AMD releases Ryzen 5 3500X
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At a stupid price

AMD's Ryzen 5 3500X, which has been only on sale in China is being flogged at a ridiculous price as a retail chip in several online American stores.

Patriot releases fast Viper Gaming VP4300 PCIe 4.0 SSD
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Rainier IG5236 controller and 3D TLC NAND

Patriot Memory has released its latest M.2 NVMe SSD as a part of its Viper Gaming lineup, the Viper VP4300, promising high sequential read and write performance, hitting up to 7,400MB/s and 6,800MB/s, respectively.

Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 1TB SSD price falls down to $200
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4TB goes for $801.85

It has taken some time to see Sabrent's Rocket 4 Plus widely available in all its capacity options, but, it appears that the company has decided to somewhat cut down the price and the entire lineup is now available over at Amazon.com with a $100 drop in price.

G.Skill rolls out new Trident Z Royal Elite DDR4 memory series
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Ranging from 3600MHz to 5333MHz and in capacities of up to 64GB

G.Skill has announced a new addition to its Trident Z DDR4 memory series, the Trident Z Royal Elite, which will be available in dual- and quad-module kits ranging from 16GB to 64GB in capacity and ranging from DDR4-3600 to DDR4-5333 frequencies.

TSMC warns chip shortage to continue
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But profits up

TSMC said that while it is doing all it can to increase productivity and alleviate a worldwide chip shortage, tight supplies will likely continue into next year.