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TrendForce projects a remarkable 105% increase in annual bit shipments of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) this year. This boost comes in response to soaring demands from AI and high-performance computing processor developers, notably Nvidia, and cloud service providers (CSPs). To fulfill demand, Micron, Samsung, and…

It all started with an innocent Vergecast hotline question. The gist was: what are some screenless wearables that offer health tracking in the vein of the Fitbit Flex but weren’t expensive like the $300 Oura Ring? Not a single good…

A Year’s Worth Of Updates, In Case You Forgot To Play It The team behind TIE Fighter: Total Conversion have been busy over the past year, adding more content and polishing up the game to make it even better.  If…

This week, Micron announced the sample availability of its first CXL 2.0 memory expansion modules for servers that promise easy and cheap DRAM subsystem expansions.  Modern server platforms from AMD and Intel boast formidable 12- and 8-channel DDR5 memory subsystems…

Happy Patch Tuesday, Here’s A New Vulnerability You know the drill, a new vulnerability has been discovered but applying the patch will result in noticeably slower performance.  The vulnerability specifically applies to Intel chips from Skylake through to Tigerlake and…

SK Hynix showcased its 321-layer TLC NAND memory at the Flash Memory Summit 2023. The South Korean company is the first NAND maker to publicly demonstrate 3D NAND with over 300 layers. Although such memory is expected in mass production in 2025, the demonstration…

With both the stock retention system and the contact frame I noticed a huge variance in core temperatures. Generally the hottest cores were 12-13 C higher than the coolest cores. Also, until delidding, cores #5 and #7 were always the…

Virtually all PCIe Gen5 SSDs released to date are relatively power-hungry and require a massive cooling system, effectively preventing their installation into compact desktops and notebooks. But Silicon Motion’s next-generation SM2508 SSD platform promises to change that and enable ultra-high-performance…

Introducing the Epomaker Shadow-X Mechanical Keyboard – a true revolution in the world of mechanical keyboards. With its innovative features and sleek design, this budget-friendly keyboard is set to capture the hearts of keyboard enthusiasts everywhere. Sleek Design and Optimal…

Decent Value If You Don’t Mind Missing A Few Bells And Whistles The MSI Z790-P PRO WiFi comes at an attractive price and offers some nice modern features such as 2.5GbE, USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C and up to 192GB…