The Hot Take: APU's competition starting to heat up for that Ai dollar.
Intel's next-generation Razor Lake-AX chips will compete directly against AMD's Medusa Halo while featuring on-package memory. Intel Is Bringing Back On-Package Memory With Its Next-Gen Razor Lake-AX Chips That Fight Against AMD's Medusa Halo On-Package Memory was last used by Intel for its Lunar Lake SoCs. These SoCs were aimed at low-power mobile platforms, and while the chips themselves offered solid performance in a 30W budget, Intel's next on-package memory solution will be a big one. As per Haze2K1 on X, Intel Razor Lake-AX SoCs willâŚ
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The Hot Take: All while the consumer market is high and dry.
Micron has started to ship its fastest DDR5 RDIMM memory modules, which feature 256 GB capacities & up to 9200 MT/s speeds. Micron Offers 40% Boost Vs Current "In-Volume" DDR5 RDIMM Memory Modules, Brings 256 GB Capacities With 9200 MT/s Speeds As Agentic AI requirements grow, memory makers are rolling out faster and higher-capacity memory kits to meet the demands of AI firms. JEDEC is also pushing the DDR5 MRDIMM standard up to 12,800 MT/s, and today, Micron has announced that it is sampling its 256 GB DDR5 RDIMM modules with up to 9200âŚ
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The Hot Take: WTH Microslop.
Microsoft Bitlocker-protected drives can be opened with just some files on a stick
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The Hot Take: Well now, that definitely sucks it was doing that. No wonder people are moving to Linux!
Microsoft is reportedly preparing significant changes to how Windows 11 manages graphics driver installations through Windows Update. The update is intended to address a long-standing issue where the operating system could overwrite newer manually installed GPU drivers with older OEM-certified releases.
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The Hot Take: AMD seems to be out performing Intel & Nvidia on the market, while Nvidia is still the preferred Ai holy-grail? Just seems odd.
While Nvidia has dominated the "infrastructure boom" since 2022's launch of ChatGPT and "the generative AI craze," CNBC writes that "This week offered the starkest illustration yet of what MIzuho analyst Jordan Klein said could be a 'changing of the guard in AI.'"
Chipmakers Advanced Micro Devices and Intel notched gains of about 25%, while memory maker Micron jumped more than 37% and fiber-optic cable maker Corning climbed about 18%. All four of those companies have more than doubled in value this year, with Intel leading the way, upâŚ
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The Hot Take: Reminds me of that one video of sweaty Steve Balmer going on about developers.....
Microsoft has removed the $99 registration fee for companies joining the Microsoft Store, matching last yearâs change for individual developers.
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The Hot Take: Trying to get those linux converts back?
Microsoft is reportedly developing a new Windows 11 performance optimization feature internally known as Low Latency Profile. The technology is said to be part of the companyâs broader Windows K2 initiative, which focuses on improving responsiveness throughout the operating system.
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By ckasprzak | TkOut
| May 8, 2026 |
Hardware
The Hot Take: On the heals of 7.0 looking to be just finalized.
PCI-SIG has released the first public draft of the PCI Express 8.0 specification, outlining the next major evolution of the industry-standard interconnect technology.
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The Hot Take: So legacy is always a ball and chain keeping you from moving forward faster. We'll see how they drop some of the legacy architecture to modernize the OS.
When you right-click a file in Windows 11 or launch a traditional desktop application, you are interacting with code that predates the commercial internet. The Win32 API, introduced all the way back in the Windows 95 era, is still a significant part of the worldâs most popular desktop operating system. But according to Microsoftâs own leadership, this was never the plan.
First spotted by Windows Latest, in a recent video posted by the official Microsoft Dev Docs account on X, Mark Russinovich, Microsoftâs Chief Technology Officer of AzureâŚ
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The Hot Take: Have they given up in trying to infiltrate the WinTel market to go for them Ai dollars?
The strategic significance of Arm's current transformation lies in its transition from a volume-dependent mobile component provider to a value-driven infrastructure architect. As the global smartphone market faces structural saturation, the organization is pivoting toward Agentic and Physical AI to redefine its commercial relevance. The core of this strategy is to increase the average selling price per chip by packing higher complexityâmeasured in core density and orchestration capabilitiesâinto each unit, thereby ensuring revenue growth evenâŚ
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