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AMD launches Zen 6 Epyc 9006 series with up to 256 cores, 512 threads, and TSMC N2
Pricing starts at $700 for an eight-core part, while the top chip reportedly costs $14,904
Highly anticipated: AMD has fully pulled back the curtain on its first Zen 6 CPU lineup. Debuting with Epyc server chips, the new architecture offers up to 256 cores and 512 threads at the top end, and AMD has promised substantial upgrades in AI, GPU hosting, and per-watt performance.
Anthropic was going to rent power for its data centers, then decided to spend $3.4 billion buying the generators
It took over another company's order to skip the wait
World of Warcraft: Forever launched on 70,480 CPU cores and 251,136 GB of RAM
The smoothest MMO launch ever?
Data center heists are getting bolder, and the latest one hit Nvidia for $11.4 million
GPUs are the new copper: thieves are ramming escort cars and spoofing GPS to get them
After AMD's gaming revenue crashes 40%, CEO Lisa Su declares "We are a data center-first company"
It's getting harder to remember when AMD and Nvidia were primarily graphics card companies
A hot potato: Rest in peace, dedicated consumer GPU makers. With Nvidia having long been an AI firm with a passing interest in making prohibitively expensive consumer graphics cards, AMD's boss has confirmed that Team Red now considers itself a "data center-first" company. With the data center segment making up about 63% of AMD's record third-quarter 2026 revenue, it's easy to see why CEOs are moving away from PC gaming to follow the money.
TeamGroup warns the memory shortage has not reached its peak yet
RAM maker's profits are up 50%, but its CEO says the 'worst' is yet to come
Facepalm: Major memory manufacturers have repeatedly warned shareholders that the memory industry faces many more years of chaos and high prices. Now even smaller players such as TeamGroup are sounding the same alarm, saying conditions will soon turn brutal for both pricing and availability.
AMD posts record $13.4 billion revenue as AI boom fuels growth, but gaming sales are down 40%
AMD is winning big from the same AI boom that's hurting its gaming customers
OpenAI's plan to make data centers less hated: Rename them "compute campuses"
Maybe "dream factories" would have been a better choice?
Europe and Canada team up in AI computing alliance that doesn't depend on Washington
Canada becomes part of Europe's network of 14 supercomputers, 10 quantum computers, and 19 AI factories
Sam Altman says it's "terrible" for RAM to sit inside PCs instead of data centers
The remarks drew immediate backlash, with DRAM costs reportedly up fivefold since last year
The AI hardware crunch has reached the humble circuit board
It's leaving PC makers short heading into 2027
Ripple effect: PC makers have spent most of this year chasing memory and graphics chips as AI data centers bought up whatever they could. Now the circuit boards those chips sit on are reportedly running short, too. The same factories are busy with far pricier boards for AI servers, so PC orders are getting pushed to the back of the line.
Fujifilm pours $64 million into magnetic tape production as AI storage demand surges
The genAI craze has turned old tape tech into a precious storage asset
Elon Musk's SpaceXSI offers to buy hundreds of homes near its data centers, as long as owners don't sue
Residents say the constant noise is making their lives miserable
The AI buildout's carbon bill could undo 15 years of power sector emissions cuts
Report says new data centers could add 618 million tons of carbon emissions by 2030, but forecasts vary wildly
Underwater data centers are heading for waters that endangered whales call home
DeepGreen has only filed for a preliminary permit, which doesn't authorize construction
SK Hynix expects memory chip shortage to persist until at least 2030
Consumers are screwed, while memory manufacturers are racking in billions
Researchers set a real-time fiber record: 3.2 petabits per second over 10.3 kilometers
Theoretically you could download 20,000 Ultra HD movies in one second
Meta plans $95 billion stock offering to fuel AI spending despite growing bubble fears
Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom are among the companies interested in buying billions of dollars' worth of shares
"Dark GPUs" at Amazon show the limits of the AI buildout: chips are easy to buy, power is not
AWS is reportedly buying billions in Nvidia GB300 racks every month and storing them in warehouses
Nvidia reportedly refused some neoclouds access to GTC Berlin for adding AMD and TPU chips
SemiAnalysis says Nvidia pressure is real, but the evidence so far is unnamed neoclouds
Trump tells data center companies to make financial deals with local communities
Previous attempts to win over residents with cash and discounts haven't always been successful
A hot potato: President Trump has said that data center companies should "make deals" with local communities to ensure the facilities aren't loathed by the people who live near them. He added that paying a "dividend" would help make the sites popular, though similar incentives haven't always worked in the past.
Would you really give up ChatGPT to shut down data centers? Tech CEO highlights the hypocrisy of some AI critics
Verb CEO Cyrus Beschloss questions whether AI critics would really sacrifice their favorite chatbots
Nvidia and Cisco unveil next-gen network interface built for the AI data center boom
Four times the bandwidth, much better power efficiency for new "AI factories"
AMD vows to massively increase chip supply in 2027 as AI demand keeps growing
AI demand continues to outpace supply, driving prices through the roof