Memory Stories

Asian Stories

Memory stories

Southeast Asia smartphone value rises as shipments stall

Samsung keeps Southeast Asia lead as Apple jumps to third, but rising memory costs and a shift to pricier phones lift revenue above shipments.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Tue, 17th Mar 2026

Global Stories

Memory stories

Semiconductors

AI demand lifts silicon wafer shipments 13.1% in Q1

AI data centre orders helped push worldwide silicon wafer shipments 13.1% higher in the first quarter, SEMI said.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last week

DevOps

OpenAI expands Codex with desktop & workflow tools

The update could help developers keep longer projects moving by letting Codex handle desktop tasks, browser work and persistent context.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last month

DevOps

Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.7 with stronger coding

The update promises better software engineering and longer task handling for users, while keeping Claude Opus 4.7 at the same price.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

DevOps

Confluent links AI agents & boosts anomaly detection

Confluent upgrades its AI toolkit to link agents over live data streams and add multivariate anomaly detection for faster issue spotting.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026

Semiconductors

IDC warns smartphone shipments to fall on memory shock

IDC says a memory shortage will drive a record 12.9% drop in 2026 smartphone shipments, hitting low-cost Android makers hardest.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026

Digital Transformation

Anthropic rolls out Claude Sonnet 4.6 at same prices

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.6 with major coding and computer-use upgrades, keeping pricing flat at USD $3 and USD $15 per million tokens.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026

Firewalls

OpenAI unveils Lockdown Mode to counter prompt attacks

OpenAI rolls out Lockdown Mode and new Elevated Risk labels in ChatGPT to curb prompt injection attacks and tighten data safeguards.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Mon, 16th Feb 2026

DevOps

Aerospike launches expression indexes to boost AI efficiency

Aerospike launches expression indexes to boost AI workload efficiency, cutting memory use and speeding queries in real-time NoSQL database applications.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 15th Aug 2025

Digital Transformation

Tray.ai unveils Merlin Agent Builder 2.0 for enterprise AI scale

Tray.ai launches Merlin Agent Builder 2.0, enhancing enterprise AI with smarter data, session memory, multi-LLM support, and seamless omnichannel deployment.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 26th Jun 2025

Storage

Vultr launches early access to AMD Instinct MI355X GPU for AI

Vultr offers early access to AMD Instinct MI355X GPU, delivering powerful AI and HPC capabilities through its global cloud infrastructure from Q3 2024.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 18th Jun 2025

Large Language Models

PEAK:AIO unveils platform to tackle AI memory bottlenecks

PEAK:AIO unveils a memory platform for AI, combining KVCache acceleration and GPU expansion to tackle memory limits in large language model tasks.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 23rd May 2025

Generative AI

Global semiconductor revenue to exceed USD $705 billion

Global semiconductor revenue surged to USD $626 billion in 2024, driven by strong demand for GPUs and AI processors, according to Gartner.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Tue, 4th Feb 2025

Gaming

Hands-on Review: Crucial Pro Overclocking 32GB DDR5-6000 memory modules

Micron's Crucial Pro Overclocking 32GB DDR5-6000 memory kit offers stylish performance enhancements for gamers, retailing at AUD $180 and NZD $250.

By Darren Price • 3 min read • Tue, 29th Oct 2024

DataCentre infrastructure

Lenovo unveils Hybrid Cloud Advisory Services for enterprise

Lenovo unveils its Hybrid Cloud Advisory Services, aiming to simplify hybrid cloud design complexities and deliver future-proofed solutions within six weeks.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 29th Aug 2024