
SK hynix preps 24 Gb GDDR7 for beefier GPUs
Kicks off HBM4 supply
SK hynix is cranking up the memory arms race, confirming it’s building 24 Gb GDDR7 modules to give next-gen GPUs fatter VRAM buffers while lining up HBM4 for AI and HPC workloads.

Palmer Luckey wants to build made-in-America laptops
Oculus and Anduril founder reckons some Yanks will pay extra
The bloke behind Oculus and the defence-tech darling Anduril, Palmer Luckey wants to take on laptops. But not your usual “assembled in the States with bits from Shenzhen” nonsense. He’s wants to build a Made in USA machine that ticks the Federal Trade Commission’s uncompromising box.

N1X SoC delayed thanks to Microsoft, weak demand, and design tweaks
Nvidia’s big leap into Windows on Arm is already hitting speed bumps.

Thin Mini-ITX MoDT board crams in a laptop-class monster APU
Chinese PC maker Sixunited has just released a new toy for tinkerers. It is a Thin Mini-ITX motherboard packed with AMD’s Strix Halo “Ryzen AI MAX” APU, a chip previously only found in laptops and mini PCs.

Intel slashes prices on Core ultra 5 CPUs
Arrow Lake chips get cheaper
Troubled Chipzilla is knocking down prices on its budget-tier Core Ultra 5 processors, with the Ultra 5 225 and Ultra 5 225F seeing hefty discounts across US and EU retailers.