have reached a historical high due to ongoing shortages as demand continues to outstrip supply. The worst is yet to come , but as the situation continues to evolve, consumers are getting fed up and have filed a private class-action lawsuit in the US against the three big DRAM manufacturers.

The lawsuit " 3:26-cv-06345 "

A document lists Bathaee Dunne LLP attorneys and their contact information, detailing a class action complaint filed in the United States District Court, Northern District of California, against Samsung Electronics and other tech companies, with 'Case No. 3:26-cv-6345' prominently displayed.
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Samsung, SK hynix, And Micron Now Face A US Federal Class-Action Lawsuit For Colluding To Bring About A “RAMpocalypse”

Given the sheer scale of disruption emanating from the ongoing global memory 'chipflation,' it was only a matter of time before the so-called 'Big Three' - Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron - were dragged into a courtroom on allegations of collusion and price-fixing, as appears to have happened last week just as Apple cited soaring memory prices for i mplementing a slew of price hikes .

Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron were collectively sued on June 25 in a California federal court over allegations of