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Framework raises DDR5 RAM upgrade prices by 50% amid DRAM shortage — only for Laptop DIY edition, says prices will likely rise again

Written on December 12, 2025.

The computer manufacturer Framework has announced price increases of up to 50% for DDR5 memory upgrades on the company's Framework Laptop DIY Edition—the price adjustment results from the ongoing memory shortage

Intel’s Panther Lake CPUs set to take off in Oregon, company reveals, and cutting-edge 18A process is on track

Written on November 21, 2025.

Intel faces serious threat in the laptop market, not just from its nemesis AMD but also Qualcomm and Apple, thanks to the arrival of high-performance, highly efficient ARM cores that have forced the chipmaker to up every part of its game to compete.

AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D debuts in Micro Center pre-built PC — affordable gaming CPU seemingly exclusive to retailer for now

Written on November 11, 2025.

Micro Center just launched a brand-new gaming PC featuring the new AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D. The 7500X3D is seemingly the most affordable X3D chip from the Ryzen 7000 series

Virtualized Windows 11 test shows Apple’s M5 destroying Intel and AMD’s best in single-core benchmark

Written on October 24, 2025.

Apple's processors are notorious for their high performance when running in their native environments: macOS and iOS. However, an experiment conducted by NPacific, a Chinese enthusiast (via HXL), shows that Apple's latest M5 processor can destroy high-end CPUs from AMD and Intel while running Windows 11 in virtualization mode.

Next-gen MRAM breakthrough can flip bits at SRAM-rivalling speeds with low power consumption — researchers claim true next-gen breakthrough using Tungsten layer

Written on October 13, 2025.

A cross-institutional research team has published a paper where a breakthrough in (MRAM) development is detailed.

AMD keeps AM4 platform on life support with 2020-era Zen 3 CPU — Ryzen 3 5100 surfaces, nine years after AM4 launch

Written on September 24, 2025.

The Ryzen 3 5100 is among the processors known to exist but not previously observed in person. That situation has now changed, as hardware leaker momomo_us has shared a photograph confirming the existence of the Ryzen 3 5100, which was previously regarded as a unicorn in hardware circles.

Intel CFO confirms that 14A will be more expensive than 18A due to High-NA EUV tool — Intel expects 14A process to offer 15-20% better performance-per-watt

Written on September 8, 2025.

Intel's 14A manufacturing technology (1.4nm-class) technology — the company's first fabrication process that was designed both for Intel and its foundry customers from the ground up

UltraRAM scaled for volume production — memory that promises DRAM-like speeds, 4,000x the durability of NAND is now ready for manufacturing

Written on August 25, 2025.

Efforts to commercialize UltraRAM have made significant strides forward. Quinas Technology, the firm behind UltraRAM, has been busy working alongside advanced wafer products maker

AMD FSR 3.1.4 update lays a Redstone foundation — new version improves image quality, eases future developer integrations

Written on August 8, 2025.

AMD’s latest FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) update might look like a routine maintenance patch, but under the hood, it’s setting the stage for one of the company’s most ambitious upgrades yet.

Intel Arrow Lake refresh might not have a new NPU after all — latest reports indicate a clock speed bump only

Written on July 18, 2025.

Just a few days ago, Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake-S desktop refresh was leaked again, and this time, we learned that it's allegedly coming in the second half of 2025. Paired with a new NPU and higher clock speeds, the refresh would still be binned on TSMC's N3B node and bring modest improvements to the lineup.