The Hot Take: So we can lock in that price gouging?
Samsung is reportedly pushing memory customers into surprise three- to five-year supply contracts.
It thinks it can spot price swings “early on” and adjust investment before it gets caught with too much new capacity and nowhere to ship it.
Samsung chief executive Jun Young-hyun said, “We are now working with our major customers to shift this transaction environment toward fixed-term supply contracts, three- to five-year contracts. We expect to be able to identify fluctuations [in the market] early on and, because we are aware of them in advance, we will be able to flexibly adjust our investment scale accordingly.”
That is a sharp turn from a few months ago, when Samsung was reportedly so slammed it barely had room for quarterly contracts, never mind multi-year ones.
Under the cunning plan, Samsung gets a longer view of demand for planning and expansions, while customers get a “slight discount” off today’s prices in exchange for less uncertainty.
The arrangement would help Samsung keep DRAM pricing steadier by “locking in” peak shortage levels, even if demand cools and the cycle normally rolls downhill.
For consumers, it risks prolonging the pain, since earlier estimates of the DRAM cycle easing in 2027-2028 seem optimistic if supply is already tied up.
Suppliers have been muttering that the boom might not last ‘Too Long’, and multi-year deals look like another way to avoid over-investment while keeping everyone else boxed out.
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The Hot Take: Looks like we're all jumping on the bandwagon to out price tech....
"This year is the most severe year since the company was founded," MSI told investors.
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The Hot Take: Linux definitely seems to be gaining Gamers, as Windows 11 keeps going down the road of not listening to Customers.
<p><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/linux_64.png" alt="linux_64.png"></p>Linux gaming "has gotten to the point where some people claim that Linux runs their games better than Windows does," according to the Android site XDA Developers. And there's a new surprise on ProtonDB, an "unofficial" community website with crowdsourced data about videogame compatability with the Linux software/gaming compatability layer Proton:
On ProtonDB, one operating system had reigned supreme since 2021: Arch Linux. And I say 'had,' because its streak has just been ended by [Arch-based] CachyOS in an upset that has slowly grown over the past two years. As reported on Boiling Steam, the number of reports coming from CachyOS has topped that of Arch Linux, which held the crown for the most number of reports since 2021...
[T]his isn't really a statement that CachyOS is the best gaming distro out there; however, it's seemingly attracting the largest number of gamers who are invested in testing games on Proton and reporting their performance, which is a pretty big milestone if you ask me.
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The Hot Take: Good choice getting close to the Ai market king, but that's a double edge sword. I have a feeling this will just hasten Intel's acquisition by Nvidia. Nvidia just dropping a large chuck of ARM which doesn't make sense seeing they're Grace CPU is an ARM SoC and their NX1 is supposed to be another ARM SoC too. Time will tell.
<p><a href="https://wccftech.com/intel-to-show-up-at-nvidia-gtc-at-the-perfect-time/"><img width="728" height="546" src="https://cdn.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/G1H6wsLaQAER8gz-2-728x546.jpeg" alt="Man wearing a grey sweater with intel. logo in an indoor setting."></a></p><p>Intel is now coming to NVIDIA's GTC mega-event, not just a guest this time, but rather the company will play an important role in dictating the future of NVIDIA's compute capabilities. Intel's Server CPU Constraints Are Going to Get a Lot More Aggressive, Following Their Collaboration With NVIDIA For those unaware, this year's GTC is expected to feature several major announcements that will influence NVIDIA and its supply chain partners, particularly Intel, which will also get the spotlight. NVIDIA and Intel entered into a $5 billion agreement a few months ago, in which both companies agreed to work together in […]</p><p>Read full article at <a href="https://wccftech.com/intel-to-show-up-at-nvidia-gtc-at-the-perfect-time/">https://wccftech.com/intel-to-show-up-at-nvidia-gtc-at-the-perfect-time/</a></p>
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