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Lexar Thor Ultra PCIe 5.0 SSDs: What to Watch
Lexar’s reported Thor Ultra launch would extend its PCIe 5.0 storage strategy, but platform support, cooling and sustained performance will determine its practical appeal.
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HBM Shipments Put Focus on Intel’s Malaysia Ramp
A reported rise in high-bandwidth-memory shipments to Malaysia is consistent with Intel preparing to expand advanced packaging in Penang, but the available trade signals do not establish that Project Pelican is the destination.
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Steam Frame Launch Speculation Builds, Date Still Unknown
A developer’s plan to release a game alongside Valve’s Steam Frame has renewed expectations of an imminent launch, but the headset still lacks an official date, price or ordering details.
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Nvidia Reportedly Secures TSMC A16 for Feynman GPUs
Reports that Nvidia has reserved TSMC’s A16 process for its 2028 Feynman generation underline how power delivery, packaging capacity and supply commitments are becoming central to AI-chip competition.
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Intel’s Diamond Rapids: What the 256-Core Report Means
Intel has confirmed that its Diamond Rapids Xeon generation will arrive in 2027, but the reported 256-core flagship remains unannounced and should be treated as a roadmap claim rather than a product specification.
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TSMC Reports 98% Yield for 5.5-Reticle CoWoS-L
TSMC’s reported yield above 98% for its 5.5-reticle CoWoS-L packaging signals that exceptionally large AI packages are becoming manufacturable at scale, although the company’s longer-term roadmap still carries substantial execution risk.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon C Targets $300 Windows Laptops
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon C aims to bring Arm-based Windows laptops to the $300-and-up tier, but its headline benchmark advantage over Intel’s N250 remains a vendor claim awaiting independent tests.
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GeForce RTX 50 Prices Average 64% Above MSRP
A snapshot of US Newegg listings suggests that typical prices for Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 50-series cards have moved far above launch MSRPs, although the scale of the increase depends heavily on the metric used.
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Google Launches Pixel 11, Watch 5 and Pixel Tag
Google has expanded its Pixel hardware portfolio with the Pixel 11 phone family, Pixel Watch 5 and its first item tracker, Pixel Tag, placing AI features and ecosystem integration at the centre of the update.
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CXMT’s Reported DDR5 Yield Gain: What It Means
A report that CXMT has pushed DDR5 manufacturing yield above 90% would mark a notable operational milestone, but it does not by itself prove parity with the established DRAM leaders.
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Kioxia and Sandisk Push QLC Flash Density Higher
Kioxia and Sandisk’s latest QLC NAND announcement signals how flash makers are trying to combine extreme capacity with higher throughput and lower power for AI-era data centres.
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SK hynix Reportedly Revives Dalian NAND Expansion
SK hynix is reportedly reviving an expansion at its Dalian NAND plant, but the reported 2027 increase should be viewed as a capacity target rather than a confirmed 50% rise in all of the company’s Chinese flash output.