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Why Samsung Says Memory Shortages Will Make Every Gadget Pricier
Samsung delivered some grim news amid the ongoing festivities at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026 in Las Vegas. On the second day of the event, a company executive reportedly said that the ongoing memory chip shortage is increasing, and it might force Samsung to reprice its devices in the coming days.
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Red Magic 11 Air Visits Geekbench With Snapdragon 8 Elite Chip; Memory and Software Details Revealed
Red Magic 11 Air will launch in China soon. Ahead of the launch, the handset was spotted on Geekbench with model number Nubia NX799J. The listing suggests that it will come with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset and 16GB RAM. The phone could run on Android 16. It is likely to come with a 6.85-inch OLED display and a 7,000mAh battery.
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Samsung to Reportedly Start Manufacturing Its Next-Gen AI Memory Chip in 2026
Samsung and SK Hynix are reportedly set to begin mass production of sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory chips (HBM4) in 2026. The AI-optimised memory is expected to first roll out from Samsung in February, followed by SK Hynix around September, with much of the output earmarked for Nvidia’s Vera Rubin AI accelerators. Neither company’s HBM4 ...
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Samsung Galaxy A56 Price in India Set to Increase Soon Alongside Other A Series Models, Tipster Claims
Samsung is tipped to increase the prices of Galaxy A series smartphones in India by Rs. 1,000. The price of Galaxy A56 is said to go up by Rs. 2,000. The rising cost of memory chips could be the reason for this price hike. However, the Samsung Galaxy A56 5G is currently listed on the company's official website in India at its original launch price.
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RAM Crisis Worsening? Micron Stops Selling Memory To Consumers For AI Clients
Micron will stop consumer memory sales by February 2026 to focus on high-bandwidth memory for AI data centres.
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Why RAM Prices Are Skyrocketing: Smartphone, PC and Gaming Console Prices to Be Impacted
A global shortage of DRAM memory chips, driven by demand from AI data centers, is causing severe price increases for PC and smartphone components. Some RAM prices have reportedly tripled in months, leading computer stores to stop displaying fixed prices due to market volatility. The impact is also felt in related sectors like GPUs, gaming consoles,...
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Smartphone Prices To Rise Due To Memory Chip Crunch
Shoppers could face higher prices for phones, laptops and other gadgets next year, manufacturers and analysts warn, as AI data centres hoover up memory chips used in consumer electronics.
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Smartphones Could Get Even More Expensive Next Year Amid Rising Component Costs, Xiaomi President Warns
Xiaomi official has now warned that its product retail prices could rise even further next year, although the price hike may not be enough to absorb the soaring manufacturing costs. This is amid the shortage of key smartphone components such as memory chips, which as led to price hikes of up to 60 percent. Consequently, several flagship smartphones...
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Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Leak Hints at Two Variants Including 'Pro' Model
A new leak suggests Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chipset will debut in two versions, including a standard model and a Pro variant. Both will use TSMC’s 2nm N2P process and a 2+3+3 CPU core layout, but the Pro will feature LPDDR6 memory, a faster GPU, and enhanced AI capabilities. Expected to cost about $70 (roughly Rs. 6,200) mo...
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Fungi-Based Tech? Scientists Use Shiitake Mushrooms To Create Functional Computer Memory
The fungal memristor's performance rivals silicon-based chips, offering a potentially low-cost, scalable, and eco-friendly alternative.
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Vivo X300 Pro Tops Xiaomi 17 Pro Max on AnTuTu's CPU Test; Dimensity 9500 Reportedly Cheaper Than Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Vivo X300 Pro, powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9500, slightly outperforms the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 in AnTuTu scores, leading in CPU and memory, while Xiaomi excels in GPU and UX. Despite both chips using TSMC’s 3nm process, the Dimensity 9500 is estimated to cost around 50 percent less than Qualcomm’s chip. With ris...
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Apple Introduces Memory Integrity Enforcement to Protect iPhone 17 Series from Sophisticated Malware Attacks
Apple introduced a new security feature alongside the iPhone 17 series launch, aimed at defending against advanced malware threats. Called Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), the system uses a tagging method to verify memory access attempts. Apple noted that implementing MIE required major changes to memory allocation, the A19 chip, the operating s...
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Korean Scientists Develop Memory Device That Vanishes In Water
The device successfully retained stored data for more than 10,000 seconds and distinguished between On and Off states over one million cycles.
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Snapdragon X2 Elite Reportedly in Testing With 18 CPU Cores, 64GB of RAM
Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite chip, the anticipated successor to its first-generation Copilot+ PC processor, is reportedly in testing. WinFuture's Roland Quandt suggests the chipmaker is testing a memory configuration 64GB of RAM. The upcoming Snapdragon X2 Elite is also expected to arrive with 50 percent more CPU cores than the current Snapdragon...
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Nintendo Turns to Samsung to Make Chips, Ramp Up Switch 2 Output
Nintendo has turned to Samsung to help make the main chips for the Switch 2. The Korean company is now working on a customized chip or processor designed by Nvidia for the Switch 2 using its 8-nanometer node, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Why Samsung Says Memory Shortages Will Make Every Gadget Pricier
Samsung delivered some grim news amid the ongoing festivities at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026 in Las Vegas. On the second day of the event, a company executive reportedly said that the ongoing memory chip shortage is increasing, and it might force Samsung to reprice its devices in the coming days.
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Red Magic 11 Air Visits Geekbench With Snapdragon 8 Elite Chip; Memory and Software Details Revealed
Red Magic 11 Air will launch in China soon. Ahead of the launch, the handset was spotted on Geekbench with model number Nubia NX799J. The listing suggests that it will come with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset and 16GB RAM. The phone could run on Android 16. It is likely to come with a 6.85-inch OLED display and a 7,000mAh battery.
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Samsung to Reportedly Start Manufacturing Its Next-Gen AI Memory Chip in 2026
Samsung and SK Hynix are reportedly set to begin mass production of sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory chips (HBM4) in 2026. The AI-optimised memory is expected to first roll out from Samsung in February, followed by SK Hynix around September, with much of the output earmarked for Nvidia’s Vera Rubin AI accelerators. Neither company’s HBM4 ...
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Samsung Galaxy A56 Price in India Set to Increase Soon Alongside Other A Series Models, Tipster Claims
Samsung is tipped to increase the prices of Galaxy A series smartphones in India by Rs. 1,000. The price of Galaxy A56 is said to go up by Rs. 2,000. The rising cost of memory chips could be the reason for this price hike. However, the Samsung Galaxy A56 5G is currently listed on the company's official website in India at its original launch price.
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RAM Crisis Worsening? Micron Stops Selling Memory To Consumers For AI Clients
Micron will stop consumer memory sales by February 2026 to focus on high-bandwidth memory for AI data centres.
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Why RAM Prices Are Skyrocketing: Smartphone, PC and Gaming Console Prices to Be Impacted
A global shortage of DRAM memory chips, driven by demand from AI data centers, is causing severe price increases for PC and smartphone components. Some RAM prices have reportedly tripled in months, leading computer stores to stop displaying fixed prices due to market volatility. The impact is also felt in related sectors like GPUs, gaming consoles,...
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Smartphone Prices To Rise Due To Memory Chip Crunch
Shoppers could face higher prices for phones, laptops and other gadgets next year, manufacturers and analysts warn, as AI data centres hoover up memory chips used in consumer electronics.
-
Smartphones Could Get Even More Expensive Next Year Amid Rising Component Costs, Xiaomi President Warns
Xiaomi official has now warned that its product retail prices could rise even further next year, although the price hike may not be enough to absorb the soaring manufacturing costs. This is amid the shortage of key smartphone components such as memory chips, which as led to price hikes of up to 60 percent. Consequently, several flagship smartphones...
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Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Leak Hints at Two Variants Including 'Pro' Model
A new leak suggests Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chipset will debut in two versions, including a standard model and a Pro variant. Both will use TSMC’s 2nm N2P process and a 2+3+3 CPU core layout, but the Pro will feature LPDDR6 memory, a faster GPU, and enhanced AI capabilities. Expected to cost about $70 (roughly Rs. 6,200) mo...
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Fungi-Based Tech? Scientists Use Shiitake Mushrooms To Create Functional Computer Memory
The fungal memristor's performance rivals silicon-based chips, offering a potentially low-cost, scalable, and eco-friendly alternative.
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Vivo X300 Pro Tops Xiaomi 17 Pro Max on AnTuTu's CPU Test; Dimensity 9500 Reportedly Cheaper Than Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Vivo X300 Pro, powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9500, slightly outperforms the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 in AnTuTu scores, leading in CPU and memory, while Xiaomi excels in GPU and UX. Despite both chips using TSMC’s 3nm process, the Dimensity 9500 is estimated to cost around 50 percent less than Qualcomm’s chip. With ris...
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Apple Introduces Memory Integrity Enforcement to Protect iPhone 17 Series from Sophisticated Malware Attacks
Apple introduced a new security feature alongside the iPhone 17 series launch, aimed at defending against advanced malware threats. Called Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), the system uses a tagging method to verify memory access attempts. Apple noted that implementing MIE required major changes to memory allocation, the A19 chip, the operating s...
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Korean Scientists Develop Memory Device That Vanishes In Water
The device successfully retained stored data for more than 10,000 seconds and distinguished between On and Off states over one million cycles.
-
Snapdragon X2 Elite Reportedly in Testing With 18 CPU Cores, 64GB of RAM
Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite chip, the anticipated successor to its first-generation Copilot+ PC processor, is reportedly in testing. WinFuture's Roland Quandt suggests the chipmaker is testing a memory configuration 64GB of RAM. The upcoming Snapdragon X2 Elite is also expected to arrive with 50 percent more CPU cores than the current Snapdragon...
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Nintendo Turns to Samsung to Make Chips, Ramp Up Switch 2 Output
Nintendo has turned to Samsung to help make the main chips for the Switch 2. The Korean company is now working on a customized chip or processor designed by Nvidia for the Switch 2 using its 8-nanometer node, according to people familiar with the matter.
