As AI Eats Up The World’s Chips, Memory Prices Take The Hit

At CES 2026, sleek new laptops dazzled—but soaring memory costs driven by AI chip demand threaten to make everyday PCs ...
IEEE

An In-Memory-Computing Binary Neural Network Architecture With In-Memory Batch Normalization

Abstract: This paper describes an in-memory computing architecture that combines full-precision computation for the first and last layers of a neural network while employing binary weights and input ...
IEEE

Differentiable Cost Model for Neural-Network Accelerator Regarding Memory Hierarchy

Abstract: Dedicated neural-network inference-processors improve latency and power of the computing devices. They use custom memory hierarchies that take into account the flow of operators present in ...
GIGAZINE

Semiconductor industry enters unprecedented 'gigacycle' as massive advances in AI drive simultaneous economic improvements in computing, memory, networking, and storage

Creative Strategies, a technology-related market research and analysis firm, published a report in December 2025 on the growth and future forecasts for the semiconductor industry. The report points ...
Morningstar

Nu Quantum Raises $60M Series A in Largest Financing Round for Quantum Computer Networking

New investors, including National Grid Partners, Gresham House Ventures and Morpheus Ventures, validate growing demand for modular, scaling networking technologies within quantum computing. The ...
CNN

Phones might get pricier next year. Thank the AI boom

Fancy cameras, giant screens and massive storage usually make smartphones more expensive. But next year, it’s a routine component that might be boosting prices: memory. And it’s not just phones. Any ...
Network World

Server memory prices could double by 2026 as AI demand strains supply

Counterpoint warns that DDR5 RDIMM costs may surge 100% amid manufacturers’ pivot to AI chips and Nvidia’s memory-intensive AI server platforms, leaving enterprises with limited procurement leverage.
Network World

Samsung’s 60% memory price hike signals higher data center costs for enterprises

The world’s largest memory chipmaker’s aggressive pricing threatens to push AI server costs up 10-25% as supply constraints remain through 2026. Samsung Electronics has raised prices on DDR5 memory ...
New Scientist

Digital map lets you explore the Roman Empire's vast road network

A comprehensive new map of Roman roads has boosted the known size of the empire’s land transport network by almost 60 per cent – and it is available for anyone to explore online. The project, called ...
Phys.org

Digital map increases Roman Empire road network by 100,000 kilometers

A new high resolution digital dataset and map—named Itiner-e—of roads throughout the Roman Empire around the year 150 CE is presented in research published in Scientific Data. The findings increase ...
Live Science

Science history: First computer-to-computer message lays the foundation for the internet, but it crashes halfway through — Oct. 29, 1969

Messages transmitted between two computers located about 380 miles apart would form the basis of what would become the internet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...