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5 revolutionary PC innovations that felt like the future — until they disappeared

For a brief phase, these PC technologies seemed unbeatable ...

After Optane’s $559 million loss, Intel’s Z-Angle Memory shows ambition

Z-Angle Memory plans high-capacity, low-power DRAM for AI, but incumbents may extend lead before 2029 launch ...
TweakTown

Intel teams with SoftBank on next-gen ZAM memory, prototypes to compete against HBM in 2028

TL;DR: Intel partners with SoftBank's SAIMEMORY to advance next-generation DRAM bonding technology using Z-Angle Memory (ZAM), enabling higher capacity, lower power consumption, and improved ...
Seeking Alpha

Intel rises as chip giant set to work with SoftBank subsidiary on AI memory

Intel (INTC) shares rose more than 4% in premarket trading on Tuesday as it gets set to work with a subsidiary of SoftBank (SFTBY) to make memory for artificial intelligence. Intel will work with ...
CNBC

SoftBank subsidiary to work with Intel on next-gen memory for AI

SoftBank unit Saimemory and Intel team up on new memory tech aimed at AI and high-performance computing. Prototypes are planned for 2028, with commercialization targeted for fiscal 2029. Energy ...
Digi Times

Intel signals return to memory with new DRAM bonding research

In early 2026, a research update published by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), part of the US Department of Energy, sparked industry discussions about whether Intel is poised to re-enter the DRAM ...
Investopedia

A Memory Shortage Is Bad News for Intel. Here's Who It's Good For.

Kara Greenberg is a senior news editor for Investopedia, where she does work writing, editing, and assigning daily markets and investing news. Prior to joining Investopedia, Kara was a researcher and ...
The Motley Fool

This Could Derail Intel's Comeback in 2026

Intel has a strong PC roadmap for 2026, including Panther Lake and Nova Lake. Both CPU families will use the cutting-edge Intel 18A manufacturing process. Soaring memory chip prices could force PC ...
TweakTown

SK hynix's new 256GB RDIMM server memory module passes Intel's tests, ready for Xeon 6 platform

TL;DR: SK hynix's new 256GB DDR5 RDIMM server memory modules, based on 32Gb DRAM, are officially verified for Intel's Xeon 6 platform, delivering up to 16% better inference performance and 18% ...
HotHardware

ASRock's New Intel Motherboard Has Both DDR5 And DDR4 Memory Slots

Thanks to an AI arms race, PC memory prices have gotten out of control in the past several months (and also pushed Crucial out of the consumer market), but is a motherboard with slots for both DDR5 ...
Dark Reading

Cheap Hardware Module Bypasses AMD, Intel Memory Encryption

The last decade-plus has seen a wealth of advancements designed to secure data at the microprocessor level, but a team of academic researchers recently punched through those defenses with a tiny ...
HotHardware

Adata & MSI Unveil 4-Rank DDR5 Modules For Massive Memory Capacities

DDR5 memory runs objectively high transfer rates; JEDEC specs go as high as 6.4 Gbps, and overclockers have taken DDR5 beyond the fastest LPDDR5X: all the way to over 13 Gbps. At these speeds, signal ...