Entry-Level GPUs Are In Trouble As DRAM Prices Go Nuclear
DRAM has evolved from a boring background commodity to the part that dictates who even bothers to build affordable GPUs. AI data centers are consuming […]
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AI Is Eating All The DRAM: Why Memory Prices Are Out Of Control
If you have tried to buy DDR5 in the last couple of months and wondered why your memory kit suddenly costs as much as a […]
YMTC eyes a $40B+ China IPO: what it means for NAND pricing, sanctions workarounds, and China’s memory stack
China’s top NAND maker, Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC), is weighing a mainland IPO for 2026 at a valuation that could top $40 billion, per […]
The Best DDR5 RAM for AM5 & Intel (2025): 6000 CL30 and beyond
DDR5 has been around long enough to breed folklore—and enough BIOS revisions to make grown builders cry. This guide strips it back to what actually […]
Intel’s ‘Crescent Island’ is an inference-first data-center GPU
Intel has unveiled Crescent Island, an inference-only data-center GPU built on its new Xe3P architecture and paired with up to 160 GB of LPDDR5X. The pitch […]
Micron’s HBM4 clears 2.8 TB/s with samples shipping — HBM4E custom base die points to bespoke AI accelerators
Micron says its next-gen HBM4 already exceeds 2.8 TB/s per stack with >11 Gb/s pin speeds, and that it’s begun shipping customer samples. The company […]
DDR5 Deep-Dive — Real Latency, Gear Ratios, and Tuning That Actually Matters
DDR5 Deep-Dive: Real Latency, Gear Ratios, and Tuning That Actually Matters Sticker speeds don’t tell the whole story. With DDR5, real-world performance is a tug-of-war […]
XMP vs EXPO: what to enable and why (plus the safe-tuning playbook)
The point of XMP/EXPO Consumer DDR5 kits ship with tight timings and higher data rates encoded as profiles in the module’s SPD (Serial Presence Detect). […]