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More videosIntel tells PC makers to adopt 18A CPUs or lose their supply, report claims — Intel 7 supply dries up, pressuring notebook and PC manufacturers in the US, China, and Taiwan
… Counterpoint Research analyst Brady Wang said that demand continues to outpace supply, and that some of that pressure may be offset by weakening PC demand overall. Some in the industry expect a year-on-year decline of more than 15% as component costs rise. …
Oracle AI obsession could mean higher prices, worse support
… Advisors in Oracle negotiations said support levels are declining, while costs might increase as discounts disappear. …
Meta Has A New Linux Optimization To Avoid Throttling TCP Throughput Unnecessarily
… The resulting scan:reclaim ratio triggers socket pressure, throttling TCP throughput unnecessarily. Net allocations do not exceed order 3 PAGE ALLOC COSTLY ORDER , so high order reclaim difficulty should not trigger socket pressure. …
PlayStation 5 sees massive sales spike in the US, beating 2026 records so far as eager consumers rush to beat RAM crisis price hikes
… In the US, the base PS5 will retail for $649.99, and the PS5 Pro will be on sale for a staggering $899.99. These pressures are likely due to hardware shortages in the global market, triggered by the generative AI boom which has resulted in ample stress on component manufacturers. …
"It's a totally crazy market" – The seismic impact of the AI boom on video game hardware
… "Whether it's a smartwatch or a phone, it's all coming out of the same overall availability." Consumer cost We're now starting to see the price pressures faced by hardware manufacturers being passed onto consumers. …
Anthropic Claims Pentagon Feud Could Cost It Billions
… The revenue hit could keep growing if the Trump administration successfully pressures nonmilitary contractors to ditch Anthropic’s Claude AI, even though they are under no obligation to do so. …
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Sony announces major price hikes for PS5, PS5 Pro, and Portal as it blames "continued pressures in the global economic landscape"
… Sharing the news on the PlayStation Blog , Sony Interactive Entertainment's vice president of global marketing, Isabelle Tomatis, wrote, "With continued pressures in the global economic landscape, we've made the decision to increase the prices of PS5, PS5 Pro , and PlayStation Portal remote player … …
The global memory shortage: The hidden bottleneck behind the AI boom
… Memory is no longer a commodity or an interchangeable line item on a server spec sheet, it has become a strategic constraint. The ability to secure high‑performance DRAM and HBM now directly shapes who can scale AI deployments, how quickly they can bring new capabilities online and at what cost. …
Apple to drive OLED notebook growth in 2026 amid smartphone slowdown - 9to5Mac
… Flexible OLED smartphone panels are expected to remain flat YoY, revised down from the previous 2% growth forecast, while rigid OLED smartphone panels are expected to decline 15% YoY versus the prior forecast for flat growth.” As for OLED notebook PCs, Counterpoint expects Apple’s reportedly upcomi… …