Market Insights
A digest of GPU, AI server and datacenter market news from industry sources — with links to originals.
TechPowerUp · November 13, 2026
Xbox Confirms Wolfenstein 3 Coming Soon and Id Software Teases Next Doom Game
It's been a busy week at Xbox Game Studios, with the gaming giant celebrating its 25th anniversary with a slew of new additions to its Xbox Backwards Compatibility on PC program, but it seems as though Xbox CEO, Asha Sharma, had one more trick up her sleeve, announcing late on November 12 that Wolfenstein 3 is in development, with id Software also announcing a new game in the works. The news was s
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TechPowerUp · November 13, 2026
SteamOS Beta Drops Fixes For High Refresh Displays and HDR Content
Valve has been seemingly working non-stop on developing SteamOS in order to deliver a competitive advantage over alternatives like Windows, with recent updates frequently polishing the overall user experience and fixing annoying bugs. The most recent update to the SteamOS beta channel, SteamOS 3.9.6, has just been pushed, with improvements to VRR, high framerate games, and high refresh rate monito
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TechPowerUp · November 13, 2026
Long-Time Linux Kernel Maintainer Inundated With AI-Generated Submissions Steps Down
It's been well documented that the rise of AI coding agents has resulted in an influx of new submissions to open-source and Linux projects. One recent study found that as much of 25% of new pull requests were reported to be "AI slop." Maintainers of other projects, like Godot, have also lamented the flood of AI-generated code to their projects. More recently, Lorenzo Stoakes, a long-time contribut
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TechPowerUp · November 13, 2026
Kioxia and Dell Build a 157 PB Rack With 640 SSDs
Kioxia and Dell have managed to fit a massive 157 PB of raw flash storage into a single 42U server rack. The configuration runs Dell's software-defined ObjectScale object storage platform on 16 PowerEdge R7725xd servers, which together carry 640 of Kioxia's 245.76 TB LC9 Series SSDs. Kioxia calls it the industry's first 157 PB single-rack object store, a claim it bases on its own market survey. Ea
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TechPowerUp · November 13, 2026
(PR) Applied Materials Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2026 Results
Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) today reported results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended Oct. 25, 2026. Fourth Quarter Results Applied generated record revenue of $10.41 billion. On a GAAP basis, the company reported gross margin of 50.4 percent, record operating income of $3.66 billion or 35.1 percent of revenue, and earnings per share (EPS) of $3.40. On a non-GAAP basis, the co
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TechPowerUp · November 13, 2026
AMD "Siren Halo" APU Rumored to Pair Dedicated GDDR7 With LPDDR Memory
AMD's next big Halo APU might ship with two separate memory pools, if a new leak from Gotou_3rd on X is accurate. In a short post on November 12, the leaker wrote that "Siren Halo has dedicated GD7 VRAM." When asked whether that meant unified GDDR memory, like on consoles, or separate pools, Gotou clarified that LPDDR system memory would still be there. He also claimed that Siren Halo follows Medu
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TechPowerUp · November 13, 2026
Windows 11 Beta Insiders Can Now Toggle Settings Straight From Taskbar Search
Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel can now change common system settings straight from the taskbar search box, in many cases without opening the Settings app. The new Windows Search, which Microsoft first showed off in October, is gradually rolling out with Build 26320.9876. That build also moves the Beta Channel to Windows 11 26H2 through an enablement package, though Microsoft says the version
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TechPowerUp · November 12, 2026
Xbox Adds 21 Classic Xbox Games To PC Via Xbox Backwards Compatibility on PC
Xbox announced earlier in 2026 that it was bringing some of its classic Xbox games to PC in a new Xbox Compatibility program, although it initially only launched four games in that announcement. Now, as part of Xbox's 25-year anniversary celebration, Microsoft has announced that it will be releasing 21 additional classic Xbox games on PC. These games will also be playable on the Xbox Series and Xb
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TechPowerUp · November 12, 2026
NVIDIA GeForce 621.24 WHQL Game Ready Drivers Released
NVIDIA has released the latest version of GeForce Game Ready drivers, version 621.24, which brings significant optimizations and game-ready support for multiple titles. Notably, it includes game-ready support for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV and Assetto Corsa Rally. Additionally, the driver introduces neural rendering capabilities with 3D guidance of DLSS 5 for the game Where Winds Meet. As fo
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TechPowerUp · November 12, 2026
Keychron Launches Open-Source Magnetic Keyboard Firmware
Not long ago, Keychron announced Zephyr Gaming Mouse as an upcoming open-source firmware project for gaming mice. More recently, the peripheral maker announced MKF (Magnetic Keyboard Firmware), an open-source firmware project designed for TMR and Hall effect gaming keyboards. The project has yet to feature any public code contributions, but there is a landing page that outlines what Keychron aims
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TechPowerUp · November 12, 2026
AMD Reportedly Cuts Gaming GPU Supply in China by Up to 50%
AMD has reportedly cut its gaming GPU supply in China by at least 20% to 50% since the start of the fourth quarter in October. According to a November 12 post on Board Channels spotted by Videocardz, AMD's shortage is now comparable to NVIDIA's, with very few gaming chips going to add-in board (AIB) partners. Their monthly allocations are apparently still shrinking, and the source expects supply t
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TechPowerUp · November 12, 2026
AMD Patches Radeon SSD Write Bug in Adrenalin 26.11.1 Optional Driver
AMD's Adrenalin 26.11.1 optional driver is now available with the promised fix for the Radeon bug that kept system drives writing in the background. According to the release notes, the update addresses excessive writes to the system drive while the PC is idle on Radeon RX 7000 series cards and newer. It also fixes a related case where excessive writes could show up while moving or resizing applica
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