AMD Ryzen 5 5500F review: Vermeer rides again for budget gaming PCs
AMD Ryzen 5 5500F review: Vermeer rides again for budget gaming PCs

After years with the Cezanne-based 5500, AMD has finally updated its $100 CPU to the 5500F in the Vermeer family, adding a 200 MHz boost in clock speed and a PCIe 4.0 upgrade.

Micron pulls the plug on future 4F² DRAM after two decades of research in dramatic shift
Micron pulls the plug on future 4F² DRAM after two decades of research in dramatic shift

Micron believes that more advanced process technologies will present more benefits in terms of DRAM bit density than smaller memory cells.

LTO roadmap extends to 365 TB per cartridge as tape storage refuses to die

Despite all odds, the AI boom is increasing relevance of tape storage as technology enables cheap storage with zero power consumption in idle and ultimate security with an air gap.

Best Buy has slashed $950 off this gorgeous Alienware 16X Aurora gaming laptop with OLED display
Best Buy has slashed $950 off this gorgeous Alienware 16X Aurora gaming laptop with OLED display

Save 33% on a new Alienware 16X Aurora gaming laptop at Best Buy. RTX 5070 graphics and a sharp OLED panel are highlights of this laptop build.

Save $238 on this 9800X3D combo deal with 32GB DDR5 that lets you start a 4K gaming PC build for just over $1,000
Save $238 on this 9800X3D combo deal with 32GB DDR5 that lets you start a 4K gaming PC build for just over $1,000

This Newegg combo deal combines the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB of fast DDR5 RAM, and a Gigabyte AM5 X870E motherboard for $1,029.99, saving you over $238 in total.

4TB Samsung 990 Pro M.2 SSD falls 27%, hits 20 cents per gigabyte
4TB Samsung 990 Pro M.2 SSD falls 27%, hits 20 cents per gigabyte

The 4TB Samsung 990 Pro has its astronomical AI-driven high price slashed by 27%.

FADU puts the filesystem inside the SSD’s flash to bypass host CPUs
FADU puts the filesystem inside the SSD’s flash to bypass host CPUs

FADU’s FS-SSD carries NFSv3 file operations inside NVMe commands, letting GPUs, DPUs, and NICs read files without a host file system.

AMD and Intel will work together to create a single PyTorch code path for AI inference on CPUs
AMD and Intel will work together to create a single PyTorch code path for AI inference on CPUs

AMD and Intel are working together to bring CPU inference optimizations for PyTorch under the unified oneDNN library.

Samsung and SK Hynix are upgrading Chinese factories to produce advanced RAM chips as AI data center competition ramps up
Samsung and SK Hynix are upgrading Chinese factories to produce advanced RAM chips as AI data center competition ramps up

Samsung and SK Hynix are reportedly upgrading their factories to produce more advanced RAM chips designed for AI data centers in an attempt to fend off competition from Chinese companies.

Micron’s Taiwan union will launch a one-day strike this week, threatening memory production
Micron’s Taiwan union will launch a one-day strike this week, threatening memory production

Micron’s Taiwan union is set to conduct a one-day strike at the company’s Taoyuan DRAM facility as workers demand bonuses for this year and transparent terms of bonuses for upcoming years.