AM4 returns as DDR5 prices bite
Old DDR4 rigs are trendy again.
DDR5 pricing is turning PC building into a bad joke, so many people are crawling back to the older AM4 platform.
5K gaming is too hard, even for an RTX 5090D
Too many pixels, not enough puff
Some panel makers are pushing 5K gaming monitors at punters, but the reality is that normal players will be waiting a while before they make any sense outside marketing decks.
Intel's foundry problem is trust
Customers do not fancy handing a rival their crown jewels.
Troubled Chipzilla’s foundry push is tripping over the awkward detail that it still competes with the customers it is courting.
TSMC’s N-2 rule leaves US big tech snuffling around Samsung’s 2nm
Taiwan keeps the sharp stuff at home, so Texas is suddenly popular.
TSMC has one hand tied behind its back, and Samsung Electronics is trying to cash in.
ByteDance to increase AI spending in 2026, aiming to challenge US
AI expansion goes global as ByteDance aims to compete
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is set to ramp up its AI investments significantly next year.
Chinese AI Giants skirt export ban with GPU rentals
Workaround sees Tencent and others tap into Nvidia Blackwell chips
While Blackwell chips remain off-limits for direct export to China, Chinese AI heavyweights have found an unexpected loophole to access Nvidia's latest silicon.
Memory maths threatens Apple’s AI clustering trick
Expiring supply deals put the squeeze on Mac-based computing
A cunning plan to use clustered Mac mini or Apple Studio boxes, wired together with Thunderbolt 5, to hoard memory for AI is coming unstuck.
Apple locks in Samsung as DRAM shortage bites
Memory crunch reshapes the iPhone supply chain
A worsening DRAM shortage has pushed Samsung into pole position as Apple races to secure memory supplies ahead of next year’s iPhone launches.
Nvidia plans deep cuts to GeForce output as memory dries up
RTX 50 supply faces heavy reductions while pricier cards get priority
Nvidia is preparing to slash GeForce GPU production in early 2026 amid memory shortages, leaving mainstream gamers squeezed while higher-margin cards get first dibs.
AI memory boom drives Micron to record quarter
Data centre demand and HBM sales send revenues soaring while refits bite consumers
Micron Technology smashed expectations with record quarterly results as AI-driven memory demand powered revenues higher, margins expanded sharply, and data centre sales reshaped the business.