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Consumer AI Hardware Crunch and On-Device Accelerators

Flagship GPUs are disappearing from retail while gray-market VRAM mods and multi-GPU AI desktops gain traction. Apple, Qualcomm, and Intel are investing in on-device NPU and integrated AI silicon to support local inference.

Detected: 2026-09-16 · Updated: 2026-09-16

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