Samsung has reportedly delayed the shutdown of its DDR4 production line, which it initially announced earlier this year . According to DigiTimes [machine translated], the South Korean chipmaker is doing this as 16GB DDR4 modules hit a record of $60 in the spot market. This pricing made the DDR4 market lucrative enough for Samsung to delay the
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While the entire industry is in disarray, with overstretched production lines and rising costs, there are still good deals to be had. And as far as scores go, it doesn't get a whole lot better than this. A fortunate Redditor in the UK managed to snag a high-end prebuilt PC for
'Twas The Night Before Tom's Christmas 2025
'Twas the festive season but Santa didn't know how
to deal with the new RAM apocalypse , now!
Who could've predicted this horrid event
in which memory costs rose 500 percent ?
He didn't expect this holiday twist —
It's memory-intensive to create his list!
Even Crucial got killed in
Samsung's CES monitor lineup includes 6K 3D display with eye-tracking — plus a dual-mode QHD panel with a blistering 1080p 1040Hz option
Samsung just announced five new displays that will take your gaming rig to the next level, offering resolutions from QHD all the way up to an eye-popping 6K. The most interesting model in the company’s press release is the 32-inch Odyssey 3D, which offers a glasses-free 3D experience with a GPU-crushing 6K
Trump administration announces new tariffs on Chinese chips and electronic components — but fresh sanctions won't take effect until 2027, and rates remain unknown
The U.S. has made its latest move in the global trade war. Based on the results of a new report, the Trump administration has announced a new round of tariffs on Chinese semiconductor products, though they won't take effect just yet. The de facto for the new tariff is June 23, 2027. The delayed
Save $650 on this powerful RTX 5070 Ti gaming PC with 32GB RAM and 2TB SSD — now just $1649, this formidable MSI Aegis Z2 machine is perfect for a 1440p setup
Those pre-holiday deliveries might be over, but if you're happy to wait until after the big day, there's an incredible deal on an MSI gaming PC that you'll want to take a look at. MSI's US store has dropped the price of the MSI Aegis Z2 by a whopping $650,
52 years later, only known copy of Unix v4 recovered from randomly found tape, now up and running on a system — first OS version with kernel and core utilities written in C
There's probably more than a handful of Unix lovers among the TH audience, and today's tale is a Christmas gift that should warm many a cold sysadmin's heart. The University of Utah's School of Computing found and recovered a magnetic tape with the only known copy of Unix v4, the first version of the operating system with
World’s oldest Bitcoin Mining Pool celebrates 15th anniversary, has mined 1,311,339 bitcoins worth $115 billion — group has 255 billion times more hash power than at inception
15 years ago, the first Bitcoin mining pool was introduced by coder Slush. This was the birth of Bitcoin CZ , which would become Slush Pool , and is still operating today under the moniker of Braiins Pool . The group claims to have mined 1,311,339 bitcoins over the last 15 years, which would be worth
Former Chinese gaming company with China govt ties accused of smuggling banned AI GPUs — Nvidia’s biggest Southeast Asia customer exposes the limits of U.S. AI export controls
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'This memory situation is a multi-year problem,' says Maingear CEO — Custom PC company offers up BYO RAM builds to combat shortages
Every builder and system integrator is trying to figure out how to deal with the inflated cost of RAM. In a call with media today, Maingear CEO Wallace Santos announced BYO RAM Builds , which have customers supply the RAM for Maingear to validate into an otherwise prebuilt system.
If you pick a BYO RAM configuration, you will have to either provide a supported RAM kit