Hardware

Source Nikkei article

DRAM contract prices surged 171.8% year-over-year as of the third quarter of 2025. The increase now exceeds the rate at which gold prices have climbed. ADATA chairman Chen Libai stated that the fourth quarter of 2025 will mark the beginning of a major DRAM bull market. He expects severe shortages to materialize in 2026.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/post/604584

EDIT: It seems that Tomshardware has misrepresented AMD’s statement in a more positive light.

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Intel might be the key to re-realizing the American dream of advanced chip production and packaging on U.S. soil. Under the Trump administration, the United States has been making significant efforts to establish leading-edge chip manufacturing domestically. Achieving this goal is challenging for several reasons. In the race for the most advanced silicon, only a few major veteran players remain: Intel, Samsung, and TSMC. Among these, Taiwan-based TSMC has consistently overcome obstacles to become the leader in the semiconductor industry. Through a strategic approach to semiconductor development, TSMC has excelled in both leading-edge node production and advanced chip packaging, enhancing performance.

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Technical debt is a real thing, as any IT manager, programmer, system administrator or SRE, or end user will tell you. If you save money in the short run by not keeping up, you always end up paying with interest when you are backed into a place where you do have to catch up. Or, you go out of business.

Intel is stuck on yesterday's tech while it waits for tomorrow's

In today’s review I will evaluate Cooler Master’s fresh air coolers, the V4 Alpha 3DHP and both versions of the Hyper 212 3DHP, black and ARGB. You will soon find out if CM’s new philoshophy, less is more, actually works in air coolers.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/51603899

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