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'The retail SSD market has almost disappeared,' says Silicon Motion exec — PC OEMs are buying third-party drives as direct NAND supply dries up

'The retail SSD market has almost disappeared,' says Silicon Motion exec — PC OEMs are buying third-party drives as direct NAND supply dries up

💡 Verdict: A Silicon Motion executive warns that the standalone retail SSD market is rapidly vanishing as PC OEMs shift to buying third-party drives amidst drying direct NAND supplies. Check Price: Retail SSDs ⚡ Quick Hits * The DIY and consumer retail SSD market is experiencing a drastic decline. * PC manufacturers (OEMs)

Multiple small Tennessee counties pass temporary data center bans — Nashville also passed near-unanimous moratorium on first reading

Multiple small Tennessee counties pass temporary data center bans — Nashville also passed near-unanimous moratorium on first reading

💡 Verdict: Check out this gear. Check Price: See Deal ⚡ Quick Hits ** * Multiple small Tennessee counties have enacted temporary bans on new data center developments. * Nashville's local government recently passed a near-unanimous data center moratorium on its first reading. * Localities are increasingly pushing back against rapid tech infrastructure

AMD takes over MEXT to 'address growing memory constraints' in the data center — memory tiering technology enables flash to appear as DRAM to applications

AMD takes over MEXT to 'address growing memory constraints' in the data center — memory tiering technology enables flash to appear as DRAM to applications

💡 Verdict: Check out this gear. Check Price: See Deal ⚡ Quick Hits ** * Tackling the Bottleneck: AMD's takeover of MEXT aims to directly address the escalating memory capacity limits in modern data centers. * Flash as DRAM: The memory tiering software seamlessly tricks applications into recognizing cheaper, high-capacity NVMe flash

China's supreme court bans Infineon from selling GaN power chips in China — market-leader Innoscience secures major victory in multi-region patent war

China's supreme court bans Infineon from selling GaN power chips in China — market-leader Innoscience secures major victory in multi-region patent war

💡 Verdict: China's Supreme Court has banned Infineon from selling its GaN power chips within the country, delivering a massive blow to the company and a major victory to local market leader Innoscience in their ongoing global patent war. Check Price: Infineon GaN Chips ⚡ Quick Hits * China's

Computer History Museum recalls ‘astonishing’ retro haul recovered from abandoned German warehouse — over 2,000 artifacts spanning the 1930s to 1980s required seven tractor-trailers after a WWII bomb scare

Computer History Museum recalls ‘astonishing’ retro haul recovered from abandoned German warehouse — over 2,000 artifacts spanning the 1930s to 1980s required seven tractor-trailers after a WWII bomb scare

💡 Verdict: Check out this gear. Check Price: See Deal ⚡ Quick Hits ** * Over 2,000 computing artifacts spanning from the 1930s to the 1980s were successfully recovered. * The staggering size of the historic collection required seven full tractor-trailers to transport. * The high-stakes extraction process was temporarily halted by an

Amazon says its data centers consume only 0.075% of the water Americans use for watering their lawns and gardens — company also boasts of its improvements in water efficiency

Amazon says its data centers consume only 0.075% of the water Americans use for watering their lawns and gardens — company also boasts of its improvements in water efficiency

💡 Verdict: Amazon puts its environmental footprint into perspective, noting its data centers consume merely 0.075% of the water Americans use for lawn and garden care. Check Price: AWS Data Centers ⚡ Quick Hits * Amazon's data center water usage equates to just 0.075% of US residential lawn watering.

Netgear countersues TP-Link, saying firm 'remains, at its core, a Chinese company selling Chinese-made products' — alleges its 'American company' rebrand is false advertising

Netgear countersues TP-Link, saying firm 'remains, at its core, a Chinese company selling Chinese-made products' — alleges its 'American company' rebrand is false advertising

💡 Verdict: Check out this gear. Check Price: See Deal ⚡ Quick Hits ** * Netgear has launched a fiery countersuit against networking competitor TP-Link. * The lawsuit centers on accusations of false advertising regarding corporate identity. * Netgear alleges that despite the rebrand, TP-Link remains fundamentally a Chinese company selling Chinese-made goods.