It's the calm before another storm: GPU prices look set to increase again
… However, according to a breakdown of the total cost of making a graphics card, certain GPUs are about to get a lot more expensive. …
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Team Group warns that increased costs in server memory could eventually impact consumer PCs
… While server product prices have already increased significantly, the general PC market is still relatively low at the moment. "However, demand for AI servers and general-purpose servers is very strong, and prices are actually rising at a rate of about 30% per quarter. …
You can now add the tiny ceramic capacitors in your computer to the list of things that AI has affected
… Thousands of MLCCs are required for just a single AI server board up to ten times more than a standard server , let alone the power supply units to operate a whole rack of them, and just as with memory, the demand for the tiny capacitors is so big that the industry as a whole has been struggling to… …
As consumer RAM prices soar, Micron unveils an eye-watering 256 GB of DDR5 AI server memory
… Sure, 16 GB of RAM is fine for most things I'd want to dive into, but the AI industry is playing a whole other ball game. Case in point, I am sweating just thinking about Micron's 256 GB DDR5 server module. …
A Morgan Stanley estimate says a single Nvidia Vera Rubin rack costs over $7.8 million
… Us PC gamers and indeed, electronics enthusiasts everywhere have been putting up with massive price increases for pretty much any component using a memory module, as AI servers hoover them all up and constrain consumer supply. …
Leaked new MSI Claw images hint at a handheld with some ROG Xbox Ally to it
… First look at the design of the new MSI CLAW 8 EX AI+: Alleged leaked promotional image from r/MSIClaw The Redditor who posted the image says, "The leak seems to originate from press images leaked through a Vietnamese media outlet, and I obtained it from the MSI Claw Discord server." According to m… …
Bytedance is planning to make its own CPUs to better support its AI pursuits
… As the AI industry reaches towards CPU-intensive 'inference', ByteDance's planned chip is intended to be deployed throughout its AI data centres and servers. This, in turn, will support ByteDance's agentic AI products, such as the company's development platform, Coze. …
Intel is reportedly 'struggling' to supply laptop CPUs based on its new 18A node
… Culpan claims Intel's relationship with TSMC may be "under strain" and that "TSMC’s capacity is notoriously tight right now, and Intel is unlikely to be high on the priority list." Another part of the puzzle is Intel's new server chip Clearwater Forest, branded as Xeon 6+. …
Older Intel desktop chips could be in short supply as PC builders forced to buy new 18A chips
… It's said the older Intel 7 node is increasingly being reserved for more profitable server chips and even Intel CPUs made in TSMC's fabs will be in short supply. Nikkei Asia says Intel's move is in response to "surging" demand for server CPUs thanks to good old AI. …
Turns out you can play Half-Life on a 2007 mobile phone now
… They are also looking to improve performance, improve single-player AI, and polish graphical details. …