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Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron are being sued for alleged DRAM price fixing and collusion
A new federal lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California claims Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron Technology are price fixing memory.
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Kosta Andreadis
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Published Jun 30, 2026 1:59 AM CDT
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TL;DR: Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron Technol
2026-06-30
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South Korea is investing $520 billion in Samsung and SK Hynix to build more HBM fabs for AI
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has announced a $520 billion USD public and private investment for Samsung and SK Hynix to build more HBM fabs.
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Kosta Andreadis
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Published Jun 30, 2026 1:31 AM CDT
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TL;DR: South Korea is investing $520 billio
2026-06-27
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2026-06-27
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Micron has signed agreements locking in record-high memory prices with major customers through 2030
Micron has locked in 16 non-cancellable agreements through 2030 with $22 billion in deposits, and the RAMpocalypse, it seems, has a five-year contract.
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Hassam Nasir
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Published Jun 26, 2026 6:40 PM CDT
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TL;DR: Micron has secured 16 non-cancellable agr
2026-06-27
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Valve engineers claim release cadence for future Steam Machine versions will be shorter than the Steam Deck
Valve engineers claim that the release cycle between the Steam Machine and the Steam Machine 2 will be shorter than between the Steam Deck and Steam Deck 2.
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Aaron Klotz
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Published Jun 26, 2026 5:45 PM CDT
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TL;DR: Valve engineers state future
2026-06-24
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2026-06-24
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Valve is working with NVIDIA to make GeForce GPUs compatible with SteamOS
Valve is reportedly building a dedicated team to bring NVIDIA GeForce support to SteamOS, but full compatibility is likely still a year or more away.
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Hassam Nasir
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Published Jun 23, 2026 3:10 PM CDT
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TL;DR: Valve is collaborating closely with NVIDIA to develop full GeForce GP
2026-06-22
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2026-06-22
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NVIDIA's AI agents taught robots to install GPUs into motherboards without any human help
Three AI coding agents, including Claude Code and Codex, trained on real hardware, achieving 99% success on tasks like GPU installation and pin sorting.
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Hassam Nasir
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Published Jun 21, 2026 11:08 PM CDT
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TL;DR: NVIDIA's ENPIRE framework enables AI coding agent
2026-06-19
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2026-06-19
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Repair channel buys ASUS RTX 4090 for $222 and finds plastic die with fake NVIDIA markings
The card looked real until the thermal paste came off, revealing a plastic block with etched markings and a PCB full of non-functional scrap memory.
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Hassam Nasir
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Published Jun 18, 2026 6:18 PM CDT
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TL;DR: A Chinese repair channel bought a broken ASUS RTX 409
2026-06-19
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2026-06-19
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 modded with 8GB of GDDR6 memory doubles performance in God of War and Unigine Superposition
Modders install an extra 4GB of GDDR6 memory on a TU106-variant of the GTX 1650, catapulting its performance in memory-bound games and benchmarks.
Aaron Klotz
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Published Jun 18, 2026 4:17 PM CDT
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TL;DR: Modders increased the GeForce GTX
2026-06-18
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2026-06-18
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SK Hynix and Samsung race to build the memory powering NVIDIA and AMD's next AI monsters
SK Hynix confirms it has delivered its first HBM4E samples to its partners, marking the first delivery of next-gen data center components.
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Jak Connor
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Published Jun 18, 2026 3:31 AM CDT
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TL;DR: SK Hynix has delivered its first HBM4E memor
2026-06-18
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NVIDIA launches ACE Game Agent SDK Beta for in-game AI companions that run on RTX GPUs
NVIDIA unveils the ACE Game Agent SDK Beta At Unreal Fest 2026, enabling developers to add AI companions to games running on GeForce RTX GPUs.
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Kosta Andreadis
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Published Jun 18, 2026 1:29 AM CDT
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TL;DR: NVIDIA has released the Beta of its ACE Game Ag
2026-06-18
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AMD, Google, Tesla, and Groq turn to Samsung Foundry as TSMC runs out of capacity
TSMC's leading-edge capacity is locked up with NVIDIA, Apple, and Broadcom, making Samsung's available slots attractive despite trailing on yields.
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Hassam Nasir
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Published Jun 17, 2026 9:45 PM CDT
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TL;DR: With TSMC's advanced chip production fully booked
2026-06-17
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2026-06-17
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2026-06-16
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US AI startup Tensordyne claims 3nm Napier chip outperforms NVIDIA Blackwell by 13x in tokens per second
The TDN72 rack houses 288 Napier chips, delivers 608 petaflops of FP8 compute, and claims to match the throughput of nine NVIDIA Rubin plus Groq LPX racks.
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Hassam Nasir
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Published Jun 16, 2026 12:15 AM CDT
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TL;DR: Tensordyne's 3nm N
2026-06-15
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2026-06-15
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Google is in talks with Samsung to build next-gen 'Icefish' TPU on 1.4nm and 2nm process split
Google's Icefish TPU may be split between Samsung and TSMC, with 1.4nm compute dies and 2nm memory I/O targeting a 2028 production timeline.
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Hassam Nasir
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Published Jun 14, 2026 8:30 PM CDT
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TL;DR: Google is reportedly planning a multi-foundry strategy fo
2026-06-12
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Desktop GPU shipments hold steady in Q1 2026 with NVIDIA maintaining 90% market share
Q1 2026 GPU shipments dropped only 0.6%, far below the usual 12%, as NVIDIA holds 90% market share and Intel gains ground with Arc GPUs.
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Kosta Andreadis
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Published Jun 11, 2026 11:31 PM CDT
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TL;DR: In Q1 2026, desktop GPU shipments slightly declined by
2026-06-12
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The current memory crisis means that one of the only real ways to ease the burden on the consumer market and meet the insatiable demand from the AI and data center sectors is for key players to ramp up production of existing and next-gen memory chips. As one of the biggest players in the space, SK hynix is looking to do just that and, in the process, triple its wafer production.2VIEW GALLERY - 2 I
2026-06-12
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NVIDIA RTX 5000 Super GPU refreshes could arrive Q4 2026, complete with 5060 Super - but don't expect RTX 6000 until 2028
Moore's Law is Dead has reduced his performance uplift estimates very slightly with the Super variants, but they should be around 10% quicker on average.
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Darren Allan
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Published Jun 11, 2026 11:53 AM CDT
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TL;DR: NVID
2026-06-11
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Google orders Intel Foundry to produce over three million TPUs for 2028 amid TSMC capacity crunch
The reported order would be the largest external win in Intel Foundry's history, coming as TSMC's capacity crunch pushes customers to look elsewhere.
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Hassam Nasir
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Published Jun 10, 2026 6:10 PM CDT
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TL;DR: Google reportedly ordered over th