AI Arms Race Fuels HBM Memory Shortage: SK Hynix Sold Out for 2024

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This technology uses an extremely wide 1024-bit connection to the host processor, and that's *per package*—most GPUs utilizing [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Reddit's IPO Filing Reveals A $91M Loss And An Investing Twist]( By Nathan Ord on Feb 23, 2024 11:59 am [Reddit's IPO Filing Reveals A $91M Loss And An Investing Twist]( Yesterday, the social media platform known for its antics like Ask Me Anything's (AMAs) and /r/Place, and dubbed the front page of the Internet, had its initial public offering (IPO) documentation published by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This document revealed quite a bit of interesting information about Reddit, which will [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Controversy Over Google’s AI Image Tool Explained And Why It’s On Pause]( By Tim Sweezy on Feb 23, 2024 11:44 am [Controversy Over Google’s AI Image Tool Explained And Why It’s On Pause]( Google has had to put the brakes on its Gemini AI text-to-image generation when it comes to humans. The controversy erupted on social media this week, with Google confirming its most powerful AI offering ever was indeed creating images with historical “inaccuracies.” The launch of Gemini seemed to go well for Google initially, however, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Waiting For NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090? Brace For A Possible Shortage Of Next-Gen GPUs]( By Thiago Trevisan on Feb 23, 2024 11:30 am [Waiting For NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090? Brace For A Possible Shortage Of Next-Gen GPUs]( The cat is out of the bag, NVIDIA is on an absolute winning streak that has taken the world by storm, as evidenced its latest earnings report. Gaming GPUs with the GeForce RTX 40 series mostly held on with good inventory for gamers. Meaning, its data center GPUs are hot commodities, with demand increasing at an impressive clip on the heels [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Will The Next Xbox Ditch Physical Game Discs? Phil Spencer Sounds Off]( By Paul Lilly on Feb 23, 2024 10:13 am [Will The Next Xbox Ditch Physical Game Discs? Phil Spencer Sounds Off]( One rumor that's persisted for several years—at least a half a decade, at this point—is that Microsoft will completely abandon physical discs for its Xbox game consoles. 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Google Responds To Shutdown Claim Seen By Over 7 Million]( By Paul Lilly on Feb 23, 2024 09:28 am [Is Gmail Safe? Google Responds To Shutdown Claim Seen By Over 7 Million]( An X/Twitter user with nearly 100,000 followers had people researching if Google was planning to shut down its popular Gmail service after posting a supposed screenshot of an email claiming that was the case. The post quickly went viral, amassing over 7.6 million views in less than 24 hours. But is Google really going to pull the plug on Gmail [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [HotHardware And Lenovo 2024 New Year, New Gear Giveaway!]( By Dave Altavilla on Feb 22, 2024 08:12 pm [HotHardware And Lenovo 2024 New Year, New Gear Giveaway!]( We're gearing up for some big innovations that are on the horizon in 2024 for our industry. To celebrate the new year, we've teamed up with Lenovo to give away some fresh Tech gear to a few lucky winners! 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