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JEDEC cooks up chunky new DDR5 standard
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Quad-rank CKDs promise fatter modules for next-gen desktops

JEDEC is hammering out a CQDIMM standard for DDR5 CKD memory that will let future platforms cram in far higher capacities without slowing everything to a crawl.

IBM and Cisco chase quantum internet
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Long-distance quantum links could work by 2030

Boffins working at IBM and Cisco reckon they can link quantum computers over serious distances, and they want to show it is doable before the end of 2030.

Samsung rattled as surveys points to Snapdragon
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Exynos 2600 faces an uphill slog

Samsung is steeling itself for a rough ride as it prepares to ship the Galaxy S26 in Korea with the Exynos 2600.

Summers quits OpenAI over Epstein ties
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Silicon Valley’s policy whisperer suddenly finds doors closing

Lawrence Summers has walked away from the OpenAI board, leaving a string of tech pals wondering how a man wired into half of Silicon Valley could think it clever to ask Jeffrey Epstein for personal advice.

Nvidia shrugs off market jitters with roaring AI sales
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A blowout quarter sends investors scrambling for their calculators

Nvidia lit up the market with a quarterly surge that made the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street forget their nerves about runaway AI spending.