Hardware Is Hot Again At The 2026 IEEE Hot Chips Conference

The 2026 Hot Chips Conference showed ways to expand HBM technology, including Samsung’s zHBM as well as other AI memory devices such as D-Matrix’s 3D DRAM.

CXL Growth Shown At The 2026 FMS Conference

The 2026 FMS showed growing adoption of CXL for memory expansion and memory pooling with projections of significant growth in adoption over the next few years.

High Bandwidth Flash Advances At The 2026 FMS Conference

SK hynix and Sandisk showed their new DRAM & NAND products and announced the initial HBF specification and roadmap at the 2026 FMS Conference.

HDD Industry Revenue Could Top $30B In 2026

2026 TMRC presentations show 8TB per disk HDDs in the laboratory. Due to the imbalance of HDD supply and demand, HDD revenues could exceed $35$ in 2026.

AI Is Needed To Make Semiconductor Engineering Work More Productive

Agentic AI is fundamentally changing how engineers approach design and verification. The ability to effectively use these tools will be a requirement in this industry.

Solid Growth For Digital Storage In Media And Entertainment

Digital storage and memory vendors are creating new storage products to meet the needs of video professionals so they have the tools they need to express their visions.

Trump’s Tariff Revenue Turns Negative Due To Refunds

The Trump administration had to return three quarters of its tariff revenue collected as of February, but still renewed global tariffs of 10-12.5% on yet another legal basis.

Kimi K3 And The Shifting AI Moat: What Businesses Should Know

Business implications from the Kimi K3 announcement. Geopolitical shifts, multi-vendor strategies, AI tokenomics, and the need for ROI prioritization and judgement.

AI Storage & Memory From Backblaze, CoreWeave, Panmnesia, Vast And Cloudera

AI storage announcements by Backblaze, CoreWeave, Panmnesia and Meta, as well as Cloudera and Vast provide data where it is needed in the AI workflow.

AI Storage And Memory From Backblaze, CoreWeave, Panmnesia, Vast And Cloudera

AI storage announcements by Backblaze, CoreWeave, Panmnesia and Meta, as well as Cloudera and Vast provide data where it is needed in the AI workflow.