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Micron's Virginia fab begins producing America's most advanced DRAM memory — fab expansion to quadruple output, easing DDR4 shortage for automotive and defense sectors

… Go deeper with TH Premium: Memory AI data centers are swallowing the world's memory and storage supply The future of DRAM: From DDR5 to future ICs High-bandwidth memory roadmap Here's why HBM is coming for your PC's RAM The 1α process node , which Micron first brought to volume production at its Ta… …

May 23, 2026 · Luke James

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tomshardware.com › laptops › gaming-laptops

Acer unveils its first Ryzen 9 9955X3D gaming laptop — refreshed Nitro 16 joins new Predator Helios 18 AI and streaming-only Nitro Blaze Link handheld

… The Predator Helios 18 AI is naturally Acer’s flagship device this year, packing top-level specs from Nvidia and Intel. Outside of the main compute, the laptop supports up to 256GB of DDR5 memory no word on speeds yet , as well as 6 TB of storage, including three PCIe 5.0 NVMe slots. …

May 29, 2026 · Jake Roach
tomshardware.com › tech-industry › semiconductors

Intel, SK hynix shares surge following reports of chip packaging partnership — SK is said to be testing Intel's 2.5D EMIB for HBM integration

… Go deeper with TH Premium: Memory AI data centers are swallowing the world's memory and storage supply The future of DRAM: From DDR5 to future ICs High-bandwidth memory roadmap Here's why HBM is coming for your PC's RAM EMIB connects multiple semiconductor dies using small silicon bridges embedded … …

May 11, 2026 · Luke James
tomshardware.com › pc-components › ssds

Fake Samsung SSD spotting comes to CrystalDiskInfo as AI crunch drives sophisticated counterfeit market — free open-source software can flag clones by checking firmware, PCI Vendor ID

… Go deeper with TH Premium: AI shortages AI data centers are swallowing the world's memory and storage supply Chip scarcity assaults auto industry amid the worsening Nexperia and DRAM crisis Samsung and SK hynix shorten memory contracts as pricing power shifts back to suppliers Memory makers are set… …

May 19, 2026 · Zhiye Liu
tomshardware.com › tech-industry › semiconductors

SK hynix unveils 'iHBM' thermal architecture that cools AI memory at the source — integrated cooling elements inside HBM interface cut thermal resistance by 30%, target next-gen HBM5 accelerators and dense AI data centers

… SK hynix says the result is an over 30% reduction in thermal resistance, “ensuring stable operating characteristics even in high-temperature and high-load environments.” Go deeper with TH Premium: Memory AI data centers are swallowing the world's memory and storage supply The future of DRAM: From D… …

May 26, 2026 · Etiido Uko
tomshardware.com › video-games › handheld-gaming

Anbernic's retro gaming handhelds are quietly losing RAM capacity and being downgraded to older LPDDR3 memory — company says 1GB capacity is still the standard, 512MB models 'an unexpected error'

… However, the company says that the standard memory capacity for the device remains 1GB and that this is an "unexpected error." Go deeper with TH Premium: AI shortages AI data centers are swallowing the world's memory and storage supply Chip scarcity assaults auto industry amid the worsening Nexperi… …

May 29, 2026 · Zhiye Liu