Samsung touts 96% lower-power NAND design — researchers investigate design based on ferroelectric transistors

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Samsung researchers have published a detailed account of an experimental NAND architecture that aims to cut one of the technology’s largest power drains by as much as 96%.

The work — Ferroelectric transistor for low-power NAND flash memory was carried out by researchers at the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology and appears in the journal Nature. It describes a ferroelectric field-effect transistor (FeFET) design intended for future 3D NAND, combining a hafnia-based ferroelectric with

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We put together an $1800 all-AMD 4K gaming PC built entirely from Cyber Monday deals — but we can't match this Alienware pre-built with a 5080 and Intel's Core Ultra

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With Black Friday officially over and Cyber Monday on our doorstep, there are still ways that you can build a fantastic gaming PC this weekend, even in the face of some pretty tough PC hardware pricing landscapes.

Putting together a great PC during this weekend isn't the easiest task. With spiraling RAM prices, SSD inflation, GPU shortages, and information overload around every corner, sometimes you just want someone to do the legwork for you.

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Nvidia's RTX 5090 Founders Edition just got restocked in the UK, undercuts AIB cards by over £200 — GPU available directly from Nvidia marketplace

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Nvidia's hugely popular RTX 5090 Founders Edition has been restocked in the UK at its MSRP price of £1,799. This is hundreds of pounds less than the asking price of the same silicon by add-in board partners. If you take a quick look at retailer Scan, their next-cheapest model comes in at £2,059 for the Zotac RTX 5090 Solid. That's a saving of over £2

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Seagate's 24TB BarraCuda is back in stock for just $0.01 per gigabyte — the storage steal of the weekend returns, still great value

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Seagate's monster 24TB BarraCuda hard drive is back on sale for nearly the same price that we last saw it at. The 7200RPM high-capacity champ is on sale for $260 at Newegg . It still isn't as cheap as it was previously, costing just $240, but even at its elevated $260 price point, the drive costs just $0.01 per gigabyte and is still

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The RAM pricing crisis has only just started, Team Group GM warns — says problem will get worse in 2026 as DRAM and NAND prices double in one month

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The ongoing structural change of the DRAM market caused by the shift of manufacturing capacities to production of high bandwidth memory (HBM) for AI accelerators has already caused a massive price hike of commodity DDR and LPDDR memory. However, the worst is yet to come. According to the general manager of TeamGroup, contract prices of DRAM and NAND products have almost doubled recently. Supply of commodity memory is set to worsen in early 2026, and normalization is unlikely before 2027

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Our favorite budget headset is now half price — get the HyperX Cloud III for just $49 at Walmart

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The HyperX Cloud III wired gaming headset has dropped to its lowest price ever at just $49 on Walmart for Cyber Monday , which is a massive 50% off its $99.99 MSRP. That’s a tempting deal for a headset that is already our top recommendation for the best budget gaming headset , making it an even more enticing choice for anyone looking to upgrade their audio on a tight budget.

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Bambu Lab and Prusa show off new 3D printers at Formnext — H2C dual-nozzle uses Vortek nozzle to eliminate 3D printer 'poop'

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Formnext in Frankfurt, Germany, is the place to be for new 3D printer launches, and 2025 did not disappoint. Both Bambu Lab and Prusa Research introduced new printers they had been teasing for months , attracting large crowds eager to see the shiny new tech around their booths.

Anycubic and Creality have breathed new life into their classic bed slingers, BIQU showed off a tasty mod for the Bambu A1, and FlashForge teased an affordable full color resin coming in 2

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Save up to $350 on RTX 5050-equipped Acer Nitro V gaming laptops this Cyber Monday — Grab a 16-inch AMD variant for just $629, or an Intel 15-incher for $579

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Gaming laptops are a great way to take your entertainment with you on the go, unbound by a sprawling desktop setup. Whether you're looking to upgrade from an older machine or just want something on the side that can get the job done comfortably, we have spotted a great budget-conscious deal for you: Acer's Nitro V is on sale on Walmart right now, with the 16-inch AMD version going for $629 while the 15

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Industry's first TSMC COUPE-based optical connectivity solution for next-gen AI chips displayed — Alchip and Ayar Labs show future silicon photonics device

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At TSMC's European OIP forum this week, Alchip and Ayar Labs demonstrated a fully integrated, in-package optical I/O engine built on TSMC's COUPE platform that enables optical connectivity for next-generation AI accelerators. The solution — which combines Ayar's silicon-photonics TeraPHY IC with Alchip's electrical interface die and a detachable fiber connector — can deliver up to 100 Tb/s of bandwidth per accelerator and connect to other chips using

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This $1,749 Alienware RTX 5080 gaming PC deal is astonishingly good — save a whopping $730 as prices fall even further on powerful rig with 20-core Intel CPU and 1TB SSD

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Dell has been slashing prices on Alienware gaming PCs throughout Black Friday, but it's gone even further for Cyber Monday. Two of its Aurora PCs with Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 graphics cards have just seen a further drop in price, but the affordable option is this Intel-powered rig that's now priced for under $2,000 and for a whopping $730 less than its usual price.

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