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Hyperscalers are already locking in HDD supply for 2028, yet still expect a shortage.
HDD lead times remain at 50 weeks vs. 16 weeks in a balanced market ... Show more
32GB of DDR5 6000 RAM now costs $450 — AI-induced shortage reaches worst milestone yet
tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/32gb-of-ddr5-6000-ram-now-costs-usd450-ai-induced-shortage-reaches-worst-milestone-yet
Paid articlePaywall Official DLSS 5 running on unsupported games delivers up to 90% better performance than the leaked version — Nvidia says the new NR model uses 20% less VRAM ...
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Elon Musk calls out memory makers over 'extortionate' chip pricing, says Micron is playing smart for long-term loyalty — yet Micron is pulling in 90% margins ...
tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/elon-musk-accuses-samsung-sk-hynix-of-unreasonable-memory-pricing
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The PS6 could cost over $1000 because, apparently, gaming wasn’t expensive enough
digitaltrends.com/gaming/ps6-price-over-1000-ram-ssd-costs/
ReactOS reaches major milestone with NTFS install support: ReactOS gains NTFS install support with new driver.
arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/10/reactos-reaches-major-milestone-with-ntfs-install-support/
What became of all the legendary hard drive brands #PCGH #pcgh #hdd #retro #Seagate #seagate #Toshiba #toshiba #westerndigital #WesternDigital
trendforce Oct 14
Weekly Average Spot Price of #DRAM from #TrendForce .
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trendforce Oct 12
Two components are telling us something about the consumer side.
For DRAM, suppliers are shifting more bit supply from PC DRAM toward server DRAM ... Show more
Storage Crisis Analyzed: RAM, SSD, HDD, and GPU Price Check: According to 3DCenter’s price index, DDR5 memory will cost 5.6 times the pre-crisis level in German ...
pcgameshardware.de/RAM-Hardware-154108/Specials/Speicherpreise-RAM-SSD-HDD-Oktober-2026-Analyse-1557035/
Corsair's Vengeance RGB DDR5 32GB memory receives a $108 price cut — the cheapest DDR5 5600 kit available to buy right now
tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/corsairs-vengeance-rgb-ddr5-32gb-memory-receives-a-usd108-price-cut-the-cheapest-ddr5-5600-kit-available-to-buy-right-now
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Windows 11 26H2 reportedly uses shockingly low RAM with a Rufus installation trick.
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Rufus 4.14 and 4.15 Quality of Life option disables Teams, Outlook ... Show more
Windows 11 26H2 reportedly uses shockingly low RAM with a Rufus installation trick
Windows 11 26H2 reportedly uses shockingly low RAM with a Rufus installation trick
Microsoft's special Windows 11 26H2 tweak makes PCs faster especially on hard disks.
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Microsoft says Windows 11 26H2 up to 20% more responsive from ... Show more
Microsoft's special Windows 11 26H2 tweak makes PCs faster especially on hard disks
Microsoft's special Windows 11 26H2 tweak makes PCs faster especially on hard disks
Wccftech Oct 13
DDR4 Memory Chip Contract Prices Surge 24% In Three Months, Outpacing DDR5 As Barclays Warns Micron’s Memory Shortage Runs Until 2028
wccftech.com/ddr4-memory-chip-contract-prices-surge-24-in-three-months-outpacing-ddr5-as-barclays-warns-microns-memory-shortage-runs-until-2028/
Windows 11: Microsoft will soon block all external drives with ReFS: Windows 11 users must prepare for a change regarding external storage media ...
winfuture.de/news,162030.html
github.com Oct 18
GitHub - achyudh/llama.cpp: LLM inference in C/C++: LLM inference in C/C++. Contribute to achyudh/llama.cpp development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Wccftech Oct 14
A Jailbroken PS5 Got Turned Into a Local AI Server That Can Run A 27B LLM, Smaller Models Can Reach Impressive Speeds Of 124 Tok/s, But There Are Limitations
wccftech.com/jailbroken-ps5-local-ai-server-27b-llm/
trendforce Oct 13
[News] Samsung Showcases CXL Memory Expansion With AMD at OCP 2026, Expands AI Memory Push Beyond HBM
trendforce.com/news/2026/10/13/news-samsung-showcases-cxl-memory-expansion-with-amd-at-ocp-2026-expands-ai-memory-push-beyond-hbm/
![[News] Samsung Showcases CXL Memory Expansion With AMD at OCP 2026 ...](https://img.trendforce.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/13141139/spec-cxl-cmmd-Samsung-20261013-624x468.jpg)
Nvidia doubles DLSS 5 performance, reduces 4K VRAM usage by 20% with latest model — October update cuts footprint by 24% to roughly 118 million parameters
tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-doubles-dlss-5-performance-reduces-4k-vram-usage-by-20-percent-with-latest-model-october-update-cuts-footprint-by-24-percent-to-roughly-118-million-parameters
trendforce Oct 05
SK hynix reportedly playing hardball with Trump admin over 3D NAND fab — company demands increased chipmaking equipment exports to China in exchange for US fab
tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/sk-hynix-reportedly-playing-hardball-with-trump-admin-over-3d-nand-fab-company-demands-increased-chipmaking-equipment-exports-to-china-in-exchange-for-us-fab
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[News] SK hynix Reportedly Seeks U.S. Chip Tool Approval for China Expansion to Fund Potential U.S. NAND Fab
trendforce.com/news/2026/10/15/news-sk-hynix-reportedly-seeks-u-s-chip-tool-approval-for-china-expansion-to-fund-potential-u-s-nand-fab/
![[News] SK hynix Reportedly Seeks U.S. Chip Tool Approval for China ...](https://img.trendforce.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/17103456/SK-hynix_321-layer_4D_NAND_01-1-624x468.png)
PS6 Price: Insider Estimates Storage Costs at Over $680: KeplerL2 estimates the GDDR7 RAM and SSD of the Playstation 6 alone at more than $680 ...
pcgameshardware.de/Playstation-6-Konsolen-281371/News/Preis-Speicherkosten-RAM-SSD-680-USD-1557041/
Wccftech Oct 07
A Windows 11 System With 16GB RAM Was Consuming Just 16% Of Total Memory Through Rufus; Other Methods Removed Bloatware While Running The Newest 26H2 Update
wccftech.com/windows-11-lightweight-update-rufus-bloatware-removal-16gb-ram/
Windows 11 up to 20 percent faster: Microsoft improves RAM usage: Microsoft continues to work on the everyday usability of Windows 11. New improvements are ...
pcgameshardware.de/Windows-Software-277633/News/Win-11-soll-im-Vergleich-zu-frueher-bis-zu-20-Prozent-schneller-reagieren-1556957/
Key FactsMicrosoft Reports Windows 11 Responding Up to 20% Faster
3 days ago · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: pcgameshardware.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: pcgameshardware.de
- Microsoft measured interactions up to 20 percent faster between two builds; this does not represent a blanket acceleration of all programs.
- Optimized memory management can keep up to 2 GiB more active data in RAM on suitable systems.
- On computers with up to 8 GiB RAM, widgets load only when opened, freeing more than 200 MiB for other applications.
- The redesigned search will initially be tested with Windows Insiders and is intended to become more broadly available later this year.
Key FactsRecovery USB aids Windows PCs that will not boot
Sep 23, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: xda-developers.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: xda-developers.com
- The author uses Ventoy with GPT and Secure Boot support to manage four ISOs on the drive.
- The official Windows 11 ISO opens the recovery environment without relying on files stored on the damaged drive.
- Hiren’s BootCD PE starts a desktop with network drivers, enabling file backups and drive checks.
- Rescuezilla creates images, while SystemRescue examines damaged partitions and can copy readable data from failing drives.
Never let your machine reach a place where your mind hasn't reached first.— Abhinav, author of the article, applying aviation-derived wisdom to PC recovery.
Key FactsRoyal Air Maroc Plans Casablanca–Essaouira Direct Flights
4 days ago · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: moroccoworldnews.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: moroccoworldnews.com
- Departures from Casablanca are scheduled for 4 p.m. Wednesdays and 8:20 a.m. Sundays; return flights leave at 6 and 10:20 a.m., respectively.
- The new route is part of an agreement between RAM and the Marrakech-Safi region.
- According to RAM CEO Hamid Addou, quoted by Le360, the route is expected to expand the airline’s domestic network to 28 routes.
- Casablanca’s hub is expected to connect Essaouira with RAM’s network of 86 international destinations.
DDR4 is becoming more expensive than DDR5 faster: Shortage until 2028: According to Barclays, DDR4 memory contract prices increased by 24 percent within three ...
pcgameshardware.de/RAM-Hardware-154108/News/DDR4-Preise-Barclays-Micron-Speicherkrise-2028-1556770/
The Memory Shortage Comes for Schools: Districts are struggling to afford all those Chromebooks.
theatlantic.com/technology/2026/10/chromebook-schools-memory-shortage/689015/
Gigabyte confirms new Intel CPUs with DDR4 for early 2027: Because DDR5 DRAM remains very expensive, Intel plans to relaunch older processor designs ...
heise.de/news/Gigabyte-bestaetigt-neue-Intel-CPUs-mit-DDR4-fuer-Anfang-2027-11483573.html
AI image generation tested: 11, 22, or 16 GB of VRAM compared: How much does VRAM influence AI image generation? The test with the RTX 2080 Ti 22GB and RTX 5070 ...
pcgameshardware.de/Kuenstliche-Intelligenz-Hardware-279517/Specials/KI-Bilderzeugung-im-Test-Grafikspeicher-11-16-22-GB-VRAM-1556724/
Rufus trick: Windows 11 with only 2.5 GB of RAM usage thanks to minimal bloatware
winfuture.de/news,161864.html
Save $249 on 32GB of DDR5 with this 3-item Newegg bundle — score 32GB of G.SKill Trident Z5 NeoX RAM, a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, and an MSI X870E Motherboard for only ...
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【Weak Demand, High Inventories at Module Houses Weigh on NAND; 512Gb TLC Spot Prices Fall Nearly 3%】
Transaction volumes remain sluggish in the spot market ... Show more
trendforce Oct 07
【DRAM Spot Prices Move Sideways as Holidays, Month-End Effects Curb Trading; Mainstream DDR4 Holds Flat】
Consistent with last week ... Show more
trendforce Oct 12
Weekly Radar 005: AI Demand Pulls DRAM Supply Toward Servers: Meanwhile, smartphone and notebook ODMs slow consumer MLCC inventory builds.
insights.trendforce.com/p/weekly-radar-005
trendforce Oct 06
[News] Nanya DRAM ASP Seen Rising 10% in 4Q26; Winbond Also Sees Further Price Gains as Memory Supply Stays Tight
trendforce.com/news/2026/10/06/news-nanya-dram-asp-seen-rising-10-in-4q26-winbond-also-sees-further-price-gains-as-memory-supply-stays-tight/
![[News] Nanya DRAM ASP Seen Rising 10% in 4Q26; Winbond Also Sees Further ...](https://img.trendforce.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/07104849/Nanya-Technology-20260107-624x505.jpg)
GlobalFoundries unveils 7nm-class FDX Fusion node — FD-SOI node doubles 22FDX transistor density, comes 7 years after firm abandoned FinFET
tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/globalfoundries-unveils-7nm-class-fdx-fusion-node-fd-soi-node-doubles-22fdx-transistor-density-comes-7-years-after-firm-abandoned-finfet
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Gartner: DRAM prices have increased fivefold, PC market collapses - | Golem.de: The memory crisis is dragging the entire PC market down. Because manufacturers ...
golem.de/news/gartner-dram-preise-verfuenffacht-pc-markt-bricht-ein-2610-214004.html
Wccftech Oct 12
NVIDIA RTX 5080 24 GB GPU Expected To Arrive In Q1 2027 As The New Flagship Blackwell GeForce GPU
wccftech.com/nvidia-rtx-5080-24-gb-gpu-expected-to-arrive-in-q1-2027/
Report: Seagate and Toshiba in a bidding war to acquire TDK's HDD business: TDK is the last independent supplier of read/write heads for hard drives. Now ...
heise.de/news/Bericht-Seagate-und-Toshiba-im-Bieterstreit-um-Uebernahme-von-TDKs-HDD-Geschaeft-11478599.html
VideoCardz Oct 09
GIGABYTE confirms Intel will launch DDR4-compatible CPUs next year: GIGABYTE prepares existing motherboards for Intel's upcoming CPUs. The early 2027 launch ...
videocardz.com/newz/gigabyte-confirms-intel-will-launch-ddr4-compatible-cpus-next-year
github.com Oct 07
llama : add a GPU cache for MoE experts kept in host memory by am17an · Pull Request #29887 · ggml-org/llama.cpp
github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/29887
Wccftech Oct 12
Qualcomm CEO Hints That Smartphones Capable Of Running 100B LLMs Could Arrive By 2028, Without Addressing Two Elephants In The Room; DRAM Supply & Cost
wccftech.com/qualcomm-ceo-smartphones-100b-llms-2028-dram-supply-cost/
Attack on Danish population register: Access password was apparently 123456 - | Golem.de
golem.de/news/daenemark-hacker-hatten-wochenlang-zugriff-auf-zentrales-personenregister-2610-213979.html
trendforce Oct 08
Rising Costs Threaten Notebook Demand in 2027, Raising Risks of Shipment Declines and Price Increases, Says TrendForce
trendforce.com/presscenter/news/20261008-13264.html
Wccftech Oct 10
China’s CXMT plans to introduce DDR5 registered memory modules (RDIMMs) using its next-generation 4F² memory cell architecture by the end of 2026 ... Show more
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Windows 11 26H2 Boosts App Launch Times, Reduces Memory Usage: Early tests suggest base Windows usage could be down by 2GB.
pcmag.com/news/windows-11-26h2-boosts-app-launch-times-reduces-memory-usage
trendforce Oct 05
Meanwhile, DRAM tightness is becoming an enterprise SSD constraint.
DRAM lead times remain Very Tight at 20 weeks vs. 8 weeks in a balanced market ... Show more
Gears of War: E-Day studio finds a way to get more performance from Xbox Series S - one that other Xbox games could probably use
eurogamer.net/xbox-series-s-more-power-gears-of-war-e-day-ssd
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Dell’s first RTX Spark XPS is here, but Nvidia power comes at a premium: Dell’s first RTX Spark-powered XPS 16 is now available to preorder with a 3 ...
digitaltrends.com/computing/dells-first-rtx-spark-xps-is-here-but-nvidia-power-comes-at-a-premium/
trendforce Sep 30
AI Server Demand Sustains Memory Contract Price Increases in 4Q26, While Consumer-Side Pressure Persists, Says TrendForce
trendforce.com/presscenter/news/20260930-13258.html
The 'Fire' is off: New Amazon Alexa tablets with Android & Play Store: Former Surface chief Panos Panay apparently spent most of his time at Amazon ...
winfuture.de/news,161821.html
blocksandfiles.com Oct 06
Seagate and Toshiba both want to acquire TDK's disk read/write head business
blocksandfiles.com/disk/2026/10/06/seagate-and-toshiba-both-want-to-acquire-tdks-disk-read/write-head-business/5301393
Samsung is reportedly making 30% fewer phones because selling them isn’t paying off anymore
digitaltrends.com/phones/samsung-is-reportedly-making-30-fewer-phones-because-selling-them-isnt-paying-off-anymore/
Wccftech Oct 01
Don’t Expect Cheaper Memory Even If The AI Bubble Pops: Micron Says Each Humanoid Robot Would Need Over 200 GB Of DRAM And Multiple Terabytes Of NAND
wccftech.com/dont-expect-cheaper-memory-even-if-the-ai-bubble-pops-micron-says-each-humanoid-robot-would-need-over-200-gb-of-dram-and-multiple-terabytes-of-nand/
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Wccftech Oct 06
An Old GPU Mining Rig With 9 GPUs Sporting 54GB VRAM Is An LLM User’s Dream; Buyer Purchased Hardware At A Throwaway Figure By Negotiating The Price Down To ...
wccftech.com/old-gpu-mining-rig-9-gpus-54gb-vram-llm-35/
16GB of RAM is still perfectly usable in 2026, and I'm tired of pretending it isn't
xda-developers.com/16gb-ram-is-perfectly-usable-in-2026-and-im-tired-of-pretending-its-not/
Capt Smit Machchhar suffered skull fracture, damaged vision: What we know about flydubai pilot's injuries
firstpost.com/explainers/capt-smit-machchhar-suffered-skull-fracture-damaged-vision-what-we-know-about-flydubai-pilots-injuries-14050860.html
Wccftech Oct 08
Samsung’s Smartphone Business Yielding No Profits For Company Due To Rising Memory Costs, New Rumor Claims A 30% Production Is In Tow To Reduce Further Losses
wccftech.com/samsung-smartphone-business-no-profit-memory-costs-30-percent-production-cut/
Customer sends two-stick $16,000 DDR5 memory kit to repair shop — soaring replacement costs make DIMM repairs viable, technician revives dead module with ...
tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/customer-sends-two-stick-usd16-000-ddr5-memory-kit-to-repair-shop-soaring-replacement-costs-make-dimm-repairs-viable-technician-revives-dead-module-with-hot-air-reflow-and-new-pmic
Gizchina Oct 08
Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra Is Here With 128GB RAM and RTX Spark: Microsoft has launched the Surface Laptop Ultra with RTX Spark, up to 128GB RAM ...
gizchina.com/microsoft/microsoft-surface-laptop-ultra-is-here-with-128gb-ram-and-rtx-spark
Key FactsMicrosoft starts Surface Laptop Ultra preorders
Oct 8, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: cnbc.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: cnbc.com
- The 15-inch laptop contains an Nvidia AI chip, starts at $2,599 and weighs 4.4 pounds.
- According to Microsoft, it has the world's first magnetic USB-C port plus two other standard USB-C ports.
- The device can provide up to 128 gigabytes of unified memory and up to one petaflop of computing power.
- Developers can run AI-coding requests locally or in the cloud and confine agents to Microsoft Execution Containers.
"I think today is the day we'll start talking and thinking about the frontier ecosystem taking maybe slightly different contours two years from now, five years from now, 10 years from now," Nadella said at the event. "That classic edge that distributed computing will always remain distributed will be more true."— Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, at the Surface Laptop Ultra event in San Francisco
Windows 11: RAM usage significantly reduced with Rufus: An X user demonstrates that the RAM usage of Windows 11 can be reduced to 2.5 GB at idle using Rufus and ...
pcgameshardware.de/Windows-Software-277633/News/11-RAM-Bedarf-Rufus-schlanke-Installation-deutlich-reduziert-1556038/
Key FactsX user reports 2.5-GiB Windows 11 idle use with Rufus
Oct 8, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: pcgameshardware.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: pcgameshardware.de
- Microsoft recently set feature update 26H2 in motion; it is also intended to reduce RAM usage.
- The reported 2.5 GiB was therefore well below Windows 11’s usual consumption of more than twice that amount.
- The exact changes remain unclear; the user mentions complete bloatware removal, another version, and then installing 26H2.
- WCCFTech reports that Tiny11 may have been used, as earlier heavily stripped installations consumed even less RAM.
reduced to an unprecedented level— According to @soyaakinohara6; a claim about Windows 11 RAM usage in idle state after a Rufus-based installation
dlvr.it Oct 08
Microsoft is about to let Copilot loose on your file system
theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/10/07/microsoft-is-about-to-let-copilot-loose-on-your-file-system/5301763
trendforce Sep 30
【DRAM Spot Market Activity Slows Amid Holidays in Some Markets; Buyers Stay Cautious as Prices Remain Range-Bound】
Impacted by holidays in several regional ... Show more
The Swiss army knife of USB docking DVD drives is on sale, also available with built-in M.2 SSD slot or SATA hard drive dock — $28 for DVD writer and hub ...
tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/the-swiss-army-knife-of-usb-docking-dvd-drives-is-on-sale-also-available-with-built-in-m-2-ssd-slot-or-sata-hard-drive-dock-usd28-for-dvd-writer-and-hub-usd33-gets-an-added-sata-dock-or-pay-usd39-for
Denmark: Population register in Denmark with millions of user data hacked: The Danish population register has been the target of a hacker attack ...
zeit.de/digital/datenschutz/2026-10/melderegister-daenemark-hack-datenleck
RAM to see 'meaningful price increases' before 2026 is out, as the memory crisis is predicted to last 'at least' another 3 years
techradar.com/computing/memory/ram-to-see-meaningful-price-increases-before-2026-is-out-as-the-memory-crisis-is-predicted-to-last-at-least-another-3-years
Windows has been slowing down every USB drive you plug in for 8 years, and one setting fixes it
xda-developers.com/windows-has-been-slowing-down-every-usb-drive-you-plug-in-and-one-setting-fixes-it/
Key FactsWindows USB Policy Prioritizes Safe Removal Over Speed
Oct 3, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: xda-developers.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: xda-developers.com
- Microsoft made Quick Removal the default with Windows 10 version 1809 in October 2018, replacing Better Performance.
- Quick Removal disables write caching and permits unplugging without safe ejection; Better Performance requires the drive to be ejected.
- In the test with 6,000 files totaling about 760MB, Quick Removal took 11:31 versus 10:31 with Better Performance.
- The setting is found in Device Manager under drive properties and Policies; a reboot is recommended afterward.