DDR5 RAM prices appear to be dropping in EuropePrice tags have eased by around 10% to 15%, albeit that evidence is a limited snapshot of the marketOn the downside, Chinese RAM — which some hoped would be an affordable alternative — isn’t looking so goodThere’s a hopeful sign that RAM prices might be finally dropping…
Solarseven/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you’re a millennial or older, you probably remember that before the minimalistic modern laptops and PCs we enjoy today, older computers came with quite a number of accessories. These weren’t just gimmicks, but essential parts that made computers tick at the time.…
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Lenovo has warned its partners of March price hikes for select productsThe price hikes are a result of the ongoing RAM crisisLenovo is yet another company to be hit by the RAM crisis in 2026The RAM crisis is spiraling out of control, with multiple PC hardware manufacturers, companies, and resellers forced to implement price hikes…
As part of its 50 point artificial intelligence (AI) opportunities action plan, the UK government announced that the country’s first AI supercomputer is being established to support Culham Campus in Oxfordshire, the site of the UK’s first AI growth zone. The government is investing £45m into a 1.4MW supercomputer named Sunrise, a key first step…
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Market data from analyst IDC has shown that SuperMicro has leapfrogged established server makers Lenovo and HPE as the second-largest PC server maker behind Dell. SuperMicro experienced growth of almost 134% for the fourth quarter of 2025 with revenue of $11.7bn, which means it accounts for over 9% of the global server market. Dell was…
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In July 2024, we listened to the Labour government’s first King’s Speech. It contained a single line almost imperceptibly nodding towards something on artificial intelligence (AI). The government said it would “seek to establish the appropriate legislation to place requirements on those working to develop the most powerful artificial intelligence models”. Some 20 months later…
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New rumor suggests laptops with Nvidia’s new CPUs could arrive in the first half of 2026These are the long-rumored N1 and N1X processors, which are Arm-basedThere’ll be notebooks from Dell and Lenovo, plus other vendors, tooIf you’re wondering when laptops will start shipping with Nvidia’s new Arm CPU inside, the latest rumor suggests the initial…
Everpure has announced Evergreen One for AI, a performance-backed consumption model for artificial intelligence (AI) that extends to use of its FlashBlade//Exa high-performance storage. Meanwhile, the company – known as Pure Storage until recently – has announced the beta release of its Datastream automated AI pipeline appliance. Evergreen One for AI differs from existing flexible…
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A couple of new job adverts from Nvidia have been spotted They are for software engineers to work on Nvidia GPU drivers in LinuxIt’s a hint that Nvidia is getting more serious about making Linux a better alternative for PC gamers — though there’s speculation it could be about something else, tooThere are some exciting…
Micron has unveiled faster new GDDR7 video memoryIt runs at 36Gbps compared to 32Gbps for the initial incarnation of GDDR7This memory also comes in 3GB modules rather than 2GB, which is an important step forward for graphics card VRAM capacityMicron has released a new type of GDDR7 memory for graphics cards, which is the firm’s…
