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This is the first PCIe 6.0 SSD you can actually buy and by 'you' I mean hyperscalers — Micron 9650 can reach 28GBps read speeds and will only be used for AI inference

By Wayne Williams Published 17 February 26

Micron has launched the 9650, the first PCIe 6.0 SSD built for hyperscale AI inference workloads and high-bandwidth data center storage.

Tens of billions of dollars wiped out from household name brands as obscure "penny stock" karaoke-vendor-turned-AI platform debuts "game-changing platform"

By Wayne Williams Published 16 February 26

Logistics stocks tumble after tiny AI firm claims massive freight efficiency gains trigger investor fears over automation replacing jobs and reshaping industry costs.

“The next big lemming-like rush will be to artificial intelligence”: While 1985 was hailed as the year of AI, Bill Gates ignored the hype to focus on ‘softer software’

By Wayne Williams Published 15 February 26

In 1983, Bill Gates turned away from AI hype and championed “softer software” which adapted to users' needs.

Samsung Semiconductors industry first commercial HBM4

Samsung says it “took the leap” with HBM4, as it starts shipping faster AI memory built on advanced process nodes

By Wayne Williams Published 13 February 26

Samsung begins to ship HBM4 memory at 11.7Gbps speeds, and claims an early industry lead.

“It’s cheaper for you and more profitable for us”: In 1998, Larry Ellison predicted the world we live in today, where you pay over and over for software you don’t own

By Wayne Williams Published 12 February 26

Larry Ellison’s 1998 vision of leasing software predicted today’s cloud subscriptions and the end of traditional software ownership.

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64GB of DDR5 RAM now costs more than a MacBook Air - memory prices have surged 300% in just six months

By Wayne Williams Published 11 February 26

64GB of DDR5 RAM surges from the low $200s to over $1000 in six months, with prices still climbing.

'SDUC cards in multi-terabyte capacities are already shipping': but where are these removable memory cards with 4TB or 8TB capacities that Sandisk launched almost two years ago?

By Wayne Williams Published 11 February 26

The SD Association outlines a future of SD Express speeds and SDUC capacities up to 128TB, although where are the 4TB and 8TB cards announced years ago?

'I was out in Korea just a couple of weeks ago': SK Hynix partner has a cunning plan to simplify SSDs and cut memory use by 99% amidst RAM crisis

By Wayne Williams Published 11 February 26

StreamFast SSD concept removes the flash translation layer and controller DRAM, using sequential device-assigned addresses to slash memory use.

A wireless HDMI transmitter meets a USB hub and the result is a surprisingly capable docking station for your laptop, your smartphone or even your gaming console - oh and you will absolutely love the receiver

By Wayne Williams Published 11 February 26

4URPC’s wireless HDMI transmitter doubles as a 10Gbps USB hub with SD slots and 100W charging, turning a simple casting tool into a compact dock for laptops and tablets.

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"The height of nonsense": Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison’s 1987 argument that not everything should be AI makes perfect sense in 2026

By Wayne Williams Published 8 February 26

Decades before the current AI boom, Oracle's Larry Ellison argued that applying AI to every problem was "the height of nonsense."

"Weirder than Bill Gates and Steve Wozniak put together": Japan's answer to Steve Jobs predicted personified computers, smartphones and AI in 1984 through a sixth sense, viewing the world as a dog or a dolphin

By Wayne Williams Published 6 February 26

In 1984, Sunao Takatori used his sixth sense to imagine a vision of computing that feels strikingly familiar today.

’What will people do in the year 2050, given the enormous intellectual power computers are likely to have?’: The man Google calls the spiritual father of AI asked big questions in 1991 — 35 years later, we’re still wrestling with the answers

By Wayne Williams Published 4 February 26

Ray Kurzweil’s 1991 AI predictions feel strikingly familiar today, revealing how progress advanced faster than our understanding of intelligence and purpose.

No, it’s not the latest games console - AtomMan G7 Pro mini PC from Minisforum goes on sale with a Core i9-14900HX and RTX 5070 in a super slim chassis, but you might be better off buying a Dell

By Wayne Williams Published 31 January 26

Minisforum AtomMan G7 Pro delivers Core i9-14900HX performance in a super slim mini PC design.

‘An issue that has gone unaddressed for too long': Major US city takes bold decision to ban single-use printer cartridges but will others follow suit?

By Wayne Williams Published 27 January 26

A proposed ban on single-use ink cartridges in Los Angeles exposes the hidden environmental and financial cost of home printing.

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‘We built a technology which uses light to control light’: Finchetto CEO on ditching electronics to make networks faster

By Wayne Williams Published 26 January 26

Exclusive Finchetto CEO tells us about switching data using light instead of electronics in hyperscale networks.

Chinese storage startup uses ancient, controversial technique to deliver 'extraordinarily fast and resilient' SSD: this weirdly-named Roealsen6 unlocks hardware compression to deliver incredible PCIe SSD speeds

By Wayne Williams Published 26 January 26

Chinese PCIe Gen5 SSD uses hardware compression to reach record benchmark speeds, although performance depends on how well the data compresses.

Asus may have just released the most powerful business laptop ever: ExpertBook B3 G2 has an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 and weighs only 1.41Kg

By Wayne Williams Published 26 January 26

Asus ExpertBook B3 G2 business laptop sports Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 and a 1.41kg starting weight.

'The new era of Infinite Flight begins': Novel tech can wireless charge drones almost 2Km away using a kilowatt-class laser and a lightweight charger

By Wayne Williams Published 18 January 26

Laser based charging system aims to keep drones airborne indefinitely by delivering kilowatt class power over long distances.

MW-class S2000 Stratosphere Airborne Wind Energy System (SAWES)

'It’s like wrapping the wind from all sides': Drone-like airship with 24 blades is world's first megawatt-class tethered wind turbine — S2000 rises to 2Km and can generate a whopping 3MW

By Wayne Williams Published 17 January 26

A Chinese firm has tested the world’s first megawatt class airborne wind turbine platform designed to feed electricity directly into the grid.

'Greenland is strategically valuable for LEO': CEO of European laser communications startup expands on why lasers complement radio networks - and highlights the critical importance of the North Pole for satellite passes

By Wayne Williams Published 17 January 26

Greenland’s location near the North Pole makes it a critical site for laser based satellite communications, expert says.

Forget lasers and missiles, China wants to kill drones using a common tech households use everyday in kitchens all around the world — invisible microwave weapons can fry electronics but still require line-of-sight and proximity

By Wayne Williams Published 17 January 26

China wants to counter drone swarms using high power microwave weapons similar in principle to household ovens but scaled for military air defense roles.

A 3D printed drone is probably the world's fastest DIY plane ever, quicker than even the legendary P38 Lightning — but at 408mph, it has some way to go to catch up with the 575mph TU-95

By Wayne Williams Published 17 January 26

A fully 3D printed drone reaches 408mph and retakes the Guinness World Record for fastest quadcopter ever flown by a DIY team.

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Magnets produced at room temperature using lasers could one day produce better HDDs, faster non-silicon processors — and at 20nm, they are so thin that they could be used almost anywhere, even in the human body

By Wayne Williams Published 15 January 26

Magnets tuned with lasers at room temperature could lead to faster hard drives and a new generation of computer chips.

‘In AI models, the real bottleneck isn’t computing power — it’s memory’: Phison CEO on 244TB SSDs, PLC NAND, why high-bandwidth flash isn’t a good idea, and why CSP profit goes hand in hand with storage capacity

By Wayne Williams Published 14 January 26

Exclusive Phison CEO tells us about 244TB SSDs, PLC NAND, and why High Bandwidth Flash is not a good idea.

Plucky startup Bolt Graphics still wants to use RISC-V to compete with Nvidia, AMD in AI and beyond — and given CUDA's port on RISC-V, there may be something there

By Wayne Williams Published 12 January 26

Bolt Graphics is betting on RISC-V and CUDA compatibility to challenge Nvidia and AMD with a radically different GPU design focused on AI and rendering.

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