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Production of DDR4 memory and motherboards is restarting amid unprecedented memory shortages — PC industry preparing for a world without DDR5

… Many of these products had been in end-of-life EOL status, so production lines had long ago shifted to other products. Now new manufacturing capacity will be dedicated to restoring those product families. …

Jun 4, 2026 · Paul Alcorn

Hardcore SpongeBob speedrunners smudged Xbox optical disks with sweat and grease to exploit 'lag clip' trick — filthy smeared disks cut gameplay times in ultimate pursuit of speed

… SHiFT discusses how the gunked-up game disc tactic was confirmed as a winning strategy, while not breaking any community guidelines. …

Jun 14, 2026 · Mark Tyson

Intel tells PC makers to adopt 18A CPUs or lose their supply, report claims — Intel 7 supply dries up, pressuring notebook and PC manufacturers in the US, China, and Taiwan

… Pushing more OEM volume through 18A gives Intel the high-volume production data it needs to bring those costs down faster. …

May 19, 2026 · Luke James

Intel says 'something has to give' with memory prices — company says it 'will continue to make sure that there are products which can take care of older memory technologies'

… Neelalojanan pointed to Raptor Lake and Wildcat Lake as products that address memory shortages currently, and said that the company will continue to support products on older memory standards as long as it makes sense. “We do have products that support DDR4 on both desktop and mobile. …

Jun 2, 2026 · Jake Roach

High-capacity HDD roadmap: the race to 100TB and zettabyte-scale storage — Toshiba, Seagate and WD outline three distinct strategies

… To that end, Toshiba's HDD roadmap is built around a conservative, step-by-step scaling strategy focused on flux-controlled microwave-assisted magnetic recording FC-MAMR with some HAMR-based HDDs due in 2026 – 2027 being test vehicles, rather than high-volume products. …

May 7, 2026 · Anton Shilov

SMI's PCIe 6.0 SSD controller for consumer SSDs coming next year, but severe NAND shortages will get even worse in 2027 as AI data centers swallow supply — An interview with Silicon Motion's SVP Nelson Duann

… Duann is responsible for product strategy, OEM engagement, and program execution across these segments. …

Jun 16, 2026 · Anton Shilov

White House reportedly considers mandatory government vetting of AI models before release — executive order under discussion

… Anthropic is running a sophisticated regulatory capture strategy based on fear-mongering. …

May 7, 2026 · Luke James

Why now is the best time to jump on the OLED monitor bandwagon — breaking down new-gen panel tech and our top burn-in prevention tips

… However, that premium is shrinking as production volume increases. …

May 18, 2026 · Brandon Hill

Intel Xeon 6+ Computex roundtable interview transcript — Kira Boyko and Tim Wilson on 18A wafer allocation, Clearwater Forest, and dropping hyper-threading

… Tim Wilson: Our intention is to have leadership products with every generation, and we fully intend to do that going forward. Our go-to-market strategy is to sit down with customers and ask what they value, then go build leadership that meets those needs. …