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Apple A20: first 2nm Apple Silicon, DRAM moves off-stack for thermals, 96-bit LPDDR6
Leaks show Apple's A20 will be the first 2nm Apple Silicon, repackaging DRAM to the side of the SoC (WMCM) for thermals, and jumping to 96-bit LPDDR6.
Apple Silicon's first generation skip: M6 ships base-only, M6 Pro/Max cut to make room for M7
Bloomberg reports Apple will skip M6 Pro and M6 Max entirely, pushing pro-tier Mac chips to the M7 family in late 2027 — the first break in Apple Silicon's annual Pro/Max cadence since 2020.
Xbox's third price hike in two years: Series X hits $800 in August, 2TB SKU killed
Xbox prices rise globally August 1: +$100 on 512GB SKUs, +$150 on 1TB, and the 2TB model is discontinued. Series X has risen 60% from its launch price.
Samsung's $648B Korean AI bet — SK Hynix joins, 2040s expansion pulled into mid-2030s
Samsung will announce a ₩1,000T (~$648B) ten-year plan, with SK Hynix joining. Korean chip expansion planned for the 2040s is being pulled into the mid-2030s by AI memory demand.
Cook signals more Apple price hikes coming — memory chip costs up 4× in three quarters
24 hours after raising Mac/iPad prices, Tim Cook tells the Wall Street Journal more hikes are coming. Memory chip prices have risen 4× in three quarters; iPhone 18 (September) is next.
IBM ships first sub-1nm chip: 0.7nm (7Å) at Albany, ~100B transistors on a nail-sized die
IBM unveils a 0.7nm (7-angstrom) chip — humanity's first sub-1nm node. Density 2× its own 2nm, ~100B transistors on a nail-sized die. Mass production in ~5 years.
Apple's first broad price hike in 40 years — Mac Studio Ultra +$1,300, iPhone untouched
Apple raises prices across Mac, iPad, Vision Pro on June 25, averaging +$246. Mac Studio Ultra alone gains $1,300. iPhone, Apple Watch, AirPods stay unchanged. Cook calls it «a once-in-a-century flood».
Anthropic raises $65B at $965B — overtakes OpenAI as world's most-valued AI startup
Anthropic closes a $65B H-round at a $965B post-money — overtaking OpenAI as the highest-valued AI startup. ARR hit $47B this month. Likely the last private round before IPO.