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Just a week ago, we [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] Microsoft's efforts to enhance File Explorer performance by preloading the application at startup. Recent testing by [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] suggests that this approach results in diminishing returns, as the application uses more RAM while offering only marginal performance improvements. Microsoft has acknowledged the performance issues with File Explorer on Windows 11, which is concerning given its role as a core application within the operating system. To address this, Microsoft has started preloading File Explorer in the background to enable quicker access when users open the application.

Windows Latest testing now confirms that preloading works partially, allowing File Explorer to load faster, but not fast enough. In a virtual machine running the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7271 (KB5070307) available in the Dev and Beta channels, the regular File Explorer launch uses 35 MB of RAM. However, the preloaded version nearly doubles that to 67.4 MB of RAM due to background processes. To the end-user, the change is barely noticeable as File Explorer still feels sluggish. The difference becomes apparent only when the speed of a video comparison is reduced to 0.25x, revealing the real difference. However, since real-world usage does not occur at 0.25x speed, the change makes little impact on everyday usage.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Launching [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] isn't just releasing a game—it's sharing something we've poured our hearts into for 3 long years. We care about this sim, and we care about your experience with it. You've been with us as we went on this journey together, and we want to acknowledge not only your feedback beyond the first day, but your passion and honesty. Behind the studio are people, and it hurts knowing we didn't hit expectations on release. So now, we'd like to take this moment to explain where we are, and what comes next.

In the months leading up to release, we pushed with the intention of gaining a higher level of fidelity and accuracy. At the time, we did not see (nor foresee) performance issues during our testing across platforms and different specs of machines. However, once everything came together, issues have arisen that have soured players' experience of the sim. These are our issues to solve, and we want to be upfront about them and what we're going to do.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Now that Microsoft has officially ended support for Windows 10, keeping it installed is not only inconvenient—it slows down your system and leaves you vulnerable to security risks. If your computer still runs Windows 10, the smartest move you can make right now is to [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. And for a limited time, you can do it for just $9.97 (MSRP 199)

Windows 11 Pro is more than a visual refresh. It's built to run faster and manage modern apps more efficiently, which gives older machines an instant performance lift. Everyday tasks feel smoother, multitasking is cleaner, and start-up times improve thanks to better system optimization. If you're working, gaming, or just trying to keep your machine responsive, the upgrade delivers noticeable gains.

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Lately, a handful of AMD GPU board partners seem to be concentrating on getting Radeon AI PRO R9000 series hardware out into the wild. Last we heard from XFX, they were [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] of Team Red's [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] card. Earlier today, VideoCardz highlighted a revisit of much older hardware; with XFX's legacy team releasing an update for an 8+ year old card, of "[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]" vintage. A new BIOS file, dated November 26, is available to download from XFX's support portal.

The model code seems to correspond to XFX's [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] model. According to TechPowerUp's GPU database, this dual-slot option was released back in Spring of 2017. The TPU VGA BIOS Collection provides a BIOS file from a similar timeframe. It is not clear why the North American AIB has decided to push out a revised instruction set for much older hardware. Radeon RX 580 graphics cards enjoyed a renewed lease of life during the crypto mining boom period. Presently, Chinese e-tail platforms still offer new units. Owners/preservationists of a very specific XFX card are welcome to investigate this new BIOS revision.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ASRock is looking to enter the workstation business and capture the lucrative demand for local AI acceleration with its new product lineup. Called GAI4G-R9700, the 4U workstation is a rack-mount or standalone desktop solution that pairs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series CPUs with four Radeon AI PRO R9700 Creator GPUs. This gives the system a total VRAM capacity of 128 GB from the GPUs alone, which is 32 GB per GPU. For additional capacity, the system can utilize the 2 TB DDR5 capacity housed on the ASRock WRX90 WS EVO motherboard with horizontal CPU and memory placement.

Since ASRock doesn't manufacture CPUs and memory, the company will likely bundle the workstation with four GPUs, leaving users to acquire their own CPU and memory. This is especially tricky to figure out as the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] could impact final workstation pricing far more than anything else, especially in larger quantities such as 512+ GB. The system supports eight ECC RDIMMs running at 6400 MT/s, in eight-channel configuration (1DPC). The whole system is powered by a single 80 Plus Platinum 2500 W ATX 3.1 power supply.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] has debuted a brand-new gameplay trailer for Into the Fire during this year's online INDIE Live Expo on November 29. The trailer unveils new elements of the cataclysmic extraction survival experience set amid a chain-reaction volcanic eruption on a remote island cut off from the world. The new teaser highlights high-pressure rescue missions, fierce clashes with the elements, retropunk survival gear, and mysterious anomalies rooted in ancient legends, now awakening as the catastrophe escalates across the archipelago.

Face the cataclysm. Extract lives. Survive the inferno. [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. Fight the wrath of nature and the spirits of fire in the shadow of an erupting volcano. Use extinguishing weapons and retro-punk inventions. Expand your base and collect relics amid the chaos of disaster. Discover mystical legends, rituals, and unexplained phenomena. Rescue people and animals in a cataclysm extraction survival adventure. Into the Fire explodes into Early Access, in 2026.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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There is no short supply of game studios and gaming industry executives embracing generative AI in pursuit of promised efficiency and profit, and there seems to be a rift forming between game developers and gamers as a result, with some game studios vehemently rejecting the idea of using AI on their creative output. As it turns out, Brandon Adler, the game director behind The Outer Worlds 2, falls into the latter category, with Obsidian Entertainment following suit. In a recent interview on the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] podcast, Adler was asked about the use of AI in development and game design, he rejected the idea completely, saying that Obsidian does not use AI in its creative processes, and that it was not even on the table for Obsidian. Adler added that the studio "should never outsource the things its amazing at."

The director goes on to say that "We pride ourselves on our characters, in our world building, and it would be a damned shame for that to go away." Adler admits that there is generative AI present at Obsidian, but only for menial tasks, like summarizing meeting notes and as a research aid. Adler's comments come after news broke that EA has spent over a year integrating AI into its workflows, sometimes to disastrous effect. Meanwhile, the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] to avoid having to record lines for every NPC interaction. The [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] that AI disclosures, like the ones Valve makes developers use, are useless.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

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Hollow Knight: Silksong was one of the most anticipated game launches of 2025, shoring up enough excitement that [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] to avoid being overshadowed, and Steam's servers crashed on launch day. Despite this, Ari Gibson, co-founder of Team Cherry, the studio behind the Hollow Knight franchise, said in a recent [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
interview that there are other things the development outfit would rather make. Team Cherry is still working on ambitious content updates for Silksong, although the studio is notorious for its long development timelines. When asked about whether the studio's next game release would be a Hollow Knight game, Gibson said that "We have said we'll go elsewhere as well. Although we've also said those experiences will still be about exploring big worlds full of weird characters and giant bosses and whatnot."

Gibson continued that "That's not to say we won't return to these Hollow Knight worlds. We do have ideas around what forms those would take. But we also don't want to be exclusively people that make Hollow Knight." But it's not all bad news for Hollow Knight fans. One of the motivations for Team Cherry's desire to pursue other universes and new characters is passion—it would open up new creative possibilities and could have an interesting effect on the storytelling or the outcome. Gibson and his Team Cherry co-founder, William Pellen, were also asked about what they thought of people modding Silksong to tweak damage, add difficulty sliders, and the response was that "the fact that people are modding it is totally fine," with Gibson going on to explain that, even though tweaking difficulty runs counter to the game's approach to problem-solving, keeping it difficult forces the developers to think creatively and create alternatives for players when impassable obstacles appear. This outlook and acceptance of the modding community is somewhat refreshing, especially compared to [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...].[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

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The Warframe development team has been routinely defying the game's MMO shooter roots lately, offering a slew of updates, like [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], with varied gameplay influences and almost flitting between genres every other update. [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], the latest update in the series of genre detours is apparently "the most soulslike thing" the game studio has ever made. The Old Peace departs from the gritty setting of Warframe 1999, returning to the game's standard sci-fi look and feel. It will introduce three new gameplay modes, new abilities, enemies, and three new Protoframes, each with their own backstory for players to dig into, and quality of life updates, as usual.

One of the three new game modes will put players in the midst of battle in the past on the Tau moon of Perita for 12-minute battles, with each run giving players fresh objectives. Meanwhile, Descendia, which is inspired by Dante's Inferno, pits players against increasingly difficult challenges as they descend into the Descendia with The Devil's Triad, the three new Protoframes introduced in the update. The Old Peace will also add an entirely new weapon type to the game—the bayonet—alongside an appearance remaster, The Old Peace is a free expansion for Warframe that will launch on December 10.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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After weeks of [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], Qwertykeys has officially made the new [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. It's been known since the first teaser that the QK65 MK3 would launch with some cute retro gaming features and design cues—including a small customizable display, but the exact pricing, build, and kit were unknown until now. With the QK65 MK3 officially available for pre-order, Qwertykeys has unveiled all of the specifications and design details for the new premium wireless mechanical keyboard, including the price. The QK65 MK3 will start $199 as a barebones keyboard kit, which only includes the case, PCB—including the display and all its related hardware—your plate of choice, and stabilizers. If you buy a set of keycaps for an additional $14, you also get a free set of 70 Rye switches, which is a pretty good deal, since there are keycaps match the keyboard's theme, and a set of quality keycaps and switches could easily cost $50-100 elsewhere.

The QK65 MK3 is a 65% mechanical keyboard, meaning it features an arrow cluster, but no F row, num pad, or even a navigation cluster to the right of the alpha keys. It is available in five retro-inspired colors—spray coated Eclipse Grey, Retro White, Pink, or Green, and an anodized Basalt Grey—and buyers have the choice of an aluminium, polypropylene, or FR4 plates, which should deliver a range of typing experiences and sound profiles. Qwertykeys also revealed the functionality of the built-in display, which can play custom animations, show a screen with the time and an animated cat or dog that responds to your typing inputs, or let users play an "Animal Supermarket" typing mini-game. It can also be used to show system information, like battery life, connectivity or OS mode, and caps lock status. There are two low-profile knobs on the top right edge of the keyboard that control the OS and connectivity modes. The QK65 MK3 is also fully customizable in a custom VIA fork that has been tweaked to enable customization of the display, which means users will be able to create macros, remap keys, and customize the keyboard's per-key RGB backlighting.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Valve recently sparked concern among gamers when it revealed that the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], with ensuing speculation resulting in up to $1,000 prices being thrown around. Likely in response to many of these concerns, Linus Tech Tips on YouTube took it upon himself to build a gaming PC with similar specifications and performance to the upcoming Steam Machine in an attempt to estimate the price of the new living room console. The build itself consists of an AMD Ryzen 8400F, an ASRock B650M motherboard, 16 GB of Crucial DDR5-5600 memory, a Kingston 500 GB SSD, a Seasonic 550 W PSU, and an ASRock AMD Radeon RX 6600 GPU. Taking the build's cost at face value, at the time the PC was built, and with the lowest available prices, the Steam Machine will launch at somewhere around $910, with the possibility of bringing the price down by cutting certain features.

However, Valve is not a regular consumer, and economies of scale play a big role in pricing when you start talking about devices that are expected to sell hundreds of thousands or millions of units. Valve also previously said that the pricing for the entry-level Steam Deck was "painful," suggesting that it had employed very aggressive pricing for that device. At Valve's scale, it seems likely that the specific components that the YouTuber used in the build would come to around $700-750, but when accounting for the semi-custom nature of the Steam Machine and adjusting for the potential savings that Valve gets from its direct-to-consumer model, it seems like the Steam Machine cost as little as $600-650 in hardware. Accounting for Valve's assumed profit of around 10% and taking into account Valve's comments to Linus about its hardware business aiming for sustainability, the official pricing guess comes out to $699.99. This price estimate isn't incredibly reliable, since it doesn't account for the current DRAM shortage that has resulted in prices skyrocketing across the board, which will certainly affect Valve when the Steam Machine launches, and it assumes Valve will sell the Steam Machine at a high profit margin.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Team Group announced the launch of the Team Group PD40 Mini External SSD. Featuring the latest USB4 Type-C interface, it boasts read speeds of up to 4,000 MB/s. The PD40 combines exceptional performance with an ultra-compact design, elevating the portable storage experience to a new level. Users can transfer high-resolution videos, photos, and large files in just seconds, meeting the demands of business professionals and everyday users who seek speed, stability, and portability in a single device.

The Team Group PD40 Mini External SSD features a stylish and sophisticated matte black and deep red finish. Its rubberized, grooved texture provides a firm grip and anti-slip protection. The integrated lanyard hole combines fashion and function, making it easy to attach to a backpack and carry on the go for effortless data access anytime, anywhere. The PD40 weighs just 22 grams and is available in 1 TB, 2 TB, and 4 TB capacities. It utilizes the USB4 Type-C interface, ensuring broad compatibility with USB 3.2 and USB 2.0 devices. The PD40 offers true plug-and-play convenience across multiple systems and devices, empowering users to securely store and access their important data and memories.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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In industrial automation and wired networking systems, designers face mounting challenges finding the right cost-effective solution that balances high-speed data transfer, flexible I/O integration, and long product lifecycles, while maintaining power efficiency and security. To address these growing market needs, AMD introduces two new members of the AMD Spartan UltraScale+ FPGA family, the SU45P and SU60P, which are the smallest devices in the family featuring fast transceivers and PCIe Gen 4 connectivity. This enhanced connectivity, combined with the Spartan UltraScale+ FPGA's advanced security features, provides a compact, power-efficient architecture enabling fast, reliable industrial and wired system designs.

Cost-Optimized FPGAs for Long-Term Design Success
Feature rich, built on a 16 nm FinFET node, the Spartan UltraScale+ devices offer:

• Compact, low-power architecture, reducing thermal management in a space-constrained environment, ideal for control-plane and line-card designs
• AMD Vivado Design Suite, a unified design flow achieving superior timing and routing closure vs. competing solutions, reducing development efforts, improving design cycle and time to market
• Stable long-term supply to reduce costly redesign and requalification cycles with a footprint compatibility upgrade path from Spartan UltraScale+ SU10P/SU25P/SU35P FPGAs

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Eidos Montréal has reportedly going through another round of layoffs. Insider Gaming says at least a dozen employees were let go recently, with several confirming their departures on LinkedIn. The studio already faced major cuts earlier this year under Embracer Group, following roughly 75 layoffs in 2024 and nearly 100 in 2023 alongside the cancellation of its in-development Deus Ex project. According to the report, most of Eidos Montréal's active projects have now been cancelled. The studio is now focused on supporting Xbox teams (Obsidian and Playground Games) on [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] and the upcoming [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. Insider Gaming also mentions one remaining internal project that began back in 2019, but it's not expected to recover its development costs. More layoffs are said to happen once Eidos finishes its contracted support work.

The news marks another difficult chapter for the Canadian studio, which built its reputation on titles like Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Mankind Divided, and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. The team also co-developed several Tomb Raider games with Crystal Dynamics. Even with a portfolio full of successful AAA games, the studio has long struggled with publisher instability, first under Square Enix and now under Embracer. The cancellation of the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] revival last year hit fans especially hard, leaving the franchise untouched since 2016. At the time, Adam Jensen's voice actor, Elias Toufexis, posted a [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] to the studio, expressing hope for the series' future. With today's news, that future looks more uncertain than ever.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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AMD is gradually releasing the AGESA PI 1.2.8.0 BIOS update, which primarily aims to enhance memory compatibility. However, users who have installed this BIOS version are reportedly facing issues. A member of the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] installed the latest AGESA PI 1.2.8.0, hoping for improved system optimizations and memory tuning, only to encounter significant problems. The user is unable to access the CMOS screen, as the system crashes immediately upon each attempt. Furthermore, the computer fails to boot into the operating system, and the system boot repair utility consistently crashes when used.

The distribution of the update appears to have been limited and quietly handled by some manufacturers. MSI published BIOS files for several X870E and B850 models that reference AGESA PI v1.2.8.0, and an AMI BIOS image labelled 7E59v1A65 with a release date of 2025-12-03 and a file size near 15.9 MB lists improved memory compatibility in its release notes. Community tracking shows the new BIOS available only for a few SKUs, including the MPG X870E Edge Ti WiFi, MPG X870E Carbon WiFi and MAG B850M Mortar.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Vultr, the world's largest privately-held cloud infrastructure company, today announced a major milestone in its long-standing strategic collaboration with AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) to advance and scale AI workloads worldwide. Vultr will launch an AI supercluster, powered by AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs deployed in its new Springfield, Ohio cloud data center location. This 50 MW expansion delivers unprecedented performance per dollar for AI training and inference.

Vultr was among the first cloud providers to deploy AMD Instinct MI325X and AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs, and is now expanding its AI infrastructure with an additional 24,000 AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs in its new Springfield, Ohio campus. This significant deployment reinforces the collaboration between AMD and Vultr to deliver high-performance, energy-efficient AI infrastructure for customers worldwide. Looking ahead, Vultr will extend its adoption of AMD Instinct GPUs by integrating the next generation AMD Instinct MI450 series GPUs and the "Helios" rack-scale infrastructure, further advancing its commitment to the AMD AI platform roadmap.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Samsung's semiconductor unit and its smartphone division have reportedly agreed to continue mobile DRAM supplies on a quarterly basis rather than locking in annual prices, according to industry sources close to SE Daily. The Device Solutions (DS) team has set baseline volume commitments for next year, aiming to prevent shortages before the launch of Samsung's Galaxy S26 series. However, this agreement comes with a downside. The three-month pricing windows expose the Mobile Experience (MX) group to market volatility, especially as memory costs are rising. Samsung is not exempting even its own divisions from the fluctuations in DRAM and NAND prices.

Examining the figures, the situation appears challenging for the DS Team. Mobile DRAM prices have more than doubled, with 12 GB LPDDR5X modules reaching around $70 in late November, up from about $33 in January. Processors, already the most significant expense in any smartphone, have increased by 25.5% compared to the previous year, raising the DX division's Q3 procurement bill to 10.9 trillion Korean won from 8.7 trillion won. Together, processor and memory now account for about 35% of the total device cost, a 5% increase from historical levels, putting pressure on the MX team. This tension reflects an internal shift, as the DS Division seeks higher profits from HBM for AI accelerators, reallocating wafers and resources away from standard mobile chips. Buyers who signed longer DRAM contracts earlier might regret it if spot prices continue to rise.

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Samsung is teaming up with Amazon, Bethesda Softworks and Xbox to celebrate the arrival of Fallout Season Two, offering fans more ways to Watch, Experience and Play on Samsung TVs. Watch Season One subscription-free on Samsung TV Plus, experience Season Two in stunning detail on Samsung TVs and play Fallout, including the newest update to the hit game Fallout 76, through the Xbox app on Samsung Gaming Hub. Across streaming, gaming and culture, Fallout comes together on Samsung TVs, creating a single destination for fans to experience the story in full.

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Ahead of the highly anticipated Season Two premiere on Prime Video, fans can return to the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout, from Kilter Films, streaming free on Samsung TV Plus. Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there's almost nothing left to have. Two hundred years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind - and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex and gleefully weird universe waiting for them. The new season will pick up in the aftermath of Season One's epic finale and take audiences along for a journey through the wasteland of the Mojave to the post-apocalyptic city of New Vegas.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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As Samsung transitions from its HBM3 and HBM3E variations of HBM memory to [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], the company is reportedly reallocating some of its HBM production capacity to regular DRAM to meet demand. Discussions within the company focus on converting approximately 30-40% of the current capacity from the 10 nm-class, fourth-generation 1a DRAM process to the 10 nm-class, fifth-generation 1b lines used for general-purpose DRAM. This includes DDR5, LPDDR5X, LPDDR6, and GDDR7 memory. With additional investment to repurpose mature process nodes like 1z, Samsung expects to free up the equivalent of about 80,000 wafers per month of 1b capacity.

While HBM typically offers higher margins for companies like Micron and SK Hynix, Samsung's internal estimates show that the operating profit for a 12-hi HBM3E stack is around 30%. In contrast, the near-term expectations for general-purpose DRAM exceed 60%. These margin differences, along with forecasts of a significant decline in average selling prices for 12-hi HBM3E and limited incremental demand from the largest HBM customer, have reduced the incentive to expand HBM3E production.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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MCHOSE has launched updated G3 wireless gaming mouse models, in standard and Pro flavors. The original variants arrived over a year ago; infamously borrowing many external elements from Logitech's aging G305 device. This egg-shaped peripheral remains a fan favorite, despite its continuous deployment of ancient internal components and technologies—TechPowerUp's former mouse reviewer, Vanir, [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] of a "Highly Recommended" medal. Since 2018, a couple of mainstream manufacturers have released "in the ballpark" small-to-medium alternatives—including the Razer Orochi V2, Fantech Aria, and Corsair Katar. Taking a very direct/brazen approach, the MCHOSE team spotted a gap in the market, and pushed out a thoroughly modernized interpretation of Logitech's budget-friendly wireless accessory.

The Chinese company's latest flagship utilizes PixArt's popular PAW3395 optical sensor. The non-Pro V2 model makes do with the lesser PAW 3311 package. MCHOSE's design team has adjusted parts of the new generation's exterior; falling in line with aesthetics present on newer G and L-series models. Small refinements do not disguise the G3's origins—its overall shape is distinctly G305. The borrowing of well-known Western IPs is a bit of gray area; earlier this year we noted a similar case. KYSONA, another Chinese brand, launched a modern [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. Logitech leadership has likely kept track of various clones, mainly unashamed copies of the omnipresent G PRO series.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

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