Valve hints at Steam Machine delay… but the plot thickens

digitaltrends - Valve says memory and storage shortages may delay the Steam Machine and related hardware, while updated listings showing “Coming soon” suggest development is still progressing behind the scenes. The post Valve hints at Steam Machine delay… but the plot th…

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Valve now says "we hope" to ship the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller in 2026 -- a downgrade from its earlier promises -- due to memory shortages. www.theverge.com/games/890986...

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SSD-RAMageddon is so dire that a company defining product that was announced last year may not even see a release until NEXT year.

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No Gabe Cube this year?

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Valve has updated a blog post to say that it is shipping the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller in 2026.

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Never mind! Valve: "we will be shipping all three products this year." www.theverge.com/games/890986...

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Valve hints at Steam Machine delay… but the plot thickens

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Valve doesn't sound confident the Steam Machine will ship in 2026

4 hrs / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Steam Machine, Frame, and Controller updated to 'coming soon' release date status by Valve

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Valve’s Steam Machine may not launch this year

5 hrs / theverge / Jay Peters

First M5 Max Benchmarks Reveal Fastest Apple CPU Yet

iclarified - The first Geekbench 6 scores for Apple's newly announced M5 Max chip have appeared online, offering an early look at the performance of the company's latest high-end laptop processor.Continue ReadingShare Article:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, Email…

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Everyday gains: M5 MacBook Air real-world boosts over M4 (4)
M5 family face-off: Pro, Max and Ultra jockey for supremacy (1)
On-site: M5 Max smokes AMD, sets single-core performance records (2)
OTHER (4)

Washington reportedly moves to tighten leash on AI chip exports

Dan Robinson / theregister - Draft rules could force Nvidia and AMD to seek government approval before selling abroad The Trump administration is reportedly planning new restrictions on GPU exports, aimed not only at controlling who gets them, but at driving AI investment back into t…

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Commerce Department Drafts Global AI Chip Export Rules Linking Sales to US Investment

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Washington reportedly moves to tighten leash on AI chip exports

13 hrs / theregister / Dan Robinson

US Commerce Department confirms harsh new AI export rules, shoots down reports over the return of Biden-era AI Diffusion rule — DoC to formalize a new approach to strategic AI accelerator export controls

14 hrs / tomshardware

“AI chips will remain in America unless foreign countries invest in the US”

18 hrs / techzine / Erik van Klinken

China’s rubber-stamp parliament rubber stamps tech independence plan

Simon Sharwood / theregister - Call to do better with chips and put AI everywhere is more than rhetoric because China’s scientists are sprinting ahead China’s government has again made reducing reliance on imported digital technology a major goal.…

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China’s Zhejiang, Guangdong provinces vie to heed Xi Jinping’s call for innovation

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China pledges full support for tech sector with broad range of new policies

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Chinese tech firms struggle to keep pace in AI race

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China's most senior semiconductor executives issued a public call this week for a consolidated national effort to build a domestic alternative to Dutch lithography giant ASML, warning that the country's chip equipment industry remains too "small, fragment

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China's AI Companion Robots: Selling Emotion to the World

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China’s rubber-stamp parliament rubber stamps tech independence plan

25 hrs / theregister / Simon Sharwood

China bets on AI-manufacturing integration to narrow digital-economy gap with US

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China to put state-owned firms, capital to work nurturing tech champions

29 hrs / scmp

China’s New 5-Year Plan: More AI, Less US

31 hrs / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

US Mulls Requiring Permits for Global Nvidia, AMD AI Chip Sales

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Mac Studio 512GB RAM Option Disappears Amid Global DRAM Shortage

BeauHD / slashdot - Apple has removed the 512GB RAM configuration for the Mac Studio, leaving 256GB as the new maximum. The remaining 256GB upgrade has also increased in price and now faces longer shipping delays as demand grows "due to consumers seeking machines suitable fo…

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Without warning, Apple has stopped selling the Mac Studio with its previous maximum configuration of 512GB RAM, perhaps because of worldwide shortages.

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Apple's 512GB Mac Studio vanishes, a quiet acknowledgment of the RAM shortage

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Apple pulls $4,000 512GB Mac Studio upgrade option as AI RAM squeeze continues, raises 256GB upgrade price — M3 256GB upgrade now costs $2,000

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Forget 512GB RAM -- Apple has dropped the Mac Studio's $4,000 upgrade

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Mac Studio 512GB RAM Option Disappears Amid Global DRAM Shortage

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Mac Studio 512GB RAM Option Disappears Amid Global DRAM Shortage

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Mac Studio 512GB RAM Option Disappears Amid Global DRAM Shortage

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Marvell Technology, Inc. (MRVL) Stock: Q4 Revenue Hits $2.2B Record as AI Demand Drives 42% Annual Growth

Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR Marvell hits $2.22B Q4 revenue record as AI data center demand soars. GAAP net income rises to $396M; non-GAAP reaches $685M in Q4. Fiscal 2026 revenue jumps 42% to $8.2B on strong AI chip growth. CEO highlights record design wins fueling future AI i…

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Marvell (MRVL) Stock Soars 11% Following Impressive Q4 Results and Optimistic Outlook

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Investors marvel at Marvell’s solid earnings and revenue beat on AI chip demand

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Marvell Technology, Inc. (MRVL) Stock: Q4 Revenue Hits $2.2B Record as AI Demand Drives 42% Annual Growth

27 hrs / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Marvell Technology jumps after raising sales guidance for the next two years

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Apple M5 chips introduce a new "super core" tier in its CPU design

techspot - On the surface, the change might look like semantics. But it reflects a broader evolution inside Apple Silicon that moves beyond the traditional mobile-processor model where "big" cores handle demanding work and "little" cores handle background tasks for …

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M5 Max CPU and GPU geek bench links

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M5 Max Geekbench scores show impressive results, beating out M3 Ultra CPU, matching GPU

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M5 Max With 18-Core CPU Obtains A Small 10% Performance Bump Over M4 Max In New Benchmark Leak, Most Impressive Feat Is Beating 32-Core M3 Ultra

27 hrs / wccftech / Omar Sohail

Apple's M5 Max Chip Achieves a New Record in First Benchmark Result

27 hrs / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Apple M5 chips introduce a new "super core" tier in its CPU design

31 hrs / techspot

Why Spend More On The M5 MacBook Air When You Can Get Tremendous Value On Select M4 MacBook Air Models, Now $300 Off On Amazon

31 hrs / wccftech / Omar Sohail

Apple macOS Tahoe 26.3.1 "Updates" M5 SoC With New "Super Cores"

33 hrs / techpowerup

macOS Tahoe 26.3.1 update will "upgrade" your M5's CPU to new "super" cores

37 hrs / arstechnica / Andrew Cunningham

NVIDIA Stops China-Focused H200 "Hopper" GPU Production

techpowerup - NVIDIA has reportedly halted production of its China-focused H200 "Hopper" GPU at TSMC's facilities, according to multiple reports. The company has built up an inventory of 250,000 H200 GPUs, which will be available in the Chinese market for select applic…

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"U.S. regulators have allegedly drafted rules that would require U.S. government approval to ship AI chips anywhere outside the U.S., according to Bloomberg, citing sources. This would give the U.S. significantly more control over companies like AMD

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US considers tying Nvidia and AMD AI chip exports to foreign investment pledges

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Nvidia stops making China-bound AI chips: Report

28 hrs / semafor / Tasneem Nashrulla

US reportedly considering sweeping new chip export controls

29 hrs / techcrunch / Rebecca Szkutak

The U.S. Could Soon Turn NVIDIA and AMD’s AI Chips Into a Foreign Policy Tool, With Not a Single Country Being Left Out

29 hrs / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

Nvidia (NVDA) Stock Slides on New U.S. Export Restrictions for AI Chips

32 hrs / parameter / Trader Edge

Nvidia falls on report of US government drafting regulations restricting AI chip exports

32 hrs / sherwood / Toby Bochan

China’s Catch-22 Is Pushing NVIDIA to the Brink, and the Chipmaker Is Finally Fed Up With It

33 hrs / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

NVIDIA Stops China-Focused H200 "Hopper" GPU Production

34 hrs / techpowerup

Nvidia reportedly halts production of H200 chips for sale to China in favor of Vera Rubin ramp

39 hrs / sherwood / Luke Kawa

Nvidia could bring back the RTX 3060 in mid-March as the memory crisis bites

techspot - At the beginning of January, leaker hongxing2020, who has a long and impressive record when it comes to revealing Nvidia's plans, claimed Team Green has told its partners that the RTX 3060 will be returning in the first quarter of 2026.Read Entire Article

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Expected To Make A Comeback In Mid-March

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Nvidia could bring back the RTX 3060 in mid-March as the memory crisis bites

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Could Return Mid-March

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 With 9 GB GDDR7 Memory Rumored To Debut At Computex

Sarfraz Khan / wccftech - The "upgraded" GeForce RTX 5050 is expected to arrive in June this year at the Computex event. NVIDIA Will Reportedly Debut its 9 GB RTX 5050 GPU at Computex; Same GPU, but Newer GDDR7 Memory With an Additional Gigabyte of VRAM Instead of increasing the V…

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 With 9 GB GDDR7 Memory Rumored To Debut At Computex

37 hrs / wccftech / Sarfraz Khan

NVIDIA reportedly plans RTX 5050 with 9GB memory and RTX 5060 variant

38 hrs / tbreak / Mufaddal Fakhruddin

Nvidia reportedly working on RTX 5050 with 9GB of VRAM on a 96-bit bus, featuring 28 Gbps GDDR7 modules — RTX 5060 with cut-down GB205 GPU also planned

39 hrs / tomshardware

Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) Stock: Soars on $10B Buyback and Record $19.3B Q1 Revenue Driven by AI Surge

Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR Broadcom Q1 revenue hits $19.3B, up 29% YoY Net income jumps 34% to $7.35B on strong demand AI revenue doubles to $8.4B, driving growth momentum $10B share buyback enhances shareholder returns Q2 revenue forecast $22B, powered by AI and software solu…

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AI boom hides software drag and investor unease. (1)
AI demand explodes — Broadcom says hyperscalers can't build chips. (4)
Market cheers record quarter, $10B buyback lifts Broadcom shares. (5)
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AI boom hides software drag and investor unease.

Broadcom’s AI Business Is Booming. The Rest Is Complicated.

40 hrs / wsj / Dan Gallagher

AI demand explodes — Broadcom says hyperscalers can't build chips.

Broadcom: AI companies currently dependent on external chipmakers

40 hrs / techzine / Mels Dees

Broadcom says AI companies can’t make their own silicon any time soon

47 hrs / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan sees AI chip revenue 'significantly' above $100 billion next year

2 days / cnbc

Broadcom’s AI chip business jumps 106% as it cruises to another solid earnings and revenue beat

2 days / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Market cheers record quarter, $10B buyback lifts Broadcom shares.

Broadcom (AVGO) Stock Soars 7% on Massive AI Revenue Forecast Through 2027

40 hrs / parameter / Trader Edge

Broadcom's custom AI chip business stays hot and gives the bulls a much-needed win

2 days / cnbc

Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) Stock: Soars on $10B Buyback and Record $19.3B Q1 Revenue Driven by AI Surge

2 days / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Broadcom posts modest Q1 sales and earnings beats

2 days / sherwood / Luke Kawa

Broadcom set to report earnings after the bell

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How Broadcom CEO Hock Tan won the market over during the earnings call

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Pretty punchy guidance from $AVGO but a light Q1 beat; shares modestly lower sherwood.news/markets/broa...

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Apple debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max with 18-core CPU, up to 40-core GPU, and 4x AI performance

Asma Hussain / ithinkdiff - Apple has announced M5 Pro and M5 Max, its most advanced chips yet for the MacBook Pro. Built on a new Apple designed Fusion Architecture, the chips focus heavily on AI compute, graphics performance, and higher unified memory bandwidth for...Read more at …

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Hands‑on: performance impressions of M5 Air and M5 Pro (3)
Inside Apple’s M5: Fusion architecture and AI power (3)
New MacBooks unveiled: storage, Wi‑Fi 7, and memory options (3)
Retail rush and market reaction: preorders, deals, stock slide (4)
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Hands‑on: performance impressions of M5 Air and M5 Pro

M5 Max MacBook Pro Hands-On: The Expensive Tank of Laptops

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M5 MacBook Air Hands-On: All of the Changes Are Under the Hood

2 days / gizmodo / Raymond Wong

M5 Max 16-inch MacBook Pro vs M4 Max 16-inch MaBook Pro compared

2 days / appleinsider

Inside Apple’s M5: Fusion architecture and AI power

Apple Renames its Processor Cores for M5

2 days / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Apple's M5 Pro and M5 Max pack 18 CPU cores, up to 40 GPU cores, and faster unified memory

2 days / techspot

Apple debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max with 18-core CPU, up to 40-core GPU, and 4x AI performance

2 days / ithinkdiff / Asma Hussain

New MacBooks unveiled: storage, Wi‑Fi 7, and memory options

Apple launches M5 MacBook Air with 16GB RAM and 512GB storage

2 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Apple introduces MacBook Pro with M5 Pro, M5 Max, 1TB storage, and Wi-Fi 7

3 days / ithinkdiff / Asma Hussain

MacBook Air with M5 brings 512GB storage, Wi-Fi 7, and faster AI performance

3 days / ithinkdiff / Asma Hussain

Retail rush and market reaction: preorders, deals, stock slide

The new MacBook Air debuts with a $50 gift card as the M4 model hits its best price

2 days / theverge / Sheena Vasani

Skip The New Models and Get Up to $300 Off M4 MacBook Air on Amazon

2 days / macrumors / Mitchel Broussard

New M5 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Get First Pre-Order Offers From Best Buy

2 days / macrumors / Mitchel Broussard

Apple (AAPL) Stock: Shares Slip as Company Unveils M5-Powered MacBook Air and Pro Models

2 days / parameter / Yasmin Werner

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Skip The New Models and Get Up to $300 Off M4 MacBook Air on Amazon

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New M5 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Get First Pre-Order Offers From Best Buy

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(PR) Intel Board Chair Frank Yeary Steps Down, Craig Barratt Takes Over

techpowerup - Intel Corporation today announced that its board of directors has elected Dr. Craig H. Barratt as independent chair, effective following the company's Annual Stockholders' Meeting on May 13, 2026. Barratt will succeed Frank D. Yeary, who is retiring from …

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Craig Barratt to succeed Frank Yeary as chair on Intel Board of Directors

2 days / siliconrepublic / Laura Varley

Intel (INTC) Stock: Slides 5% as Board Chair Frank Yeary Exits

2 days / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Intel Chairman Frank Yeary retires, Craig Barrat to become the new chairman of the Board of Directors

2 days / reddit / /u/imaginary_num6er

Intel Chairman Frank Yeary retires, Craig Barrat to become the new chairman of the Board of Directors

3 days / tomshardware

(PR) Intel Board Chair Frank Yeary Steps Down, Craig Barratt Takes Over

3 days / techpowerup

Apple Accidentally Leaks 'MacBook Neo'

Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple appears to have prematurely revealed the name of its rumored lower-cost MacBook model, which is expected to be announced this Wednesday.A regulatory document for a "MacBook Neo" (Model A3404) has appeared on Apple's website. Unfortunately, there are…

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How Neo challenges Chromebooks and faces Qualcomm competition (3)
Leaked docs hint specs: colors, MagSafe, A-series chip (3)
Website slip exposes 'MacBook Neo' name (9)
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How Neo challenges Chromebooks and faces Qualcomm competition

Apple’s upcoming low-cost laptop could be the MacBook Neo

3 days / digitaltrends

Apple’s rumored MacBook Neo, a lower-cost, colorful laptop, could launch this week

3 days / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Qualcomm is keeping its old Snapdragon X chips alive – and it could kill Apple's MacBook Neo bet

3 days / theshortcut / Reece Bithrey

Leaked docs hint specs: colors, MagSafe, A-series chip

Leaked Apple Documents Detail MacBook Neo Features Ahead of Launch

3 days / macrumors / Juli Clover

Apple's cheap MacBook could be called the MacBook Neo

3 days / engadget / Devindra Hardawar

Apple Accidentally Leaks 'MacBook Neo'

3 days / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Website slip exposes 'MacBook Neo' name

Apple Might Have Prematurely Leaked the Name ‘MacBook Neo’

3 days / macrumors / John Gruber

Apple’s website leaks potential new, economical laptop

3 days / mobilesyrup / Matthew Mountjoy

Apple Accidentally Leaks Potential Budget MacBook Ahead of Big Event

3 days / cnet / Tyler Graham

Apple Accidentally Leaks 'MacBook Neo' Ahead of Launch

3 days / iclarified

A Brief Website Glitch Reveals Apple’s Low-Cost MacBook To Be Called ‘MacBook Neo’

3 days / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

Apple’s website leaks MacBook ‘Neo,’ which could be its new cheaper laptop

3 days / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Apple itself has leaked a 'MacBook Neo'

3 days / appleinsider

Apple Accidentally Leaks ‘MacBook Neo’ on its Website: Here Is What We Know

3 days / iphoneincanada / Gary Ng

MacBook Neo leaks on Apple's website – A18 Pro model on the way?

3 days / theshortcut / Max Buondonno

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Looks like MacBook Neo is coming tomorrow! www.macrumors.com/2026/03/03/a...

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Apple’s Budget MacBook May Have a Suffix After All

3 days / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Looks like MacBook Neo is coming tomorrow! www.macrumors.com/2026/03/03/a...

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Apple upgrades the base M5 MacBook Pro to 1TB storage with a $100 price hike

digitaltrends - Apple has doubled the base storage on the M5 MacBook Pro, eliminating the 512GB option and making 1TB the new starting point. The updated configuration comes with a $100 price increase.The post Apple upgrades the base M5 MacBook Pro to 1TB storage with a …

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Ads and discounts: Apple touts AI speed; retailers cut prices (2)
On the ground: Apple unveils M5 MacBook Air and Pro (5)
Storage shakeup: MacBook Pro drops 512GB, 1TB now base (4)
Studio Displays: Apple adds Studio Display XDR to lineup (2)
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Ads and discounts: Apple touts AI speed; retailers cut prices

Amazon Takes Up to $150 Off Apple's 14-Inch M5 MacBook Pro

3 days / macrumors / Mitchel Broussard

Apple Shows Off 9x Faster AI Performance in New M5 MacBook Air Ad [Video]

3 days / iclarified

On the ground: Apple unveils M5 MacBook Air and Pro

Apple launches MacBook Pro with new M5 Pro, Max in Canada

3 days / mobilesyrup / Jonathan Lamont

Apple announces new M5 MacBook Air, now with 512GB of starting storage for $1,099

3 days / mashable

Apple's New MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Have New Chips, More Storage, and Higher Prices

3 days / wired / Luke Larsen

Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5

3 days / ycombinator

Apple Introduces MacBook Pro with All‑New M5 Pro and M5 Max

3 days / ycombinator

Storage shakeup: MacBook Pro drops 512GB, 1TB now base

Apple Ups Price For Faster MacBooks Amid Chip Shortage

3 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

What you get from a maxed-out MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, or Mac mini

3 days / appleinsider

Apple Removes 512GB Storage Option From M5 MacBook Pro, Drops SSD Upgrade Prices

3 days / macrumors / Juli Clover

Apple upgrades the base M5 MacBook Pro to 1TB storage with a $100 price hike

3 days / digitaltrends

Studio Displays: Apple adds Studio Display XDR to lineup

Apple March 2026 UAE Launch: Every Product, Price, and Release Date

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Apple unveils new Studio Display and all-new Studio Display XDR

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Apple jacks up MacBook pricing with M5 Pro, Max debut

3 days / theregister / Tobias Mann

Apple Introduces MacBook Pro Models With M5 Pro and M5 Max Chips

3 days / apple / John Gruber

Apple Removes 512GB Storage Option From M5 MacBook Pro, Drops SSD Upgrade Prices

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MacBook Pro jumps to M5 Pro and Max silicon, faster storage, and higher prices

digitaltrends - Apple has updated the 14 inch and 16 inch MacBook Pro with its new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, delivering faster CPU and GPU performance, improved AI acceleration, quicker SSD speeds, and support for Wi Fi 7 and Thunderbolt 5, though the upgrades come with h…

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Fusion Architecture & Core Design: Apple fuses two dies for AI-focused M5 chips (14)
MacBook Pro Refresh & Hardware: On stage: MacBook Pros gain M5 chips, faster SSDs, Wi‑Fi7 (17)
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Pricing, Storage & Availability: Higher prices, 1TB base storage, RAM shortages bite (12)
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Fusion Architecture & Core Design: Apple fuses two dies for AI-focused M5 chips

M5 Pro and M5 Max are surprisingly big departures from older Apple Silicon

3 days / arstechnica / Andrew Cunningham

The MacBook Pro’s M5 Pro/Max Chip Are More Interesting Than You Think

3 days / gizmodo / Kyle Barr

Apple Debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max, and Renames Its M-Series CPU Cores

3 days / apple / John Gruber

Apple reveals M5 Pro and M5 Max silicon with an all-big-core design and big performance gains

3 days / digitaltrends

Apple Launches New M5 Chips, MacBook Pro, and First New Monitors In Years

3 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Apple debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max chips with Fusion Architecture

3 days / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Apple updates Mac chips and amps up AI claims

3 days / sherwood / Rani Molla

How M5 Pro and M5 Max push MacBook Pro into high-bandwidth AI era

3 days / appleinsider

Apple unveils M5 Pro and M5 Max chips with new ‘Fusion Architecture’

3 days / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Apple Debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max With 4x Faster AI and New Fusion Architecture

3 days / iclarified

Apple’s M5 Pro & M5 Max Have Been Announced With New Chip Design Called ‘Fusion Architecture’ Combining Super, Performance Cores In A Single Package And More

3 days / wccftech / Omar Sohail

Apple Debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max Chips

3 days / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Apple unveils the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, which feature new, faster 'super cores'

3 days / engadget / Cherlynn Low

Apple launches M5 Pro and M5 Max chips

3 days / theverge / Emma Roth

MacBook Pro Refresh & Hardware: On stage: MacBook Pros gain M5 chips, faster SSDs, Wi‑Fi7

Apple’s M5 Pro and M5 Max Arrive with the World’s Fastest CPU Super Cores

3 days / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Apple Showcases M5 Pro and M5 Max Capabilities in New MacBook Pro Ad [Video]

3 days / iclarified

Apple Upgrades its MacBook Pros with M5 Pro and M5 Max Chips and Better SSD Storage

3 days / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Apple intros M5 Pro and Max MacBook Pros and its first new monitors in years

3 days / arstechnica / Andrew Cunningham

New 14-Inch & 16-Inch MacBook Pro Models With M5 Pro, M5 Max Options Have Gone Official; Up To A 24-Hour Battery Life, New N1 Wireless Chip, Unworldly SSD Speeds & More

3 days / wccftech / Omar Sohail

MacBook Pro jumps to M5 Pro and Max silicon, faster storage, and higher prices

3 days / digitaltrends

MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max arrive, with few surprises

3 days / appleinsider

Apple launches new MacBook Pros powered by M5 Pro, M5 Max, and 2x faster SSDs — new 'Super Cores' help deliver up to 30 percent performance boost

3 days / tomshardware

(PR) Apple Introduces MacBook Pro With All-New M5 Pro and M5 Max

3 days / techpowerup

Apple Launches MacBook Pros With New M5 Pro, M5 Max Chips

3 days / cnet / Lori Grunin

(PR) Apple Debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max Processors

3 days / techpowerup

Apple brings its M5 Pro and Max silicon to the next MacBook Pro generation

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Apple’s M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros Are Performance Monsters

3 days / gizmodo / Kyle Barr

Apple MacBook Pro M5 Pro and M5 Max announced

3 days / theshortcut / Adam Vjestica

Apple Introduces MacBook Pro With M5 Pro and M5 Max, Up to 4x Faster AI Performance

3 days / iclarified

Apple announces M5 MacBook Air and updated MacBook Pro

3 days / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M5 Pro and M5 Max Chips With New Fusion Architecture

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Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro SSD Review: An 8TB unobtanium monster

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Pricing, Storage & Availability: Higher prices, 1TB base storage, RAM shortages bite

How to preorder Apples new MacBook Pros with the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips

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M5 Pro 14-inch MacBook Pro vs M5 14-inch MacBook Pro: Compared

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The new MacBook Pro laptops are up to $400 more expensive than their predecessors, thanks to the RAM shortage

3 days / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

M5 MacBook Pro drops 512GB, gets $100 hike and 1TB storage

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Apple Brings Relief To Consumers During The DRAM & NAND Shortage, Ups Base Storage To 1TB For All M5, M5 Pro Models, With A Small Catch

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MacBook Pro M5 Pro vs M5 Max: Which Chip Do You Actually Need?

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MacBook Pro M5 Pro and M5 Max UAE Price: Full Specs, Configurations, and What's New

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M5 MacBook Pro maxxed out will cost you $7349, but could have been a lot worse

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Apple announces new MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, raises MacBook starting prices

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Apple’s ‘Big Week’ Gets Even Bigger with M5 Pro MacBook Pros

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Apple’s New M5 MacBook Pro in Canada: Prices Up But Now Starts With 1TB Storage

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Apple's new M5 MacBooks deliver more performance, but at a higher price

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Efficiency cores are now performance cores. Timeline goes sideways. www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/…

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The biggest news in the M5 story is almost a footnote, at the very bottom of the marketing brochure. “Support for Memory Integrity Enforcement — an industry-first, always-on memory safety protection that does not compromise device performance.” www.appl

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It’s amazing what Apple is doing with their processors, if only they wouldn’t make their operating systems be Migraine Fisher Price. www.apple.com/newsroom/202...

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Interesting details on M5 Pro/Max chips: CPU and GPU are now separate dies combined via an interposer. Also Apple now has 3 types of cores: super cores (what used to be perf cores), perf cores (new design), and efficiency cores (same as before). www.appl

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Apple announces updated MacBooks with M5 Pro and Max chips

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Apple's M5, M5 Pro, And M5 Max: Which One Do You Actually Need?

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Apple M5 Pro and M5 Max Debut New "M-Core" Tier and SoIC 2.5D Packaging

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Nvidia invests $2B in Lumentum lasers for next-gen AI factories

Vignesh R / techfundingnews - NVIDIA has announced a long-term strategic partnership with Lumentum Holdings to develop advanced optics technology for next-generation AI…

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NVIDIA, AMD back Ayar Labs’ $500M raise for optical tech crushing AI copper bottlenecks

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Nvidia invests $2bn each in Lumentum and Coherent for AI optics R&D

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Ayar Labs Raises $500M in Series E Funding

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Nvidia invests $2B in Lumentum lasers for next-gen AI factories

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Nvidia burns $4B to light up American photonics manufacturing

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Nvidia invests $4B in co-packaged optics suppliers Lumentum, Coherent

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Entry-level PC market to ‘disappear’ by 2028 — rising memory prices pile more strain on consumer PC market

tomshardware - A 130% surge in combined DRAM and SSD prices by the end of 2026 will push PC prices up 17% compared to 2025 levels and wipe out the sub-$500 PC market.

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AI data centers starve budget smartphones of memory chips

AI Data Centers Starve Budget Smartphones of Memory Chips

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Gartner warns sub-$500 PCs will vanish by 2028

Extinction Watch: Sub-$500 Computers in Danger, According to Report

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Entry-Level PC Segment Might Disappear by 2028, Claims Gartner

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Entry-level PC market to ‘disappear’ by 2028 — rising memory prices pile more strain on consumer PC market

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Entry-level PC market to ‘disappear’ by 2028 — rising memory prices pile more strain on consumer PC market

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Gartner says sub-$500 entry level PCs could disappear by 2028 as memory prices surge

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Entry level PCs costing less than $500 ‘will disappear by 2028’, research firm predicts

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Phison demands prepayments as NAND prices surge 500%

Phison is now demanding customers pre-pay with shorter timelines — NAND squeeze affecting everyone in the SSD supply chain

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Phison Seeks Customer Prepayments as NAND Flash Prices Surge 500%

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Phison Seeks Customer Prepayments as NAND Flash Prices Surge 500% Over Six Months

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Phison Shifts NAND Supply to ‘Prepayment’ Model to Make Sure It Secures the Cash Before Allocating Any Supply to Customers

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ASML plans to expand beyond chip lithography into advanced packaging

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - ASML, the world's sole manufacturer of EUV lithography machines used to produce advanced chips, is looking to expand beyond its core business.The article ASML plans to expand beyond chip lithography into advanced packaging appeared first on The Decoder.