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Exceleram’s VP of Product, Steffen Eisenstein, has shared a detailed breakdown of the ongoing RAM shortage, warning that the industry is still only at the beginning of the crisis. According to Eisenstein, the AI boom has pushed memory inventories to their limits, and securing DRAM has become harder than ever.

Eisenstein says the situation began far earlier than many realised. “For us as a RAM manufacturer, the crisis began as early as the fourth quarter of 2025,” he explains. “In October last year, we saw DRAM prices rise sharply for the first time, the price jumps at the time were already extreme.” As partners recognised the looming shortage, Exceleram saw larger orders and depleted inventories while new DRAM became increasingly expensive.

Even for long‑standing manufacturers, the current environment is unusual. “It has never been this difficult to secure DRAM,” Eisenstein says. Major suppliers saw record stock‑market gains, and in December 2025, Micron officially withdrew from the consumer RAM and SSD market. Meanwhile, medium‑sized companies struggled to keep PC assembly profitable. “High RAM prices are making cost calculations difficult,” he notes, with some partners abandoning the segment entirely.

By early 2026, analysts and media outlets were openly referring to a “memory crisis”. Exceleram’s inventories were empty, production costs were high, and demand collapsed. “We even canceled our Computex booth because under these circumstances, it did not make sense to find new resellers,” Eisenstein says. Supply delays followed, and while production continued for existing partners, sales dropped sharply.

Demand began to recover slightly in Q2 and Q3, but the underlying issues remained. Eisenstein recalls a conversation with a journalist who told him: “People have accepted that RAM has become more expensive and is not going to get cheaper again.” Even so, he warns that high prices have led to lower demand and tighter competition, with margins far smaller than they appear.

The most concerning development, according to Eisenstein, is that the crisis is still escalating. “In some cases, we have not received any offers for the chips we need for weeks,” he writes, adding that supply security is deteriorating to the point where it is slowing down the development of new consumer hardware. “That is the uncomfortable truth: The RAM crisis is far from over. It may have only just begun.”

KitGuru Says: Anyone who was hoping for the PC hardware market to bounce back in 2027 may end up being disappointed. If Exceleram are right on this, then things could continue to get worse until new production lines open up to increase capacity, but this is a process that takes a lot of time and money. 

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Razer has introduced the Clio X, a wireless speaker head cushion designed to bring rear‑channel audio to most high‑back gaming and office chairs. First shown at PAX West 2026, the accessory combines THX Spatial Audio with Razer HyperSpeed 2.4GHz wireless to deliver headset‑free virtual surround sound.

The Clio X uses a near‑field speaker design with two 38mm full‑range drivers and 55mm passive radiators, angled toward the user to provide focused rear audio. THX Spatial Audio supports acoustic‑widening modes to create a broader, more natural soundstage for games, films and music, offering additional depth without requiring anything worn on the head.

Razer’s HyperSpeed 2.4GHz wireless handles low‑latency audio transmission, freeing the cushion from PC or console cabling. The Clio X can be powered by any USB‑C PD 2.0 power bank (sold separately), with Razer quoting up to 40 hours of use depending on capacity and usage. A built‑in USB‑C cable is stored inside a rear pouch for those who prefer a wired setup or need direct power. The cushion itself uses plush foam and an adjustable 30–65cm nylon strap, allowing it to fit most high‑back gaming and office chairs.

The Clio X can operate as a standalone speaker for headset‑free gaming, or it can be paired in Surround Mode with a soundbar or 2.0/2.1 speaker system to act as dedicated rear channels.

The Razer Clio X is available now for £109.99 / $109.99 / €109.99.

KitGuru Says: If you have a soundbar already, this could be a handy addition to create a true surround sound effect, rather than relying purely on virtual surround technology. 

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Nvidia is making another major acquisition. This week, the company announced plans to acquire the Hugging Face platform, which has gone on to be used by millions of AI projects around the world.

The deal will see Nvidia buying Hugging Face for a price of $12,930,300,000. Currently, Hugging Face is home to millions of AI models, hundreds of thousands of datasets and more than one-million apps. The platform has over 18 million registered developers, and is used by more than 200,000 companies.

After the acquisition, Nvidia says Hugging Face will remain an open platform for the AI ecosystem. Developers will still choose the models they want, the frameworks they want, the clouds and inference service providers they want and the computing platforms they want. NVIDIA compute will not be required to build on or deploy through Hugging Face.

Nvidia is already one of Hugging Face’s largest contributors, with more than 500 models and over 250 datasets published on the platform. The company says the acquisition will allow Hugging Face to operate at greater scale, improving reliability, safety and model evaluation while maintaining the open ecosystem that has made the service widely adopted across the AI community.

KitGuru Says: Do you think this will be a good acquisition for Hugging Face, or would you prefer to see them kept independent?

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Fritz! returned to IFA this year with a major refresh of its router lineup. Alongside a redesigned flagship model, the company is expanding its fiber, 5G and Wi‑Fi 7 offerings, while also rolling out new smart home devices and a substantial FRITZ!OS update.

The headline product is the Fritz!Box DSL/Fiber 7‑90, a new all‑in‑one router that supports both DSL and fiber (GPON/AON), includes tri‑band Wi‑Fi 7 rated up to 12.2 Gbit/s, multi‑gigabit LAN/WAN, and integrates DECT and Zigbee for smart home control.

The 7‑90 is joined by several new models across Fritz!’s wider portfolio. For fiber users, the Fritz!Box 5630 XGS arrives as a compact XGS‑PON router capable of up to 10 Gbit/s, sitting alongside existing GPON/AON options like the 5690 Pro and 5690. On the mobile side, the new Fritz!Box 6835 5G offers dual‑band Wi‑Fi 7, 5G speeds up to 2 Gbit/s, eSIM support and USB‑C power.

Mesh Wi‑Fi also gets an upgrade with the Fritz!Repeater 6700 Pro, a quad‑band Wi‑Fi 7 repeater capable of delivering up to 18 Gbit/s across 6 GHz, dual 5 GHz radios and 2.4 GHz. It includes both 10‑Gbit/s and 2.5‑Gbit/s LAN ports for wired backhaul or high‑speed device connections.

Fritz! is also expanding its smart home lineup. The Fritz!Smart Energy 201 smart plug launches in October with energy monitoring and Matter compatibility via the Fritz!Box 5690 Pro. The new Fritz!Smart Thermo 303 radiator controller follows shortly after, offering adaptive heating, open‑window detection and integration with existing Fritz! systems.

All of this ties into FRITZ!OS 8.50, which introduces DNS filtering, improved traffic prioritisation, expanded failover options and a new “Simple Mode” for Fritz!Fon. The MyFRITZ!App also gains diagnostic tools, optimisation tips and easier access to support features.

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MSI has begun shipping the XpertStation WS300, a deskside AI system built on NVIDIA’s DGX Station architecture and powered by the new Grace Blackwell Ultra Desktop Superchip.

The WS300 is aimed at organisations building and deploying large AI models locally rather than relying on cloud computing. The system pairs NVIDIA’s GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra chip with up to 748GB of memory, allowing larger foundation models to remain resident without constant CPU‑GPU data movement. The system can even be paired with a second WS300 via NVIDIA’s ConnectX‑8 SuperNICs, allowing the two units to operate as a clustered AI workstation.

The WS300 is designed for enterprise AI development, fine‑tuning and multimodal inference, which is becoming more important now as many companies are looking to move towards local infrastructure and reduce reliance on cloud providers.

While the WS300 is not a consumer product, it marks another step in the rollout of Grace Blackwell hardware beyond data centres. The system is now available through ASI, D&H and Newegg for enterprise customers.

KitGuru Says: Nvidia has made a fortune selling AI hardware to datacentres. Now, the market is expanding to give companies more direct control over the hardware, reducing the need to constantly rely on cloud computing providers, and paving the way for higher security for the enterprises that need it.