AI Memory Chip Shortage 'RAMageddon' May Force Apple to Raise iPhone Prices
AI's insatiable demand for memory chips has caused a global shortage dubbed RAMageddon, with Apple CEO Tim Cook warning of potential iPhone and Mac price hikes.
AI's insatiable demand for memory chips has caused a global shortage dubbed RAMageddon, with Apple CEO Tim Cook warning of potential iPhone and Mac price hikes.
AI image startup Midjourney unveiled its first hardware product, the Midjourney Scanner, a ring-shaped ultrasonic CT device for 60-second full-body health imaging.
TechCrunch reviewed Amazon’s Bee AI wearable, noting its meeting-summary potential alongside concerns over recording and cloud-stored data.
Hark, founded by Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock, raised more than $700 million for a secretive AI-powered device and interface push.
Intel confirmed its role in Google's Googlebook AI laptop push, with new devices expected to support Gemini-first computing.
Chinese companies are embedding AI into cars, robots, and industrial products as the technology shifts toward edge devices.
Gamers say Nvidia is abandoning them as AI-fueled DRAM shortages push the company to prioritize Blackwell and Rubin AI chips over GeForce gaming GPUs.
AI chip startups challenging Nvidia raised $8.3 billion globally in 2026, with new rounds for Euclyd, Fractile, Axelera, and Olix signaling intense competition.
Nvidia has open-sourced its Ising family of AI models designed for quantum processor calibration and real-time error correction, bridging AI and quantum computing.
Apple is testing multiple frame styles and oval camera designs for its first AI smart glasses, with an unveiling planned for late 2026 alongside the iPhone 18 Pro lineup.
At GTC 2026, NVIDIA revealed the Vera Rubin POD — a five rack-scale system AI supercomputer built on seven co-designed chips delivering 60 exaflops and 10 PB/s bandwidth, targeting the agentic AI workload era.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang kicked off GTC 2026 with the Vera Rubin GPU platform reveal and a stunning projection of $1 trillion in cumulative Blackwell and Rubin chip orders through 2027, signaling explosive AI infrastructure demand.
Nvidia's annual GTC conference kicks off March 16 in San Jose with CEO Jensen Huang set to unveil a surprise new chip and the Vera Rubin GPU platform, drawing 30,000 attendees to AI's biggest annual event.
OpenAI is developing a $200–$300 smart speaker with a built-in camera and facial recognition as its first hardware product, with over 200 employees dedicated to the project and a launch target of early 2027.
Unitree G1 kung fu robots captivate global audience at China's most-watched TV event, with company targeting 20,000 humanoid shipments in 2026.
Apple ramps up work on AI smart glasses, pendant, and camera-equipped AirPods powered by upgraded Siri with visual context capabilities.
Pittsburgh startup Efficient Computer secures $60M Series A for Electron E1 processor promising million-fold energy reduction for AI.
AI data center demand drives critical memory chip shortage, DRAM prices up 80-90%, supply-demand imbalance expected to persist through 2028.
Shanghai Jiao Tong and Tsinghua University researchers developed LightGen, a revolutionary all-optical computing chip with 2 million photonic neurons that processes AI workloads 100 times faster than Nvidia's A100 GPU.
Court filing reveals OpenAI drops 'io' trademark for hardware products expected in 2027, marking strategic shift in consumer AI device development plans.