Memory stories
Memory makers are set to spend more than USD $50 billion on 300mm fab equipment in 2026 as AI demand drives HBM and DDR5 capacity.
Rising memory demand in AI and cloud systems could push operators to rethink costly DRAM-heavy builds after the acquisition.
Rising AI usage is pushing firms to split tasks between devices and cloud services, cutting latency and easing privacy and cost pressures.
The chip maker's desktop push could raise prices and force businesses to rethink upgrades around on-device AI, security and battery life.
Buyers across Europe are trading up to higher-spec refurbished notebooks, lifting revenue 10% even as unit sales stayed broadly flat.
AI data centre orders helped push worldwide silicon wafer shipments 13.1% higher in the first quarter, SEMI said.
The update could help developers keep longer projects moving by letting Codex handle desktop tasks, browser work and persistent context.
The update promises better software engineering and longer task handling for users, while keeping Claude Opus 4.7 at the same price.
Confluent upgrades its AI toolkit to link agents over live data streams and add multivariate anomaly detection for faster issue spotting.
IDC says a memory shortage will drive a record 12.9% drop in 2026 smartphone shipments, hitting low-cost Android makers hardest.
Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.6 with major coding and computer-use upgrades, keeping pricing flat at USD $3 and USD $15 per million tokens.
OpenAI rolls out Lockdown Mode and new Elevated Risk labels in ChatGPT to curb prompt injection attacks and tighten data safeguards.
Aerospike launches expression indexes to boost AI workload efficiency, cutting memory use and speeding queries in real-time NoSQL database applications.
Tray.ai launches Merlin Agent Builder 2.0, enhancing enterprise AI with smarter data, session memory, multi-LLM support, and seamless omnichannel deployment.
Vultr offers early access to AMD Instinct MI355X GPU, delivering powerful AI and HPC capabilities through its global cloud infrastructure from Q3 2024.
Shoppers now need to weigh battery life, portability and processing power more carefully as laptop options broaden in 2026.
Lexar will debut Argentina football-themed storage at Convergence India 2026, previewing new AFA portable SSDs for fans and creators.
Samsung keeps Southeast Asia lead as Apple jumps to third, but rising memory costs and a shift to pricier phones lift revenue above shipments.
AI data centre investment is starving Europe's PC market of key components, driving sharp RAM and SSD price rises into 2026.
Teenagers remember history better when they handwrite notes, with AI chatbots boosting curiosity but not matching pen-on-paper learning.
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