AMD EPYC Venice Launches July 22–24: 576 Cores, 12 TB/s Memory Bandwidth
AMD's Zen 6 EPYC Venice debuts next week with up to 576 cores, 12 TB/s memory bandwidth, and native AVX-1024 support. Here's what changes for AI infrastructure.
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Your Homelab RAM and SSD Costs Are About to Jump 30–40%
ADATA's chairman warns of a 30% DRAM and 40% NAND jump this quarter. Here's why your build budget needs to shift now.
NVIDIA's First Server CPU Clears the Performance Floor
NVIDIA's Vera CPU benchmarks show it competes directly with EPYC and Xeon, but software maturity and platform lock-in dictate adoption.
AMD GPUs Are Getting 10% Pricier — Here's the Full Picture
AMD has notified its supply chain of a ~10% GPU price increase driven by a DRAM shortage. DRAM contract prices rose 90–95% QoQ in Q1 2026. Here's what to buy, hold, or skip.
DDR5 Tripled Since October — Buy Nothing Yet
DRAM and NAND prices have surged 90–130% since late 2025. A Samsung factory walkout and HBM reallocation mean the crunch won't clear before late 2027 at earliest.