RAM crunch threatens to snuff out budget GPUs
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 19 November 2025 11:03

RAM crunch threatens to snuff out budget GPUs


Rising costs shove AMD and Nvidia towards culling their cheap cards

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that AMD and Nvidia are considering winding down production of their budget-oriented GPUs because the bill of materials has ballooned as GDDR prices shoot into the stratosphere.

HTC gives up on budget Android phones
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 20 February 2017 13:05

HTC gives up on budget Android phones


Too much competition and low margins


HTC has confirmed that it is giving up on budget Android phones beginning this year. Instead, the company will focus on premium devices, which have a higher profit margin.

AMD lops off $10 as Nvidia spoiler
Published in Graphics
Monday, 24 October 2016 12:08

AMD lops off $10 as Nvidia spoiler


Because a single Hamilton makes all the difference

AMD has lopped $10 off the price of most of its cards in an attempt to spoil the release of Nvidia’s new GeForce GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 Ti graphics cards.

On the ball  car hire firms want to rent tablets
Published in Mobiles


Someone has a use for them

Car hire outfit Avis and Budget Car Rental thinks that there are people who want to hire keyboardless netbooks.

 

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