Colorful’s New X870E Motherboard Costs $283 and Supports DDR5-8400
Colorful launched the iGame X870E Ultra-S V14 motherboard at $283, featuring 19 power phases, five M.2 slots, WiFi 7, dual USB4 ports, and support for DDR5-8400+ memory speeds. The company recently demonstrated 6600 MT/s memory speed at CL28 timing using…
Michael Dell: Memory Chip Shortage Will Get Worse in 2027 Despite $95B AI Server Backlog
Dell CEO Michael Dell warns that shortages of HBM and DRAM memory chips will worsen in 2027, even as the company sits on a record $95 billion backlog of AI and enterprise server orders. Dell has adopted operational strategies to limit working-capital…
MSI’s Limited-Edition RTX 5080 Gets a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Makeover
MSI has unveiled a limited-edition GeForce RTX 5080 16G COD MW4 Edition OC graphics card featuring a custom Call of Duty-themed shroud and backplate, made in collaboration with Activision ahead of Modern Warfare 4's October 23rd launch.
AMD’s Helion Reference Design Packs Up to 32,768 Zen 6 Cores for AI Servers
At the OCP Global Summit, AMD unveiled Helion, a rack-scale reference design for agentic AI that can pack up to 32,768 Zen 6 'Venice' CPU cores. The rack design will ship next year in both CPU-only and all-in-one configurations.
US Arrests Tech CEO Over Alleged $300M Nvidia Chip Smuggling to China
US authorities have arrested a technology company CEO accused of smuggling roughly $300 million worth of Nvidia chips into China. The case adds to a run of arrests tied to Nvidia's ongoing chip-smuggling problem.
Nvidia to Launch DLSS 5 for RTX 50-Series GPUs on September 3
Nvidia is officially launching DLSS 5 this week, bringing its latest AI upscaling technology to RTX 50-series desktop and laptop GPUs.
China’s CXMT to Begin LPDDR6 RAM Mass Production in September
Chinese memory maker CXMT is reportedly starting mass production of LPDDR6 RAM next month, potentially beating global rivals to market. The next-generation memory is expected to debut in the Xiaomi 18 Fold, though initial production volumes may be…
Memory Costs for Mid-Range Phones Now Surpass Premium Chipset Prices
New estimates suggest that the combined cost of DRAM and NAND flash has surged by 340% over the past year, now exceeding the price of high-end mobile processors.
Nvidia Details Groq 3 LPX Architecture and First Third-Party Benchmarks
At Hot Chips 2026, Nvidia's VP of hardware Igor Arsovski detailed the Groq 3 LPX rack architecture and shared the first third-party inference benchmarks. The company confirmed that LP30-based racks are already in production.
NVIDIA Launches DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction for RTX Remix and New Titles
NVIDIA has officially released DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, featuring 2nd Generation Transformer models for improved visual quality in path-traced games. The update is coming to 007 First Light and Control Resonant, and is now supported in the RTX Remix…