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Motherboard sales 'collapse' by more than 25% as chipmakers strangle enthusiast PC market to build more AI chips — Asus projected to sell 5 million fewer boards than 2025, Gigabyte, MSI, and ASRock also expected to see reduced sales numbers

…Those shortages are being exacerbated by chipmakers like Nvidia, Intel, and AMD, which have reduced production of consumer chips so they can manufacture more AI processors. The AI infrastructure buildout is also…

May 7, 2026 · Jowi Morales

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Industry coalition urges Trump administration to take urgent action as AI data centers' extreme memory consumption threatens other industries — AI-driven memory chip shortage could raise prices in automotive, medical, telecommunications sectors

…In a June 3 letter sent to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shared with Tom's Hardware , the organizations — representing telecommunications providers, automakers, medical device manufacturers, and…

Jun 5, 2026 · Etiido Uko
tomshardware.com › pc-components › storage

Laser-driven spintronic memory device switches 1,000 times faster than DRAM —non-volatile device switches in 40 picoseconds while generating almost no heat

Manufacturing scalability, endurance validation, cost competitiveness, and integration with existing CMOS manufacturing processes also remain unresolved. The history of computing is full of promising "next-generation memory" technologies that never displaced mature…

May 20, 2026 · Etiido Uko
tomshardware.com › tech-industry › semiconductors

Huawei claims sanctions-busting breakthrough with 1.4nm-class chips by 2031, claims 55% higher transistor density — firm claims new LogicFolding chip architecture can bypass EUV restrictions, introduces 'Tau Scaling Law' to replace Moore's Law

…It allows the company to develop high-performance smartphones and AI processors without relying on restricted Western manufacturing equipment like extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines. Delivering a keynote address at the symposium…

May 25, 2026 · Etiido Uko