Finding a High-VRAM GPU Is Getting Much Harder, With a Japanese Retailer Warning That Restocks May Be Off the Table For Now

Muhammad Zuhair / wccftech - Memory shortages have now begun to impact the GPU segment, as, apart from the anticipated price hike, retailers are reportedly experiencing rapid declines in stock availability. Japanese Retailer Is Now Restricting GPU Purchases To Ensure that Existing In…

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Memory loss: As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise

2 months / npr / John Ruwitch

Some Japanese shops start rationing GPUs — graphics cards with 16GB VRAM and up are becoming harder to find, says one store

2 months / reddit / /u/imaginary_num6er

Finding a High-VRAM GPU Is Getting Much Harder, With a Japanese Retailer Warning That Restocks May Be Off the Table For Now

2 months / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

Some Japanese shops start rationing GPUs — graphics cards with 16GB VRAM and up are becoming harder to find, says one store

2 months / tomshardware

PC gaming has a pricing problem, and the memory crisis is compounding it in a way that's utterly heartbreaking for our hobby

2 months / reddit / /u/chusskaptaan

Chinese chipmaker CXMT in crosshairs of South Korean prosecutors over Samsung tech leak

scmp - Prosecutors in South Korea have indicted 10 people, including former Samsung Electronics executives, for allegedly leaking the company’s technology to Chinese chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT).The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office on …

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South Korea charges 10 over alleged chip technology leak to China's CXMT

2 months / reddit / /u/BusyHands_

Chinese chipmaker CXMT in crosshairs of South Korean prosecutors over Samsung tech leak

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