Hardware
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RAM prices have risen sharply since the AI boom a year ago. How is the market currently developing, and is there hope for more affordable modules?
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Apple now offers an official leasing program in the USA for Macs, iPads, Watches, and iPhones – including flexible terms of 24 and 36 months.
Bild: Nicolas Foster / Pexels · Pexels LizenzOpenAI CEO Sam Altman explains that AI systems have now surpassed the technological singularity – a milestone with far-reaching consequences for hardware and software development.
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A recently discovered prototype of the Nvidia RTX Spark laptop shows promising performance but also reveals typical teething problems of an early development stage.
Bild: Ahmed Lishane / Pexels · Pexels LizenzAcer offers the Swift Go 16 AI, an affordable OLED laptop for 699 US dollars, which is especially suitable for pupils and students.
Bild: Ahmed Lishane / Pexels · Pexels LizenzThe Framework Laptop 13 Pro sets new standards in modularity and sustainability, combined with a bright display and improved performance.
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MMO mice with numerous buttons are no longer just interesting for gamers but also offer significant advantages in everyday work for automation and efficiency enhancement.
Bild: Helena Lopes / Pexels · Pexels LizenzMoonshot AI makes the weights of its new AI model Kimi-K3 freely available, offering a powerful alternative to OpenAI and Anthropic that also runs significantly more resource-efficiently.
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More than 30 companies join forces in the Open Secure AI Alliance to develop open AI models and security tools – without participation from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic.
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Zeiss Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology is expanding its production capacities in Oberkochen, creating around 25,000 square meters of new space for semiconductor manufacturing.
Bild: Brett Sayles / Pexels · Pexels LizenzThe HP OmniBook X Flip 14 impresses with a premium chassis and versatile features but falls short in performance and display compared to the competition.
Bild: Ahmed Lishane / Pexels · Pexels LizenzAn FPGA expert has realized the Central Air Data Computer of the F-14 Tomcat as a recreation of the world’s first microprocessor in a 3D-printed model airplane.
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The XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT is currently available with a $90 discount, offering the cheapest opportunity of the summer for AMD's RDNA 4 flagship graphics card.
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Microsoft has significantly increased the minimum and recommended system requirements for Minecraft Java Edition to ensure the game's performance and future viability.
Bild: Andrey Matveev / Pexels · Pexels LizenzNew DRAM modules from CXMT in China are on the market, but their prices still align with established manufacturers and disappoint savings hopes.
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A new open-source project enables the construction of a portable MRI device using 3D printing technology for less than 7% of the cost of a conventional large-scale system.
Bild: RDNE Stock project / Pexels · Pexels LizenzA research team has constructed a novel liquid computer from hundreds of tiny particles, which is currently still significantly more error-prone than established memristor technologies.
Bild: Nicolas Foster / Pexels · Pexels LizenzThe Dell 14S offers a high-quality design and battery life of over 20 hours – an attractive alternative to more expensive models like the XPS 14.
Bild: Ahmed Lishane / Pexels · Pexels LizenzGeekom updates the A9 Max mini-PC with AMD’s latest Ryzen AI 9 HX470 and a redesigned cooling system that combines performance and efficiency in a compact case.
Bild: Nicolas Foster / Pexels · Pexels LizenzIntel reports a 25% year-over-year revenue increase and plans the mass production of its 14A chip technology for 2028 – an important step for the semiconductor industry.
Bild: Nicolas Foster / Pexels · Pexels LizenzGeekbench 7 receives a major update with realistic CPU tests, new media workloads, AI benchmarks, and support for Nvidia CUDA GPUs.
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AMD and Cerebras collaborate to create a powerful infrastructure for low-latency AI inference by combining EPYC processors with the Wafer-Scale Engine.
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The new semiconductor company TYLsemi secures $43 million in startup capital to offer custom chiplets and multi-tile processors at competitive costs.
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AMD introduces the powerful Instinct MI455X AI accelerator, which, thanks to CDNA 5 and the Helios Rack-Scale Architecture, directly competes with Nvidia in data centers.
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