SK hynix breaks ground on the first HBM plant in the US, bringing key AI component production to the States — says production starts in 2029
SK hynix breaks ground on the first HBM plant in the US, bringing key AI component production to the States — says production starts in 2029

SK hynix breaks ground on HBM assembly plant in the U.S. that will form a connection between DRAM wafers produced in South Korea and their consumers among AI companies in the U.S.

Resurrected RTX 3060 12GB price jumps 45% in the two months since it was revived — 2021-era GPU now costs nearly $500 across most retailers

The RTX 3060 12GB was revived to offer consumers a budget GPU with a relatively large VRAM pool, but it has succumbed to the same fate as every other SKU like it. Launched at around $330, most variants now cost close to $500.

Nvidia custom ‘NVHBM’ promises 30% higher bandwidth, 15% lower power than commodity HBM4e — custom base die and PHY will be available to NVLink Fusion partners
Nvidia custom ‘NVHBM’ promises 30% higher bandwidth, 15% lower power than commodity HBM4e — custom base die and PHY will be available to NVLink Fusion partners

Nvidia has unveiled NVHBM, a custom high-bandwidth memory implementation that promises higher bandwidth and lower power for customers building chips within the NVLink Fusion partner program.

Save $260 on this high-end AM5 gaming combo from Newegg — just $1,345.99 buys a Ryzen 9 9950X3D, 32GB Corsair DDR5 RAM, MSI X870E Carbon Wifi motherboard, along with a free 240mm AIO and AMD game bundle
Save $260 on this high-end AM5 gaming combo from Newegg — just $1,345.99 buys a Ryzen 9 9950X3D, 32GB Corsair DDR5 RAM, MSI X870E Carbon Wifi motherboard, along with a free 240mm AIO and AMD game bundle

Newegg bundles the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, MSI X870E Carbon Wifi, and 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 for only $1,345.99 – a solid $259.99 off, plus a free 240mm AIO and AMD game bundle. A wicked deal for gamers and creators alike

Hot Chips 2026: Fujitsu’s Monaka CPU stacks its entire cache on a separate 5nm die and narrows to 256-bit SVE2 — 350W and 500W SKUs due in 2027
Hot Chips 2026: Fujitsu’s Monaka CPU stacks its entire cache on a separate 5nm die and narrows to 256-bit SVE2 — 350W and 500W SKUs due in 2027

Fujitsu gave us a detailed look at its 144-core Monaka server CPU at Hot Chips 2026 on August 24, confirming for the first time that the Arm chip runs dual 256-bit SVE2 vector units, down from the 512-bit SVE in its A64FX predecessor.

Hot Chips 2026: High Bandwidth Flash promises massive bandwidth and capacity, but its usability is extremely limited — new memory format strikes a balance between HBM and NAND flash
Hot Chips 2026: High Bandwidth Flash promises massive bandwidth and capacity, but its usability is extremely limited — new memory format strikes a balance between HBM and NAND flash

OXMIQ presented its High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) use-case scenarios at Hot Chips 2026, which dramatically narrow the circumstances under which HBF makes sense.

Crucial SSD owner offered $200 refund for 4TB drive now selling for over $500 — company finally caves to warranty demands after protracted back-and-forth

Micron initially told a customer that no replacement Crucial X9 4TB SSDs were available and offered a refund based on last year’s purchase price, but a firm pushback ultimately resulted in a replacement.