AMD Clears 30 Percent of Client x86 While DDR4 Sells Intel’s Older Chips
Mercury Research put AMD past 30 percent of client x86 for the first time, and two Intel chips returned to Amazon's top ten. DDR5 pricing links the two.
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AMD Helios Is Its First Real Rack-Scale Answer to NVIDIA
AMD's MI455X and 72-GPU Helios rack finally challenge NVIDIA at the system level, but peak specifications are only the start of the comparison.
DDR5 Prices Have Tripled: What Happened, and How to Buy Memory in 2026
A 32 GB DDR5-6000 kit that cost around $100 in 2025 now lists near $500 at US retailers. The cause sits in the server room, not the retail channel. Here is the supply-side mechanism, the numbers behind it, and a practical way to buy memory while the squeeze lasts.