1,500% price increase on some rare earth elements squeezes chipmaking business — Yttrium surge caused by trade war between U.S. and China
Yttrium prices are surging as the trade war between China and the U.S. have caused supply to dry up.
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Category: Hardware & Gear
Noctua’s flagship NH-D15 G2 CPU cooler is now available in an all-black Chromax variant — range of new Noctua products launched
Noctua is introducing all-black Chromax variants of the NH-D15 G2 cooler along with the NF-A14x25r G2 and NF-A14x25 G2 140mm PWM fans
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Server memory prices to double year-over-year in 2026, LPDDR5X prices could follow — ‘seismic shift’ means even smartphone-class memory isn’t safe from AI-induced crunch
A worsening commodity DRAM shortage could be amplified by Nvidia’s huge LPDDR5X demand and push memory prices even higher as server RDIMMs are poised …
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New Chromebook owners are getting an exclusive free Nvidia GeForce Now subscription for one year — Fast Pass gives Chromebook gamers ad-free priority access to cloud servers
Chromebook buyers are getting a new exclusive GeForce Now subscription with no ads and priority access to Nvidia’s cloud servers. The subscription com…
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Microsoft unveils Azure Cobalt 200 CPU, in-house chip targets higher performance and deeper integration — Arm-based chip is equipped with 132 cores and manufactured using TSMC’s 3nm process
Microsoft has revealed its next major in-house server processor, the Azure Cobalt 200, a 132-core Arm-based CPU built on TSMC’s 3nm process.
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