DRAM

SK hynix's high bandwidth memory buffet fully booked till 2025

Micron also riding the AI wave with 128 GB DDR5 RDIMMs

Storage02 May 2024 | 1

SK hynix breaks Q1 revenue records on back of AI boom

Memory biz ditches NAND production plans to make more crucial HBM tech

Storage25 Apr 2024 |

Lenovo and Micron first to implement LPCAMM2 in laptop

The SODIMM replacement finally arrives

Systems24 Apr 2024 | 5

Samsung boosts LPDDR5X to 10.7 Gbps, ups efficiency and capacity for mobile and servers

Guess what it's great for? Go on, have a guess... 20 points if you muttered an abbreviation starting with A and ending in I

Storage17 Apr 2024 | 2

NASA tries to jog Voyager 1's memory from 15 billion miles away

Since you can't get a soldering iron out there, the fix will be in software

Science15 Apr 2024 | 14

TSMC shrugs off impact of Taiwan earthquake

Nonetheless DRAM prices may yet feel slight aftershocks

Off-Prem04 Apr 2024 | 3

Samsung preps inferencing accelerator to take on Nvidia, scores huge sale

Asia In Brief PLUS: Tencent's profit plunge; Singtel to build three AI datacenters; McDonald's China gobbles Microsoft AI

AI + ML24 Mar 2024 |

Micron New York mega fab faces an environmental exam

At least the US Army is thinking about the frogs in those 226 acres of wetland

Systems04 Mar 2024 | 8

Chinese chip slinger found not guilty of stealing memory secrets from Micron

Fujian Jinhua escapes prosecution tho remains on the US sanctions list

Storage28 Feb 2024 | 1

Persistent memory to replace DRAM, but it could take a decade

Wham, bam, hello MRAM, FERAM, and ReRAM

Storage20 Feb 2024 | 60

China 'readies production' of homegrown high-bandwidth memory

Breaking the AI performance bottleneck is key for Middle Kingdom's ambitions

Storage01 Feb 2024 | 4

Samsung pins hopes on AI to return to growth this year

Next generation of devices are going to be packed with it – requiring lots and lots of memory

Storage31 Jan 2024 | 3

SK hynix posts surprise profit after AI boosts memory prices

This may be the best bad news we've had all year

Systems25 Jan 2024 |

Global semiconductor revenues slid 11 percent in 2023, despite AI silicon splurge

Nvidia raked in the boatloads of cash, but the rest of the industry is still hurting

On-Prem18 Jan 2024 |

Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's like 16GB in a PC

8,388,608KB ought to be enough for anybody, huh?

Personal Tech09 Nov 2023 | 183

Samsung's results hint it's time to RAM some money into your memory budget

Chaebol reckons market is recovering and prices will rise. Analysts agree

On-Prem01 Nov 2023 |

Micron, SK-Hynix's shipping bandwidth-boosting LPDDR5 for on-device AI

So long as you don’t mind that it's soldered down

Systems26 Oct 2023 |

Dell and Samsung grab first-class tickets for AI hype train

Stock prices shoot up thanks to tech flavor of the moment

AI + ML01 Sep 2023 | 6

SK hynix ships blazing fast HBM3E DRAM samples – but most customers have to wait

Everything in 2023 is about AI, which this silicon is said to speed

HPC23 Aug 2023 |

Micron joins the CXL 2.0 party with a 256GB memory expander

RAM disguised as an SSD? What will they come up with next?

Storage08 Aug 2023 | 7

Samsung makes big promises about GDDR7 RAM

Too bad GPU slingers keep shrinking the memory bus

Storage20 Jul 2023 | 3

Samsung warns of imminent profit plunge

It looks like memory glut and consumer indifference to smartmobes are persisting

Personal Tech07 Jul 2023 | 8

Micron, Kyocera, Samsung bet billions on Japan chip plants

Meanwhile, Fujifilm pursues photolithography interests in Taiwan

Systems18 May 2023 | 3

China sticks national security probe into America's Micron

Looking for leaky memory, and possibly revenge

Systems01 Apr 2023 | 16

Diving DRAM prices are a problem not even AI can solve

Analysts just don't see digi-brains making a difference to dismal demand that's caused deep discounting

Systems29 Mar 2023 | 16

ReRAM redo: UCL spinout scores £7M to push Resistive RAM

Remember the storage class memory that never took off? It's back

Systems13 Mar 2023 | 10

China's memory maker YMTC scores $7B to counter bans

US isn't the only country splashing out the cash for fabs

Systems03 Mar 2023 | 2

Server DRAM to be biggest part of memory market for years

Analyst haus Trendforce sees DC gain where there's consumer pain

Storage21 Feb 2023 |

SK hynix reports first loss in a decade as memory prices fall

Chip giant holding out hope that demand rebounds once supplies dry up

Systems01 Feb 2023 |

Samsung profits and sales slump, hopes for a jump start from cars

Record income for foundry business offers sole bright spot

Personal Tech31 Jan 2023 | 1

SK hynix debuts 'world's fastest mobile DRAM', predicts it will move to power AI/ML and AR/VR

Something to keep manufacturers happy while they wait for the joy of LPDDR6

Systems25 Jan 2023 | 3

Non-binary DDR5 is finally coming to save your wallet

Need a New Year's resolution? How about stop paying for memory you don't need

Storage02 Jan 2023 | 83

Micron plans staff decimation as demand dips to Great Recession levels

Lower demand? Bid adieu to 10% of workers and cut production

Systems22 Dec 2022 | 12

Uncle Sam needs novel memory for nuke sims. So why did it choose Intel?

Didn't the x86 giant just blow up its data storage biz?

Storage13 Dec 2022 | 14

Micron double decimates production as sales stall

DRAM and NAND wafer production cut 20%

Systems17 Nov 2022 |

Micron samples first DRAM built using 1-beta process node

Performance boost down to fresh processes, new materials, and more advanced equipment

Storage01 Nov 2022 | 2

Samsung bucks industry trend, maintains memory investments

This is despite weakening demand and operating profit down by 49% in semiconductor division

Systems27 Oct 2022 |

2023: The year SK Hynix expects profit-whacking dip to end, and 238 layer RAM to debut

Reduces investments and production as buying cycles bite

Systems26 Oct 2022 | 5

Linus Torvalds's faulty memory (RAM, not wetware) slows kernel development

Emperor penguin swipes Intel's attitude to ECC memory and maybe wimpy Mac performance too

Personal Tech10 Oct 2022 | 58

Biden cuts off China's Yangtze, 30 others from US chipmaking gear

So is this why YMTC's CEO stepped down?

Systems07 Oct 2022 | 25

Samsung teases upcoming DRAM and NAND goodies at Tech Day event

Lots of talk about the automation and digitization of manufacturing chips too

Storage06 Oct 2022 |

SK hynix to plow $11b into South Korean fab complex

Leadership believes path to recovery is through investing in times of crisis

Systems06 Sep 2022 |

Micron confirms first US memory fab on home soil in 20 years

$15 billion Idaho facility is the first step as chip biz feeds on CHIPS Act

On-Prem01 Sep 2022 | 6

Astera Labs says its CXL tech can stick DDR5 into PCIe slots

These memory controllers are aimed at AI-addicted cloud providers and hyperscalers

Systems31 Aug 2022 |

Micron wants tax breaks for '$160b' Texas chip fab plant

If it ever gets built, that is

Systems26 Aug 2022 | 35

Compound that 'remembers' phase transitions could have uses in computer memory

Researchers ran a current through vanadium dioxide and were never forgiven

Science25 Aug 2022 | 20

Inflation worries push PC and mobile DRAM demand down, with pricing to follow

Samsung, SK hynix, Micron are in for some pain, claims analyst, plus signs point to stockpiled customer inventory

Storage16 Aug 2022 |

Micron pledges $40b for US fabs as financial headwinds mount

The memory biz is bracing for a recession-fueled drop in demand

Systems09 Aug 2022 | 5

Why you should start paying attention to CXL now

The next server you buy will support it, but what's it good for?

Networks04 Aug 2022 | 19

Last week Intel killed Optane. Today, Kioxia and Everspin announced comparable tech

Rumors of storage-class memory's demise may have been premature

Storage02 Aug 2022 | 19

Micron pledges US memory expansion after CHIPS Act passes

With $52 billion on the table, everyone wants their fair share

Storage29 Jul 2022 | 6

Why Intel killed its Optane memory business

Analysis Effort to create a new tier of memory flopped as rivals offered faster and more open alternatives

Storage29 Jul 2022 | 32

Memory constrained? Amazon and AMD now offer 1.5TB VMs

Or about two and a half Chrome tabs

Off-Prem20 Jul 2022 | 4

NAND flash prices expected to plummet 8-13% in Q3

Did someone say cheap SSDs in time for the holidays?

Systems19 Jul 2022 | 4

SK hynix reviews investments as chip market slows

When the chips are down: Memory device maker the latest to evaluate direction

Systems15 Jul 2022 |

Samsung has 24Gbps GDDR6 ready for higher-performance graphics cards

New DRAM chips will also have an impact in AI processing and HPC fields

Storage14 Jul 2022 | 2