This current memory shortage is intense. Spot prices for DDR5 DRAM ICs have quadrupled, and retail prices are often even higher. The desire for some new manufacturer to come along and 'save' the market from the worst excesses of the AI bubble is completely understandable. Still, certain reports in the tech media beggar belief, and one such widely
No, Asus isn't going into memory manufacturing — Taiwanese tech giant issues statement smashing rumor
AMD's dual-cache Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 appears in first benchmark leaks — gaming-focused CPU features 192MB of L3 cache stacked across both CCDs
In late October, AMD's mid-cycle Zen 5 refresh leaked , giving us a glimpse at two new X3D CPUs the company has in store for CES 2026. One of those was the Ryzen 7 9850X3D , a higher-boosting version of the existing 9800X3D, and
The best Boxing Day tech deals at Amazon UK, Argos, Currys, Very, and more — huge price drops on gaming PCs, 3D printers, laptops, and peripherals
It's officially time for the Boxing Day tech sales here in the UK. If you've slept off the turkey and you're ready to pick up a bargain or two, we've put together a list of
Nvidia reportedly backs away from its effort to make its own public cloud with team reorg, easing friction with customers — chipmaker shifts unit's focus to internal R&D
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Shrug off the RAM price crisis with this $180 off ASRock X870 Taichi bundle — 32GB V-Color DDR5-6000 RAM and Cooler Master 212 CPU cooler included
As most are aware, the couple of months brought a sharp increase in memory prices, which could thwart plans to upgrade your system due to cost. With no end in sight , we’ve seen some combo deals here and there. Still, this one gets you a workable amount of RAM at reasonable speeds, an excellent, flagship-class motherboard we reviewed
How China’s control of battery supply chains is becoming a critical risk for U.S. military power and AI initiatives — reducing reliance will take nearly a decade
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Intel displays tech to build extreme multi-chiplet packages 12 times the size of the largest AI processors, beating TSMC's planned biggest — floorplan the size of a cellphone, armed with HBM5, 14A co
Intel was the first company to build an explicitly disaggregated chiplet design, comprising 47 chiplets, with its Ponte Vecchio compute GPU for AI and HPC applications. This product still holds the record for the most populous multi-tile design, but Intel Foundry envisions something considerably more extreme : a multi-chiplet package that integrates at least 16 compute elements across eight base
Copy of Grand Theft Auto that runs in a web browser gets taken down by DMCA — Take Two says DOS Zone infringed company’s intellectual property rights despite disclaimers and requirement to own origina
Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar Games and owner of the Grand Theft Auto franchise, just issued a DMCA takedown request for the online port of GTA: Vice City hosted by DOS Zone. This has forced the online platform to remove the game from its library, which allowed players to run the large-scale game directly from their browser
Samsung Odyssey OLED G6 S27FG60 27-inch 500 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor review: Phenomenal performance and color
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The Samsung Odyssey OLED G6 S27FG60 is about as close to perfect as a gaming monitor can get. It delivers phenomenal contrast, color and gaming performance, and gets work done too. It embodies the mantra, “you never regret buying the best.”
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Bright, sharp and colorful image with deep blacks and contrast
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Accurate color out of the box, no calibration needed
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Precise adjustments
