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Why there's an SSD shortage now too - Tech News June 21 ▷ MY STORE - shirts, pint glasses & hoodies: http://paulshardware.net ⇨ Sponsor: Thermaltake Wood Series Cases | buy: https://geni.us/TTWood info: https://tinyurl.com/TTWood ► TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Welcome to Paul’s Tech News - June 21, 2026 1:59 PC Hardware Shortage Festers, Consumes SSDs and Phones too 5:09 Rumor: Nvidia still planning fabled RTX 50 Super GPUs for 2026/2027 6:29 Rumor: AMD “Zen 6” Ryzen CPUs Get NPU At The Cost of iGPU TECH BRIEFS 7:44 AMD’s SP7/SP8 EPYC Venice socket, Intel’s 9,324-pin Diamond Rapids socket 9:00 Researchers recycle old phones, cluster them into low-cost data centers 9:52 GTA 6 Preorder Date Announced, Cover Art Released ► LINKS The PC Hardware Shortage Festers, Consumes SSDs and Phones too https://wccftech.com/ddr5-memory-prices-continue-to-spiral-upwards-in-germany-now-419-higher-than-in-july-2025/ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/lexar-regional-manager-says-that-ram-prices-are-expected-to-double-by-the-end-of-the-year-discounts-and-stabilized-prices-result-from-distributors-getting-rid-of-old-stock-or-sourcing-products-from-other-regions https://wccftech.com/cxmt-cheap-ddr5-is-a-myth-memory-vendors-tell-us-prices-match-samsung-sk-hynix-micron/ https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/949403/nothing-carl-pei-ram-phone-prices https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3wyxvqdx1zo https://www.apple.com/environment/ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-reveals-ai-robots-that-taught-themselves-to-install-gpus-into-motherboards-video-shows-robot-solve-high-precision-tasks-like-installing-gpus-all-by-itself https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/the-retail-ssd-market-has-almost-disappeared-says-silicon-motion-exec-pc-oems-are-buying-third-party-drives-as-direct-nand-supply-dries-up https://www.communicationstoday.co.in/memory-makers-prioritize-hbm-advanced-3d-nand/ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/nvidias-high-speed-ai-data-center-storage-servers-break-cover-touting-2-9-petabytes-of-storage-and-extreme-pcie-6-0-performance-wiwynn-shows-off-scada-server-with-gpu-accelerated-storage https://www.trendforce.com/news/2026/04/01/news-father-of-hbm-predicts-memory-centric-ai-shift-as-hbf-emerges-reshaping-gpus-role/ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/chinese-makers-of-dram-modules-ssds-have-a-serious-advantage-over-american-and-taiwanese-suppliers-says-smi-svp-state-guidance-secures-local-dram-and-ssd-supply-while-the-big-three-chase-ai-margins Nvidia is reportedly still planning fabled RTX 50 Super series for 2026 https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-is-reportedly-still-planning-fabled-rtx-50-super-series-for-2026-leak-claims-lineup-could-now-include-a-potential-rtx-5060-super-with-12gb-of-vram https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-50-super-series-now-rumored-for-ces-2027 Rumor: AMD “Zen 6” Ryzen CPUs Get Integrated NPU At The Cost of iGPU, CUDIMM Ready Platform https://wccftech.com/amd-olympic-ridge-zen-6-ryzen-cpus-get-integrated-npu-at-the-cost-of-igpu/ TECH BRIEFS AMD’s massive SP7 socket for EPYC Venice and Intel’s gargantuan 9,324-pin socket for Diamond Rapids appear at Computex https://wccftech.com/amd-sp7-sp8-platforms-epyc-venice-verano-cpus-12800-mtps-16-channel-memory-128-pcie-6-0-lanes/ https://wccftech.com/intel-18a-p-debuts-power-boost-industry-first-dual-contact-transistor-more-frequency-same-chip-footprint/ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amds-massive-sp7-socket-for-epyc-venice-and-intels-gargantuan-9-324-pin-socket-for-diamond-rapids-appear-at-computex-sp7-and-lga9324-1-sockets-will-power-the-next-generation-of-ai-servers Researchers recycle old phones and cluster them into ‘computing platforms’ that operate as a low-cost data center https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/servers/researchers-recycle-old-phones-and-cluster-them-into-computing-platforms-says-processors-on-modern-smartphones-deliver-higher-single-core-performance-than-comparable-multicore-servers https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-backs-uc-san-diego-project-to-build-computing-cluster-from-2000-old-smartphones/ GTA 6 Preorder Date Announced, New Media Released https://videocardz.com/newz/grand-theft-auto-vi-pre-orders-go-live-june-25-cover-art-released https://www.engadget.com/2197143/gta-6-pre-orders-open-on-june-25/ https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/rockstar-faces-legal-setback-as-uk-tribunal-allows-its-fired-workers-to-bring-every-one-of-their-union-busting-allegations-to-trial/ Please note that links above may be affiliate links -- if you click them and make a qualifying purchase I earn a commission. ▷ MY STORE - shirts, pint glasses & hoodies: http://paulshardware.net ::Send Me Stuff:: Paul's Hardware P.O. Box 4325 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 ► Edited by Joe Aguilar - ShaostylePostProductions https://www.youtube.com/@hatguyjoe Audio file(s) provided by Epidemic Sound http://www.epidemicsound.com/