Episode 231: Cleared Hot Lands, RAM Prices Go Wild, Nvidia’s VRAM Gamble, and Intel’s Nova Lake Strikes Back
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, as we dive into the week’s most surprising, strange, and speculative tech headlines.
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Jay and Karl return with a packed week of tech news — from the long-awaited launch of Cleared Hot to RAM shortages so extreme that shops are pricing modules like luxury seafood. Nvidia flirts with dropping VRAM bundles, Intel fires back at AMD with an absurdly specced Nova Lake chip, and Apple rumours round out the show.
In This Episode
News
Intel’s Nova Lake strikes back — a monstrous new design with 288 MB vertical cache and 52 cores.
Nvidia plays down Google chip threat — the company dismisses cloud-chip competitive pressure.
Nvidia may stop bundling VRAM — raising concerns over future GPU value.
RAM prices surge — shortages push prices high enough that one retailer compares it to lobster.
Cleared Hot launches — the long-awaited helicopter sim finally arrives.
Rumours
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