• AMD has released its new Epyc Sorano CPU range for low-end servers.  (WCCFTech)
  
  Where low-end now means six-channel RAM and up to 84 cores.  All full Zen 5 cores too, none of this efficiency nonsense.
  
  And 96 lanes of PCIe 5.0, all in a 225W TDP.  It runs at up to 4.5GHz, which is pretty good for a server processor (and would make for a good workstation CPU), but due to thermal constraints the base clock of the 84 core model is just 1.6GHz.  (The slower models are faster in that respect.)
  
  
  
• Speaking of workstation CPUs, AMD's rumoured 10th Anniversary edition Ryzen 5800X3D is fast becoming more than a rumour.  (Tom's Hardware)
  
  It's something of a legend, since AMD killed it because it was competing to well with its own newer and more profitable models like the 7800X3D.  Plus it works with DDR4 memory, so if you happened to nab of cheap 128GB of DDR4 at the end of last year just before the door slammed shut, it would make fine use of that...  If it were available.  
  
  Not only has the 5800X3D been removed from sale, so has the slower 5700X3D.  The 5600X3D is a Micro Center exclusive, and the 5500X3D is China-only.
  
  But all of that looks set to change with packaging and pricing showing up ahead of release: It looks set to cost around $300, compared to $450 when it originally launched.

• Samsung has avoided a disastrous strike by memory workers at the last minute.  (Tom's Hardware)
  
  The company has promised 15% of record-breaking profits as bonuses to employees, and removed the existing cap on those bonuses.
  
  SK Hynix is even more generous, but I don't think anyone is hurting here.
  
  Except customers.
  
  
  
• Speaking of Samsung and suffering customers, the company has just announced its new Odyssey G8 monitor range.  (WCCFTech)
  
  The flagship is a 32" 6k OLED panel running at 165Hz - or if you're playing professing esports after hours, 330Hz if you reduce the resolution to 3k.
  
  No graphics card on Earth is going to drive a 6k display at 165Hz in AAA gaming titles, but if you want to show off how fast your 5090 can run stock Minecraft, this is the monitor for you.
  
  
  
• Managed cloud provider Railway found itself stuck with a protracted outage when its account was suspended by mismanaged cloud provider Google.  (The Register)
  
  Railway moved most of its services out of Google Cloud already but kept a few unfortunately critical items running there because surely, surely what happened last time wouldn't happen again.
  
  Then it happened.
  
  
  
• Intel has started work on the follow-up nodes to its coming 14A - 1.4nm - process.  (Tom's Hardware)
  
  The nodes are 10A and 7A - as in, 0.7nm.  Which would be impossible if this was more than a marketing term.
  
  
  
• Seagate's CEO sparked a selloff of memory stocks when he said that, basically, building new factories is for losers.  (CNBC)
  
  Every memory, SSD, and even hard drive manufacturer is selling everything the can make right now at enormous margins, but there is real doubt whether the bubble will last, leading to a slow and measured approach to expansion even while customers die of starvation.
  
  But you have to word it a bit better than that.
  
  
  
• Looks like the share price bounced back the next day anyway.

Posted by: Robin Munn at Thursday, May 21 2026 10:28 PM (1mePR)

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