#gpu — Hans Christian Thjømøe

Close-up of GPU server racks with cabling in a data center, illustrating production inference deployment.

August 15, 2026

vLLM 0.27 Removes First-Request Stalls — But Torch 2.13 Is Breaking

vLLM 0.27.0 (Aug 10) ships JIT warmup and runner-owned Triton warmup that eliminate first-request compile stalls, plus Kimi K3 support — but the torch 2.13.0 upgrade is a breaking change that needs migration testing before you bump.

Close-up macro photography of a modern blue server circuit board with visible processor chips and copper traces.

June 25, 2026

RTX 50 Prices Jump 19% and the 5070 Ti Is Gone — Buy Now or Wait

NVIDIA cut RTX 50 supply by 20% and sidelined the 5070 Ti. Street prices are up 19%. Here's how it changes your local AI build.

Close-up of GDDR memory chips soldered onto a graphics card PCB

May 23, 2026

AMD GPUs Are Getting 10% Pricier — Here's the Full Picture

AMD has notified its supply chain of a ~10% GPU price increase driven by a DRAM shortage. DRAM contract prices rose 90–95% QoQ in Q1 2026. Here's what to buy, hold, or skip.

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