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Chinese NAND maker YMTC is reportedly set to mass produce 9,600MT/s LPDDR5X memory

A report claims YMTC is starting 9,600MT/s LPDDR5X mass production using a 4F² cell structure, taking advantage of its Xtacking NAND flash tech.

GPU from stolen £370,000 Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 shipment spotted on secondhand market

Someone apparently tried to sell an Nvidia RTX 5090 from a stolen Brazilian shipment, but they forgot to hide the serial number.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 16GB reportedly discontinued, and replacement 24GB card could cost $2,999

Huge price increases for 16GB Nvidia graphics cards are described by Chinese tech industry sources at Board Channels, with the RTX 5070 Ti also affected.

AMD explains lack of new Ryzen 3 CPUs, says market size “isn’t that big”

AMD says there's not much of a market left for quad-core budget desktop CPUs any more, with laptops taking over that part of the industry.

AMD says Ryzen 7 5800X3D relaunch was “last gift” from CEO to AM4 PCs, not response to RAM crisis

Lisa Su intended the 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition to reward loyal AM4 users, rather than combat DDR5 price hikes.

Alienware pre-built PC reportedly locks AMD Ryzen CPU to its motherboard, preventing user upgrades

An Alienware Area 51 PC owner says that Dell locked their AMD CPU to only work with its motherboards, preventing it from working in DIY systems.

Microsoft debuts prepaid Xbox Cloud Gaming, starting at $3.99

Microsoft launches a dedicated game streaming tier that lets you buy as many cloud playtime hours as you want, without an expiration date.

I tested Advanced Shader Delivery on my Nvidia GPU, and Gears: E-Day now loads almost instantly

Game Ready driver 621.01 unlocks support for Advanced Shader Delivery across the Nvidia GeForce lineup, and we’re impressed by the results.

Intel Nova Lake laptop CPUs could top out at 28 cores

Intel Nova Lake mobile reportedly maxes out with the Core Ultra 9 4995HX, offering eight P-Cores, 16 E-Cores, and four LPE-Cores.