PC shipments set to hit the buffers as AI guzzles memory
High-margin infrastructure kit takes precedence, leaving laptops and desktops wanting
Systems12 Jan 2026 | 11
Semiconductor Memory
Memory is running out, and so are excuses for software bloat
Opinion Maybe the answer to soaring RAM prices is to use less of it
Software23 Dec 2025 | 158
Smartphones face a memory cost crunch – and buyers aren't in the mood
AI-nflation Rising DRAM and NAND prices are squeezing handset makers and threatening a fragile market recovery
Personal Tech16 Dec 2025 | 27
Server prices set to jump 15% as memory costs spike
Exclusive Major OEMs are plotting double-digit hikes as DRAM and NAND shortages bite
Systems04 Dec 2025 | 16
Cheaper 1 GB Raspberry Pi 5 lands as memory costs go through the roof
Budget model slips in at $45 while other boards climb amid AI-driven component crunch
Storage01 Dec 2025 | 74
HP to sack up to six thousand staff under AI adoption plan, fresh round of cost-cutting
Warns memory price explosion means PCs may have less RAM, or use low-cost parts
AI + ML26 Nov 2025 | 66
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OVH CEO predicts some cloud prices to rise 5-10 percent by mid-2026
Or maybe even sooner, warns Octave Klaba, as AI sends storage costs soaring
Off-Prem24 Nov 2025 | 8
Commodity memory prices set to double as fabs pivot to AI market
Updated Analysts warn LPDDR4 supply is tightening fast with shift to higher-end components
Systems19 Nov 2025 | 12
There's mushroom for improvement in fungal computing
Ohio State boffins coax shiitake and button varieties into behaving like memristors
Offbeat30 Oct 2025 | 26
Samsung picks fights with Google and Qualcomm
Brings its largely unloved browser to PCs and promises to make its Exynos SoCs more competitive
Software30 Oct 2025 | 18
PC memory costs to climb as fabs chase filthy lucre in servers and HBM
TrendForce warns of Q4 hikes as suppliers squeeze consumer markets
Systems24 Sep 2025 | 7
Ruh-roh. DDR5 memory vulnerable to new Rowhammer attack
Google and ETH Zurich found problems with AMD/SK Hynix combo, will probe other hardware
Research17 Sep 2025 | 16
DRAM spot prices doubled last week
Fears that DDR4 has hit the end of the road and the return of tariffs may be to blame
Systems01 Jul 2025 | 9
The ultimate Pi 5 arrives carrying 16GB ... and a price to match
How much RAM does an enthusiast really need?
Personal Tech09 Jan 2025 | 127
Samsung blames 'one-off costs' as Q3 chip profits plummet 40%
Unexpected expenses in semiconductor division overshadow revenue gains
Systems31 Oct 2024 |
SK hynix begins mass production of 36 GB 12-layer HBM3E
Should be Jensen Huang's hands in less than 60 days
Storage26 Sep 2024 | 2
Chinese server-maker Inspur claims it's on track for better liquid cooling with 'railway sleeper' design
Beijing is happy at surging sales and production capacity, falling energy requirements
Systems23 Sep 2024 | 3
Samsung confirms Exynos 2500 chip as profit skyrockets on back of AI memory boom
Strikes? What strikes?
Personal Tech31 Jul 2024 | 1
Good news: Samsung predicts prodigious profit pop
Bad news: It's probably because you have to pay more for RAM
Systems05 Jul 2024 |
Semiconductor industry navigating choppy waters with sunnier climes ahead
Despite dip in equipment revenue, analysts predict robust rebound
Systems20 Jun 2024 |
Samsung union stages its first ever strike – very politely
Members stop work – on a day many take off, anyway – in pursuit of better conditions
Legal07 Jun 2024 | 9
Hunger for more HBM capacity could cause shortage DRAM-a
Analyst warns of another unfortunate side effect of AI
Storage21 May 2024 |
iFixit hails replaceable LPCAMM2 laptop memory as a 'big deal'
So long SODIMM? Only in new Thinkpad so far, but memory format may well spread across market
Storage08 May 2024 | 23
TSMC fully booked on advanced packaging until 2025
TrendForce warns of 'potential crowding out effects on HBM'
Systems07 May 2024 | 2
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
Here’s another thing AI can do: Return Samsung’s memory biz to profit
HBM will help too. Foundry biz? On track for 2nm but bruised
On-Prem30 Apr 2024 |
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 |
Micron bounces back as AI drives up memory prices
'Our HBM is sold out for calendar 2024,' trills CEO
Storage21 Mar 2024 | 1
Uncle Sam officially opens funding gates for silicon R&D
$5B investment part of $53B bet to reboot semiconductor industry
Systems12 Feb 2024 | 1
You're not imagining things – USB memory sticks are getting worse
It's all down to recommissioned kit, claim techies tasked with retrieving data from busted gear
Storage07 Feb 2024 | 123
Japan stumps up more cash for Kioxia and Western Digital to make memory chips
Pair still looking to merge after SK hynix blocked deal
Storage06 Feb 2024 |
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 |
Now is a good time to buy memory because prices rise next year, Gartner predicts
To blame? The usual suspect – AI's appetite for chips
Systems04 Dec 2023 | 7
China's YMTC scrounges for billions to help bypass US sanctions
Meanwhile, RISC-V has Uncle Sam rattled
Systems02 Nov 2023 | 10
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 |
US allows Samsung and SK hynix to keep making chips in China
Investments protected, diplomatic rift averted … even Beijing likes it
Systems10 Oct 2023 | 7
Japan confirms ¥192 billion will flow to help Micron build Hiroshima plant
That's $1.3 billion – pocket change compared to CHIPS Acts elsewhere
On-Prem04 Oct 2023 | 1
Micron revenue halved in FY23 as China ban bites
Reason for the block still a mystery – but most have their guesses
Systems28 Sep 2023 | 6
Samsung wants to push CAMM format into memory mainstream
Smaller footprint and detachable
Storage26 Sep 2023 | 6
A chip off the old block: The 200mm fab supply chain breaker
Southeast Asia, China spearheading factory capacity growth for foreseeable future
On-Prem20 Sep 2023 |
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 |
Samsung warns of imminent profit plunge
It looks like memory glut and consumer indifference to smartmobes are persisting
Personal Tech07 Jul 2023 | 8
Memory chipmaker Micron's sales down 57% as market bottoms out
Company eyes return to memory growth, but warns life on the China ban-list could be hard
Systems29 Jun 2023 |
Micron chips in $600M for China memory facility despite Beijing sanctions
It's not very nice being blacklisted for no apparent reason, is it?
Systems16 Jun 2023 | 3
Uncle Sam vows to Micron-manage China's memory chip ban
Commerce Secretary says US 'won't tolerate' Beijing's 'economic coercion'
Systems30 May 2023 | 10
China hasn't told Micron why it failed security review, or what its ban means
US memory-maker forecasts single-digit revenue impact, and ongoing gloom in PC and smartmobe markets
Security23 May 2023 | 7
Weak memory demand leaves both Samsung and SK hynix nursing losses
With inventory surplus still an issue, revenues are 'bottoming out'
Systems27 Apr 2023 | 1
Samsung to cough up third of a billion bucks for ripping off patent
Next on Netlist's hit list? Micron and Google
Storage24 Apr 2023 | 10
Micron writes off $1.43B in inventory as sales dive, claims only way is up
AIs are going to need memory and storage silicon, you know
Systems29 Mar 2023 | 8
China's Yangtze Memory reportedly lays off staff, evicts them from company housing
So much for the workers' paradise: Big Tech gives its discards months of severance pay
On-Prem08 Feb 2023 | 20
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 |
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
Samsung expects profit dive as demand for memory and devices continues to slow
Analysts believe company may cut back on production like Micron and SK hynix
Storage06 Jan 2023 | 11
Latest US blacklist spells trouble for China’s biggest domestic 3D NAND supplier
Analysis One research firm thinks YMTC may have to exit 3D NAND altogether
Systems18 Dec 2022 | 20
Kioxia warns of potential cost of US chip policy over China
Nice NAND industry you have there, would be a shame if something happened to it
Security01 Nov 2022 | 10
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
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 |
MIT boffins cram ML training into microcontroller memory
Neat algorithmic trick squeezing into 256KB of RAM, barely enough for inference let alone teaching
Edge + IoT05 Oct 2022 | 6
Hot DRAM, Micron promises $100B for 'largest chip fab in US history'
Memory maker says plant will help to boost memory production in America
Systems05 Oct 2022 | 17
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