The DRAM shortage has certainly forced a myriad of companies to contemplate their uncertain future, but Apple doesn’t appear to be on this list. Earlier, we reported that the iPhone maker was facing a supply chain migraine of epic proportions, where TSMC was sitting on a whopping $1 billion worth of A20 Pro supply because of inadequate DRAM supply. Fortunately for Apple, an analyst believes these claims are nothing but hot air and that Apple’s and TSMC’s tightly integrated and efficient operations are being severely underestimated. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes Apple has planned its 2nm chipset production schedule at least three months in advance, […]

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As the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max face a possible price hike, Apple has reportedly faced yet another setback amid the DRAM crisis: the cancellation of its highly ambitious iPhone 20 release. According to analysts, the next-generation device couldn’t be mass-produced in higher quantities without introducing production defects. Achieving such a complicated design would be accompanied by a massive price increase, especially considering the iPhone 20’s low yields Research firm Jefferies states below that the cancellation of the iPhone 20 means Apple won’t have a high-margin product to provide it with a sufficient financial cushion as memory costs […]

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Apple’s Liquid Glass UI could be the next aesthetic change to copy, particularly that transparency slider, but Microsoft doesn’t wish to adopt this approach. According to an executive, Windows 11 won’t offer additional options for users to tweak the appearance of the operating system with customization tools, and provides his reasoning for that. Fortunately, he hasn’t denied that such a release won’t happen. Third-party tools are available to enable customization on Windows 11, which could be why Microsoft doesn’t want to bring the transparency slider The software giant’s Partner Director of Design, Mark Rogers, was pinged by Emrah on X […]

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Companies such as Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron have chosen to prioritize AI customers because they can place mammoth-sized DRAM orders, pushing Apple into a corner as it strategizes how to overcome this supply chain headache. While CXMT was previously reported to be a beacon of hope, the Chinese memory maker is facing a string of problems, suggesting that even as Apple tests the manufacturer’s DRAM in its products, the deal may not progress further. Even if Apple receives the Trump Administration’s blessing to procure CXMT’s DRAM shipments, the Chinese firm needs to solve its production problems Testing CXMT DRAM […]

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The 1.4nm process was previously reported to be progressing smoothly, with TSMC seemingly facing zero obstacles. However, the semiconductor giant wasn’t experiencing technical difficulties, but its plans to secure the necessary real estate were stalled due to protests from landowners. Fortunately, this little distraction is no longer a problem, as the latest report states that TSMC has secured the land for two 1.4nm plants and one panel-level advanced packaging facility. Pilot production for the 1.4nm process is said to kick off as early as H2 2027; the majority of the land for the plants was owned by the locals The […]

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The arrival of the MacBook Neo has ushered in a wave of affordable Windows 11 notebooks. First, it was Dell’s XPS 13, and now, we have Acer, which is quietly taking pre-orders for the Aspire Go 15, its affordable offering that’s powered by none other than Qualcomm’s Snapdragon C. It also packs the same RAM count as the MacBook Neo, and its listing price is much lower than the latter. At £499, Acer’s Aspire Go 15 is indeed affordable, but there are trade-offs too when comparing it to the MacBook Neo Alongside the 8-core Snapdragon C, the Aspire Go 15 features 8GB […]

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A gaming laptop with a vapor chamber will often deliver superior thermals compared to a machine outfitted with a traditional heatpipe solution, assuming it has been designed correctly. With Razer, a Blade 18 owner reveals that this pricey purchase stopped throwing hot air from the vents, with condensation showing around the vapor chamber, indicating that the cooler had broken. Upon further investigation, it’s revealed that these gaming laptops ship with a major flaw that Razer hasn’t addressed. The vapor chamber “fill port” seal often breaks on Razer Blade gaming laptops, causing the cooler to break down completely There have been […]

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A seismic shift in the DRAM industry has enabled major players like Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron to move away from their volatile and razor-thin margins and enforce a more stable business model that involves locking in long-term supply contracts and strict price floors through 2030. One analysis reveals that these manufacturers are sitting on $38 billion worth of deals, holding immense leverage over customers, but this position of power won’t last forever. Samsung, Micron, and SK hynix have set up a financial position that won’t last forever as time moves on The DRAM supply to a multitude of customers […]

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Windows 11 and its apps being RAM guzzlers isn’t a surprising revelation, but Microsoft has committed to making the OS as efficient as possible for systems housing 8GB of RAM. Unfortunately, that progress is yet to be witnessed as the company’s Weather app can consume a chock-full of memory. This is exceptionally frustrating for those who are trying to find ways to make Windows 11 work with a minimum amount of RAM or those who don’t know their way around the platform. The Weather app in macOS consumes five times less memory and isn’t riddled with ads, Windows 11's app […]

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As AI customers race away with DRAM orders to fuel the ongoing crisis, customers and companies alike would adopt smarter ways to preserve existing computers and hardware so that they would be put to better use instead of landing in an e-waste pile. However, a former employee claims that a technology company he worked for isn’t following any of these procedures and is destroying highly capable MacBook Pro models equipped with 48GB of unified memory. More than 100 M4 MacBook Pro models with a large unified RAM count are being destroyed, when donating is a better option Getting rid of […]

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Prior to NVIDIA’s official announcement of the RTX Spark, the chip named N1X showcased some disappointing single-core and multi-core scores on Geekbench 6, failing to beat Apple’s older-generation M3 Max. Fortunately, a fresh leak shows some improvements from the ARM-based silicon, as it’s managed to narrow the multi-core performance gap with Apple’s 14-core M4 Max. Two RTX Spark laptops tested running Geekbench 7 were operating at the “Balanced” power profile, with the 18-core version slightly slower than the 20-core one Two machines with 64GB of unified memory have been spotted on the Geekbench 7 database, with one of the models, […]

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One RTX 4090 owner should consider himself lucky that he chose ZOTAC because never once did the U.S. RMA team refuse an accommodation to entertain a warranty claim. In fact, this person is now the proud owner of an RTX 5090 after the older flagship GPU was sent for RMA four times. Looking at this incident, other companies should take lessons on how to retain loyal customers, especially during the DRAM shortage. Older RTX 4090 was riddled with BSODs, prompting ZOTAC to send him an RTX 5090 NVIDIA’s previous-generation consumer-grade GPU king, the RTX 4090, is still a solid performer […]

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The DRAM shortage isn’t the only event that’s forcing Microsoft to dive deep into making Windows 11 more RAM efficient for 8GB systems, as an analyst provides his thoughts on the company’s change. Apparently, it was the MacBook Neo that served as the primary reason for this shift. Well, when people clamor that competition always favors the consumer, they are right about something. MacBook Neo isn’t believed to be limited by its 8GB unified RAM, unlike the case with Windows 11 machines running the same memory Despite Apple’s price hike, the MacBook Neo is still considered to be a value-focused product, with […]

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It’s well-documented that when an RTX 5090 is running at full tilt, it can end up melting the 12VHPWR connector due to its wattage-guzzling attributes. As powerful as it might be to deliver record-high framerates, this is one major trade-off that gamers have to watch out for. Fearing that the same fate will befall his GPU, one user has developed an open-source tool that automatically shuts down the PC if it detects that the graphics card is drawing too much juice. Open-source software only works with ASUS’ Astral lineup since these GPUs feature a per-pin current sensor Whether or not other […]

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Windows 11 will always benefit from having more memory, but the ongoing DRAM crisis forced Microsoft to make some amendments to its previous statements, such as 32GB being ideal for serious users. With these claims removed, the software giant can now focus on what’s important for the millions of users who have gravitated to the latest OS: RAM optimizations. Running Windows 11 fluidly requires users to have as much RAM as possible, but Microsoft is looking to change this The details mentioned by Microsoft used to be available on the company’s Learning Center homepage. However, that material has now been removed, […]

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Apple’s macOS Tahoe introduces native support for MetalFX Frame Interpolation, but when it comes to adopting the technology in older and newer titles, that’s still a dream that we haven’t woken up from. Fortunately, an independent developer has taken matters into his own hands through Adrenaline, his own frame generation tool for the Mac. However, to say that this is a polished release would be far from the truth, as the use of AMD’s FSR 1 makes the experience less than stellar. The plus point of using Adrenaline for generating frames on a Mac is that it doesn’t require modifying […]

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NVIDIA showcased its RTX Neural Texture Compression (NTC) technique back in 2023, and once again in H1 2026, revealing that VRAM usage can be reduced by an impressive 85 percent. Now, the SDK that was available for developers on Windows 11 has made its way to the ARM64 platform because NVIDIA’s RTX Spark and several notebook families powered by this SoC are expected to arrive later this year. Despite NTC being available to developers, no game is currently supporting this technique, and there is no word on whether RTX Spark could change this Windows 11 ARM64 supporting RTX Neural Texture Compression […]

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The switch to the LPCAMM2 form factor has allowed companies like Framework to introduce modular memory that not only consumes less power but delivers increased speeds without worrying about getting a soldered package. However, that modularity comes at a price when compared to the M5 MacBook Pro, which relies on soldered RAM but boasts 39 percent faster bandwidth, leading to a performance disparity in various AI workloads. The LPCAMM2 module in the Framework Laptop 13 Pro runs at 7,467MT/s, leading to a drastic difference in AI performance compared to the M5 MacBook Pro Just because the Framework Laptop 13 Pro […]

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As AI accelerators face severe performance disparity between High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) and SSDs, SK hynix and SanDisk have collectively introduced a solution that aims to resolve the performance gap with a new standard called High Bandwidth Flash (HBF). Both memory manufacturers aim to create an ecosystem where various enterprises can develop compatible products. HBF specifications allow for up to 512GB in a single configuration that stacks NAND dies in eight or 16 layers In a nutshell, HBF possesses attributes that allow it to be positioned between HBM and enterprise SSDs. Similar to HBM, HBF relies on multiple memory dies […]

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