AI/HPC Accelerators

14+ hour, 36+ min ago   (1634+ words) "Everyone is scrambling to release and go on sale as early as possible," said a former strategic researcher at a mobile phone manufacturer. "Previously, to avoid competing with the iPhone, the launch of new Android products was generally scheduled in…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (675+ words) Flagship phones and premium laptops can absorb a memory price spike because memory was never the dominant cost driver in the first place. A $1,000 phone spends heavily on its camera system, its display panel and its brand premium. A $120 phone…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (408+ words) Samsung Backs Euclyd AI Chips in $230M Round blockchain.news Samsung Backs Euclyd AI Chips in $230M Round According to @CNBC, Samsung joined a $230M round for Euclyd, signaling rising demand for Nvidia GPU alternatives and specialized AI accelerators. Samsung has invested in…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (341+ words) Sources: TechTimes, TrendForce (citing ETNews and Chosun Daily), Sedaily, TradingKey. Figures reflect the most recent supplier-level reporting as of September 2026 and are approximate ranges reported by third-party analysts, not official company guidance. Based on the capacity timelines suppliers themselves have…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (636+ words) This piece breaks down what shipped, what it costs to rent, how the HBM4 memory squeeze ties back to the same shortage hammering consumer RAM prices, and what a Toronto AI inference cluster running Nvidia Blackwell chips today tells us about…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (298+ words) Apart from affecting consumer electronics products that use memory chips, the rising price of storage has also brought an unexpected beneficiary, which is magnetic tape. The latest data released by the LTO Consortium, composed of HPE, IBM and Quantum, shows…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (587+ words) Source: retail pricing trackers and Tom’s Hardware’s RAM price index, compiled through early September 2026. Figures reflect general retail DDR5 kit pricing and will vary by module speed, latency, and retailer. NAND flash, the memory type behind SSDs, is following a similar…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1196+ words) You don’t need special hardware to test RAM, but a few things need to be in place before you boot into a memory test. Gather these first so you’re not interrupted halfway through a multi-hour pass. Before touching MemTest86 at all,…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (581+ words) Samsung is reportedly tying up to 70% of its memory-chip production through 2031 as AI demand puts more pressure on RAM and storage supply. Samsung has signed multi-year supply agreements with major data-centre operators and is nearing further deals, according to Reuters....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (523+ words) The scale of the 2026 memory surge is difficult to overstate because it happened so quickly. Gaming-industry hardware buyers who treated RAM as a near-commodity in early 2025 found the ground shifting under them within a single quarter. According to Tom’s Hardware,…...