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AI & GPU Accelerators

GPU Renters Face Silicon Lottery

So you think you're getting a fair shake when you rent a GPU by the hour? Think again. A new study is blowing the lid off the 'silicon lottery,' and it means your cloud computing budget might be going up in smoke.

6 min read 1 week ago
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Industry Analysis

AI Compute: No Bubble, Says King Slide? 2Q26 Orders Solid

Think the AI gold rush is just a shiny flash in the pan? King Slide, a company that actually makes the metal bits holding up your servers, says hold your horses. They're not seeing a bubble, and their order books for early 2026 are looking surprisingly full.

6 min read 1 week, 6 days ago
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Memory & Storage

Memory Prices Soar 40% in 2026: Cloud Giants Hoard Supply

Forget your cheap SSDs and ample RAM for a moment. Adata just dropped a bombshell: memory prices are about to go ballistic. Blame the cloud behemoths.

4 min read 2 weeks ago
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Chip Design & Architecture

SiPearl & Semidynamics: A New Rack-Scale AI Inference Play?

Arm meets RISC-V in a bid to conquer the AI inference server market. SiPearl and Semidynamics are launching a new rack-scale platform, but the real question is who benefits and at what cost?

5 min read 2 weeks, 1 day ago
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Industry Analysis

Azure Kills Old VMs: Haswell & Skylake Out, What's Next?

Microsoft is finally admitting what we all suspected: the cloud isn't some eternal, static wonderland. Time to ditch those decade-old VMs.

5 min read 2 weeks, 4 days ago
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Startups & Funding

CoreWeave & Meta: A $35B AI Deal Sparks Data Center Frenzy

The ink is barely dry, but the reverberations are already shaking the foundations of the cloud. Meta just dropped a staggering $35 billion on AI compute, and CoreWeave is holding the bag.

6 min read 3 weeks, 1 day ago
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AI & GPU Accelerators

Microsoft & OpenAI Break Up Exclusivity: A New AI Era Dawns

The era of tight-lipped AI exclusivity is over. Microsoft and OpenAI are loosening their decade-long embrace, a move that promises to reshape the competitive arena.

6 min read 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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