Apple’s MacBook Air is facing supply constraints, as delivery estimates last up to a monthThe delivery delays are a direct result of the ongoing RAM crisisConsumers may have to look at Windows alternatives, as the RAM crisis gets worsePC hardware manufacturers can’t catch a break from the ongoing RAM crisis, and unfortunately, Apple arguably knows…
Computex live Q&AHave a question about the world’s biggest computing event? Let us know by commenting in our Computex 2026 live Q&A and we’ll put them to the team covering the show.I’ve been stalking the halls of Computex 2026, the huge computing-focused tech event that’s currently running in Taipei, Taiwan, in search of the best…
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Intel has detailed how it’s designed Wildcat Lake laptops to be affordableThis isn’t only about the Wildcat Lake processor itself, but the supporting componentsThese have been implemented in a cost-friendly way, leveraging phone chips and design elements, helping to further reduce the cost of productionIntel is talking up how laptops based on its new Wildcat…
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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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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AMD reveals its Ryzen AI 400 series at MWC 2026 as the successor to the Ryzen 8000G rangeThese chips have been refocused on AI, with an NPU that hits 50 TOPSIt means a desktop PC will qualify for Windows 11’s Copilot+ featuresOver at MWC 2026 AMD has revealed new Ryzen AI processors designed to bring…
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is installing a new supercomputer named Sunrise, which is specifically designed to support nuclear fusion research. Based on AMD Epyc and Instinct-powered Dell hardware, Sunrise achieves approximately 6 exaflops at at 8-bit precision. That means it is capable of running six quintillion floating point operations per second. While it is…
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NetApp has refreshed its E-Series line with two all-flash models – the EF50 and EF80 – aimed at artificial intelligence (AI) training, inferencing and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. The launch comes with a claimed performance boost of 2.5x for these E-Series arrays. E-Series has long been the speedy option in NetApp’s portfolio for applications that…
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