DRAM

How CXL may change the datacenter as we know it

Interview Bye-bye bottlenecks. Hello composable infrastructure?

Systems16 May 2022 | 6

Why Marvell bought interconnect upstart Tanzanite

A little bit of DDR5 in my life, a little bit of storage by my side, a little bit of compute is all I need

On-Prem10 May 2022 | 5

Samsung unveils 512GB DRAM CXL module in E3.S form factor

PCIe 5.0 device hints at servers with lots of memory, maybe shared

Systems10 May 2022 | 6

Semiconductor sales forecast to hit $676b in 2022

Pandemic supply chain and war in Ukraine has potential to disrupt recovery, warns Gartner

Systems26 Apr 2022 | 1

Samsung dethrones Intel as chip sector grows 26% in 2021

South Korea the big winner in a year of supply struggles and continued shortages

Systems14 Apr 2022 | 4

PC OEMs are sitting on 10 weeks-plus of DRAM, says Trendforce

Pandemic-induced supply chain imbalance did it

Storage18 Feb 2022 | 11

Blistering bandwidth: JEDEC pushes out HBM3 memory specs

All that and improved energy efficiency

Storage28 Jan 2022 | 5

Thanks for the memory: Samsung says DRAM, NAND profits up Q-on-Q, sales down as global supply chain bites

Expects more stability but warns of potential fab lockdowns on road ahead

Storage27 Jan 2022 |

Micron expects COVID-19-hit Xi'an DRAM factory to reopen as normal soon

Neither cough nor sneeze nor gloom of coronavirus stays these chip makers from their appointed rounds

On-Prem07 Jan 2022 | 3

Samsung reveals buzzword-compliant DRAM ready for 5G, AI, edge, and metaverses

Smartphone-derived LPDDR5X said to be faster and more miserly than predecessors

On-Prem10 Nov 2021 | 14

DRAM, it stacks up: SK hynix rolls out 819GB/s HBM3 tech

Kit using the chips to appear next year at the earliest

Storage20 Oct 2021 | 1

Memory price 'correction' is coming, world's fourth-largest DRAM-maker warns

DRAM drama or pricing karma? Whatever your view, kinked supply chains aren't helping

On-Prem11 Oct 2021 | 12

Memory prices to dive in late 2022, says Gartner

Firm says 40 per cent of a server's bill of material costs are tied to memory

Systems23 Sep 2021 | 6

SK Hynix admits to DRAM defects, smacks down rumour it botched big batches

Admits 'potential losses' may result, says they won’t be significant

Storage09 Jun 2021 | 5

Micron chief warns 'severe shortage' of DRAM expected to continue this year

And drought in Taiwan threatens supply. Good news for firm's wallet, not so much for chip buyers

Storage01 Apr 2021 | 9

Samsung aims first 512GB DDR5 DRAM chip built on High-K/Metal Gate tech at HPC, AI markets

Double the bandwidth of DDR4, with 13% less power consumption

Storage25 Mar 2021 | 4

SK Hynix boss predicts CPUs and RAM will merge, chipmakers will hold hands to make it happen

Seok-Hee Lee tips Compute Express Link memory to become the next big thing

Storage23 Mar 2021 | 21

SK Hynix starts churning out 18GB LPDDR5 mobile memory chips – with ASUS first in line

And here's us thinking 640KB was enough for anyone

Storage08 Mar 2021 | 3

Hot DRAM: Shortage of memory chips will continue this year, says Micron

Good news for memory makers, not such great news for wider tech world

Storage04 Mar 2021 | 1

Two years later, SK Hynix's £2.2bn EUV DRAM factory is ready to go

It started building M16 when 'overall semiconductor memory was amid downturn'

Storage01 Feb 2021 | 4

DRAM and NAND demand is up, but it's not enough to buoy SK Hynix profits as prices plummet amid supply glut

Thanks for the memory

Storage04 Nov 2020 |

After first floating $20bn penalty, DoJ suggests $60m fine for UMC's theft of Micron’s DRAM secrets

Taiwanese chipmaker promises ‘substantial assistance’ in ongoing China IP theft action

Security23 Oct 2020 | 6

SK Hynix slips past rivals Samsung and Micron to launch world's first DDR5 DRAM sticks

Up to 5,600 megatransfers per second at just 1.1V, company claims

Systems06 Oct 2020 | 6

Memories are made of chips: 'Surge in online activity' helps Micron make off with $5.4bn in Q3

Yep, that's WD and Xilinx smirking in the background

Storage30 Jun 2020 | 1

DRAM, son. Semiconductor revenue fell 12% last year. At least 2020 will be better, right? Right?

DRAM and NAND struggle with swollen inventories and low demand – Gartner

On-Prem16 Apr 2020 |

Samsung says it has the future of DRAM sorted after success with new EUV process

Already shipped a million units to good reviews, now says DDR5 will launch in 2021

On-Prem25 Mar 2020 | 20

No Huawei: Micron hit by oversupply, US-China trade issues as DRAM sales sliced in half

But says customers at last chowing through memory stockpile

Storage27 Sep 2019 | 4

Trade war. What is it good for? Japan publicly approves shipment of semiconductor chemicals to South Korea

Come on, guys. Do some Seoul searching and break it up

Storage08 Aug 2019 | 2

DRAM, is it cold in here? Semiconductor market expected to shrink 12% in 2019

Device numbers growing, but manufacturers are using fewer/cheaper chips per device

On-Prem18 Jul 2019 | 8

An offer China can't refuse: 'Godfather of Taiwan's DRAM industry' to lead new Tsinghua Unigroup memory unit

Another step towards self-reliance amid US trade tiff

Storage01 Jul 2019 | 5

But of course the US and China's trade war is making those godDRAM oversupply issues worse

When Huawei sneezes, memory makers get a cold

On-Prem06 Jun 2019 | 28

Memory slump and smartphone boredom deliver one-two punch to Samsung's bottom line

Did someone say perfect storm? Well, here we are

On-Prem05 Apr 2019 | 8

Memory glut crisis almost over, weeps Micron as Q2 results crank shares up 8%

A rising tide lifts all boats – Samsung, SK Hynix saw increases too

Storage21 Mar 2019 | 1

God DRAM, that's a big price drop: Memory down 30 per cent, claim industry watchers

Plummeting chip prices are collateral damage from ongoing Intel CPU shortage

Personal Tech07 Mar 2019 | 26

Screeech... DRAM! Weak demand hits memory-makers as they slam on CAPEX brakes – analyst

Tripartite monopoly cuts bit output production growth as China-US trade war threatens

Storage02 Jan 2019 | 5

Chip flinger Micron reels in production, expenses as revenue growth comes to crashing halt

DRAM and NAND output to take a hit as demand slides

Storage19 Dec 2018 | 8

Talk about Micron-aggression: US charges Chinese biz, staff over DRAM chip secrets theft

A Chen, a Ho, and a Wang walk into a bar... or so prosecutors allege

Storage01 Nov 2018 | 14

Samsung touts bonkers-fast 8 Gbit DRAM for phones, AIs

Chip ships 6,400 Mbps, cuts power consumption

Personal Tech18 Jul 2018 | 11

No one wants new phones – it's chips that keep Samsung chugging

I'll keep the smartie I've got, thanks

Personal Tech06 Jul 2018 | 45

Thanks for the happy memories, Micron – now beat it, says China: Court bans chip sales

Stock in US biz plunges as patent spat gets very serious

Storage03 Jul 2018 | 19

DRAM, Samsung, these profits are on fire, NAND ain't that the truth

86 per cent leap attributed to memory chip biz

Storage31 Jan 2018 | 5

China may stick to its own DRAM memory soon – researchers

NAND thanks for memory, folks... we don't need you any more

Storage21 Dec 2017 | 24

Massive revenues from RAM, flash make Micron chief a happy chappy

Mehrotra hints beyond 64-layer tech could land next year

Storage27 Sep 2017 | 5

HPE memory options rising by double digits... from today

Meanwhile, DRAM makers toasting record sales hauls

Systems21 Aug 2017 | 4

Making money is so DRAM easy for some memory-flingers

Another record revenue quarter ... even as drought eases

Storage17 Aug 2017 | 3

Analyst: DRAM crisis looms after screwup at Micron fab

Nope, that is fake news, says memory chip maker: 'There was a minor event'

On-Prem05 Jul 2017 | 5

Component makers have their server chums by the short and curlies

And the squeeze ain't looking like it'll stop any time soon

Systems16 Jun 2017 | 9

Guess who's getting fat off DRAM shortages? Yep, the DRAM makers

Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron burp as PC memory prices jump 30 per cent

Storage18 May 2017 | 9

Huawei used cheap-as-chips chips in some P10s, now buyers want to boil it in oil

Head of consumer orders staff into stores on May day to have salt rubbed into wounds

Personal Tech01 May 2017 | 17

For the won: Korean DRAMmer llamas SK Hynix earning buckets

Records highest quarterly operating profit in its history

Storage26 Apr 2017 | 1

Micron making mucho memory moolah

Quarterly results show a boomtown rat raking in dollars

Storage27 Mar 2017 | 5

We burned chips in 2016... but then semiconductor sales got healthy again. Whew

Memory is king: Industrial, auto, storage app ICs grow

Storage23 Jan 2017 | 6

Chinese chip shop looks hot to trot as Tsinghua drops $30bn on factory

Largest fab in the Middle Kingdom to be surrounded by huge 'international city'

On-Prem20 Jan 2017 | 2

Wow, still using disk and PCIe storage? You look like a flash-on victim, darling – it isn't 2014

Comment Server slingers, like models, it's OK to be DIMM

Storage28 Sep 2016 | 11

Plexistor unveils storage-stack-perplexing PMoF tech

More not-quite-remote memory speeds apps

Storage19 Aug 2016 | 1

Supercomputers in 2030: Lots of exaflops and LOTS of DRAM

The future – like the past, but much hotter and drinking way more juice

HPC21 Jun 2016 | 9