July 6, 2023

SSD Upgraders Take Note, Analysts Expect up to 13% Price Drop During Q3

TrendForce, the high-tech market intelligence firm, has published an update on the NAND flash market. Its latest forecasts see NAND flash's average selling price (ASP) falling between 3 and 8% in Q3 2023. However, for PC enthusiasts and DIYers, the news is even better. Client SSD pricing is expected to fall between 8% and 13% during the same period. In other words, those in the market for PC SSD storage could perhaps save an extra 10% or more on today's prices if they wait a few weeks.
June 13, 2023

AMD EPYC Genoa-X Wields 1.3 GB of L3 Cache, 96 Cores

AMD announced a range of new products today at its Data Center and AI Technology Premiere event here in San Francisco, California. The company shared more details about its EPYC Genoa-X processors with up to 1.1GB of L3 cache, which are shipping now.
June 2, 2023

Micron to Introduce GDDR7 Memory in 1H 2024

Micron said on Wednesday that it would introduce its first GDDR7 memory chips in the first half of next year. The new type of memory promises to offer higher performance than GDDR6 and GDDR6X, but it will require brand-new memory controllers and therefore GPUs.
May 16, 2023

Slide Shows Gigabyte Envisions 600W Datacenter CPUs by 2024

The next generation of data center platforms from AMD, Intel, and Nvidia will consume 500W – 1000W of power, a slide from a Gigabyte roadmap published by renowned hardware leaker HXL indicates. Cooling these CPUs and GPUs down will require some serious effort, come 2024 – 2025.