The price hike from Apple was an inevitable event, but the company is now making efforts to ensure that its DRAM supply isn’t disrupted by AI chips gobbling up the entire supply, which would explain the firm’s lobbying attempts to source memory chips from a Chinese blacklisted memory manufacturer, CXMT. However, an analyst believes that forming a partnership with a new company won’t address the supply or pricing fixes, but it’ll tackle one problem that Apple fears more than the aforementioned issues; managing DRAM shortage risk. With the DRAM shortage now set in stone, Apple’s plans have shifted towards securing a stable […]

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The M5 family is missing one member that’ll eventually power the updated Mac Studio’s innards, and that’s the M5 Ultra. With the launch expected later this year, Apple will finally bring its most powerful workstation-class silicon to the masses, and even though it won’t be cheap, we’re looking forward to its release. Unfortunately, as far as design changes go, the new Mac Studio will look similar to its predecessors, but Apple won’t keep this trend going with the M7 Ultra, as the latter’s higher power requirements will necessitate a major change. Internal upgrades, such as a bigger heatsink is expected […]

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Demand for AI chips has brought the 3nm supply to a near-standstill, with TSMC estimated to boost output by up to 175,000 monthly wafers, and it is still reportedly witnessing massive constraints. Unfortunately, not even a lucrative customer like Apple will receive preferential treatment from its foundry partner, and as AI firms eventually move to the 2nm process, it’ll become Déjà vu for the Cupertino firm all over again when it comes to securing supply, making the transition to the 1.4nm node one of Apple’s top goals. Despite advanced nodes no longer offering the same benefits at an acceptable price, Apple’s […]

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As smartphone chipsets get more advanced generation after generation, they’ll also be prone to excessive heat, thanks to packing all that performance under the hood. Looking at the direction that these SoCs are headed, Samsung could define a new packaging standard with the Exynos 2600, as the LPDDR5X RAM chip paired with the latter is half the size of the standard module and comes with no performance loss at all. Custom LPDDR5X RAM size has been made exclusively for the Exynos 2600, but Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro could also adopt the new packaging The older PoP (Package-on-Package), where […]

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Apple being forced to raise the prices of its products due to the unavoidable RAM shortage has given resellers an opportunity to squeeze unfair profits from its customers. One person who had already paid for the M5 Max MacBook Pro is now being demanded to fork over the difference, despite the order successfully being placed before the Cupertino giant’s dreaded announcement came through. An M5 Max MacBook Pro with 128GB unified memory was paid in full on June 5, but the reseller is giving the customer two difficult choices In the U.K., a Redditor user with the handle “sw1000” claims that KRCS, […]

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There’s no better feeling than stumbling upon an offer that fits your budget, and on Amazon, there’s something listed for everyone. However, with hundreds of thousands of products showing up the moment you tap on the app or visit the website, it can be an arduous task when doom scrolling across a plethora of pages. Fortunately, we’ve rounded up the best tech deals for you, saving you hours of time and energy. Of course, with all of these deals changing without a moment’s notice, we recommend refreshing this page so that you’re ‘up to date’ on the latest offers. MacBooks […]

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The Intel Core Ultra lineup of desktops might not have been able to garner a decent reputation thanks to what transpired with the company’s 14th-generation family of CPUs, but they are every bit as powerful and can help you bulldoze through the most demanding of tasks with ease. Now, these processors weren’t as value-oriented as before, but thanks to Amazon’s Prime Day 2026 sale, you can grab them at an attractive 26 percent off. A total of five SKUs can be picked from Intel’s Core Ultra lineup, starting from $219.99 The processors are only compatible with Intel’s 800 series of […]

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A first look at the iPhone 18 Pro’s logic board shows that the A20 Pro has adopted the new WMCM (Wafer-Level Multi-Chip Module) packaging, with Apple gradually shifting away from the PoP (Package-on-Package) technology used for the A19 Pro. We also see that Apple has once more relied on its chip design prowess to limit the size of the SoC while also making changes to the Neural Engine. Maintaining the same physical size as the A19 Pro allows Apple to lower production costs for the A20 Pro, which are already expensive to mass produce, thanks to TSMC’s 2nm node While the […]

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NVIDIA might be the preferred company when it comes to desktop and laptop GPUs, but AMD hit it out of the park when it unveiled its Radeon RX 9070 XT, making it the best graphics card for those who want to experience increased raw rasterization performance over the RTX 5070 Ti. If you don’t want to wait for your AAA gaming experience to begin, Amazon’s Prime Day 2026 has discounted the ASUS Prime RX 9070 XT by 13 percent, with the new listing showing $699.99. When it comes to ‘price to performance’ GPUs, the RX 9070 XT checks all the […]

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A chipset’s AI inference performance largely depends on its unified memory bandwidth and memory count, which is why a truckload of M5 Max MacBook Pro purchases have been made to take advantage of its 128GB memory pool. Sadly, the base Apple Silicon hasn’t been given much priority in this area, but things could change with the arrival of the M7. M7 to have a lower unified memory bandwidth than the M5 Pro, but it’ll still be high enough to make a proper difference compared to the M5 A ton of specification details surrounding the M7 are shrouded in mystery, but […]

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Qualcomm will introduce its first 2nm chipsets later this year, but don’t expect these SoCs to share the same capabilities just because they utilize the same lithography. In fact, a tipster shares some specification differences between the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 to show the ‘Pro’ version will only be found in the ‘top of the line’ flagships arriving next year. Despite sporting the same CPU cluster, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro boasts a better GPU, increased graphics memory, and more We’ve mentioned before that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro […]

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Those who trusted their instinct in buying Apple’s ‘top of the line’ 14-inch MacBook Pro equipped with an M5 Max should pat themselves on the back, especially one owner, who managed to get the best possible specifications right at his fingertips, and he almost saved $3,000 on this purchase. With Apple raising the prices on various products, including its MacBook Pro lineup, it’s going to become increasingly difficult to acquire these top-tier configurations, but those who managed to pick up these machines even a day before the announcement have truly lucked out. With the 14-inch M5 Max MacBook now carrying a price […]

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There has never been a time when Apple hasn’t launched a ‘Pro’ and ‘Max’ version of its base M-series chipset, but according to the latest report, the plan will materialize with the arrival of the M6 later this year. Instead of the M6 Pro and M6 Max, the company will apparently bring forth the M7 Pro and M7 Max. New change of plans threatens the redesigned OLED MacBook Pro launch, which was said to exclusively ship with the M6 Pro and M6 Max SoCs Instead of the M6 Pro and M6 Max, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman writes that Apple will instead […]

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CEO Tim Cook had already warned that memory prices had become unsustainable, which only meant that Apple was running on borrowed time in keeping the MSRP of its products as low as possible. Unfortunately, the Cupertino firm has thrown in the towel and has announced price bumps across its entire product family, with up to a $1,300 premium being stamped on the more expensive hardware when shopping for the base models. The more popular products like the MacBook Neo and MacBook Air are only slightly more expensive, but it’ll hurt consumers regardless For those who were wondering why Apple’s online […]

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Amazon’s Prime Day 2026 sale has just kicked off, signaling a cue that it’s the time of the year when you have an opportunity to grab your favorite items at heavily discounted prices. Unfortunately, there are so many products to choose from and so little time. Thankfully, we’ve sifted through hundreds of deals to bring you the best ones and have added them to the list, so take a gander below. We’ll also recommend that readers refresh this page so they have access to the best deals in a timely manner. iPhones iPhone 17 Pro Unlocked, Renewed Premium with 256GB […]

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