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 |
Semiconductor Memory
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 |
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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
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 |
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
Solaris is in maintenance mode – but Oracle added a significant feature anyway
Don’t Panic if you run terabytes of RAM and need to understand a dumped snapshot
OSes19 Aug 2022 | 21
AI chip adds artificial neurons to resistive RAM for use in wearables, drones
'Even on a small coin battery, it could run for more than 10 years' claims researcher
AI + ML18 Aug 2022 | 12
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 |
Flash memory vendors unveil PCIe 5.0 SSDs, latest spec for CXL interconnect tech
Flash Memory Summit Folk of flash meet in person as Compute Express Link 3.0 debuts
Storage05 Aug 2022 | 3
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
Semiconductor market to dip 2.5% next year as inflation hits
Not the money-printing machine investors were hoping for as demand set to decrease, says Gartner
Systems27 Jul 2022 | 1
SK Group pledges $22b for US chip, battery manufacturing
Plus Kioxia, WD snag a $680 million cash infusion from Japan
On-Prem27 Jul 2022 | 3
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
Power outage at Hiroshima facility may hit DRAM supply
Micron says ‘inclement’ weather responsible for complete production shutdown, apparently
Systems13 Jul 2022 | 9
IBM wants to simplify 3D stacked chip manufacturing
Big Blue reckons it may be a way to side-step the end of Moore's Law
Systems08 Jul 2022 | 6
Micron releases DDR5 DRAM ready for next-gen servers
The memory chips are here, we're just waiting on Intel and AMD
Storage07 Jul 2022 | 2
DRAM prices to drop 3-8% due to Ukraine war, inflation
Wait, we’ll explain
On-Prem20 Jun 2022 | 10
Who had money on Samsung and Red Hat joining forces on next-gen memory software?
Cloudy server testbed coming, open source code filtering into RHEL promised
Storage25 May 2022 | 3
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
Cisco warns of premature DIMM failures
Check 16, 32, and 64GB DIMMs made in the middle to end of 2020, blames manufacturing errors
Storage09 May 2022 | 12
Samsung unveils hardened SD card that can last 16 years if you treat it right
And apply an asterisk or two
Storage04 May 2022 | 49
Beijing bails out bankrupt Chinese chipmaker Tsinghua Unigroup
This matters for China – and for HPE, Intel … and possibly Apple
Legal05 Apr 2022 | 11
EU directs €11bn toward European Chips Act to build homegrown semiconductor industry
Additional €43bn in the pipeline, but it's still chickenfeed, say critics
On-Prem08 Feb 2022 | 41
Why is the little guy getting rinsed for hardware? Because top OEMs had to spend 25% more on chips in 2021
Vendors shipped more but demand outstripped supply, says Gartner
On-Prem01 Feb 2022 | 10
There's a new Chipzilla in town: Samsung topples Intel to become largest chip maker
Semiconductor shortage helps cause reshuffle at the top
On-Prem31 Jan 2022 | 3
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 |
Can you compose memory across a HPC cluster? Yes. Yes you can
GigaIO CTO talks up 'solution that has a lot of what CXL offers'
Storage20 Jan 2022 | 2
Memory maker Micron moots $150bn mega manufacturing moneybag
AI and 5G to fuel demand for new plants and R&D
Storage20 Oct 2021 | 2
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
VMware imagines 'memory servers' – a new source of shared software-defined RAM
Working to have vSphere provide a memory service that tiers pages, claims hardware TCO boost of 30 to 50 per cent
Systems11 Oct 2021 | 21
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
Speciality electronics outfit boasts of 64-fold density increase for its latest space-ready MRAM parts
Takes Avalanche's latest STT-MRAM tech and packs it into rad-hard ceramic squares
Storage15 Sep 2021 | 9
Adding AI to everything won't make sense until we can use it for anything
Opinion You've gotta have standards
AI + ML30 Aug 2021 | 68
Samsung testing memory with built-in processing for AI-centric servers
Suggests standard for this stuff should land in 2022 and tech improves performance by 40 per cent or more
AI + ML25 Aug 2021 | 6
Samsung splurges $200bn to bring 'new future order' over next few years – meaning chips, pharma, comms
Apparently the revolution is now, and it is well funded
Storage24 Aug 2021 | 2
Micron announces EUV fabs by 2024 as it flogs Utah facility to Texas Instruments
Oh, and it would like everyone to know it had a fantastic sales quarter, natch
Storage01 Jul 2021 | 3
Samsung reveals DDR5 memory module that’s ready for Compute Express Link
Suggests terabyte-packing servers that move data at astounding speed aren’t far off
Systems11 May 2021 | 8
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 |
Hot, synchronous DRAM: Next-gen memory tech spec DDR5 lands
Power-sipping, phat bandwidth and dope density
Systems16 Jul 2020 | 18
Fret not, Linux fans, Microsoft's Project Freta is here to peer deep into your memory... to spot malware
Shining a Rust-based forensic light into the darker corners of images
OSes07 Jul 2020 | 10
Apple will wring out $18bn by upselling NAND to fanbois – analyst
Did someone say idiot tax? 26% of operating profit in FY'19 estimated to come from richer storage configs
Personal Tech09 Sep 2019 | 49
Rambus gobbles tasty chip slinger Northwest Logic in a move away from patent litigation
Turns out the PHYS not the limit
On-Prem30 Jul 2019 | 5
SK Hynix to cut DRAM production, investment as profit declines 89%
When the chips are down: trade tussle with Japan yet another reason for pessimism
On-Prem25 Jul 2019 |
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
DRAM, bam, thank you Sam: Like a Flashbolt from the blue, Samsung flaunts its fastest RAM
410GB/s per package. We repeat, 410GB/s per package
Storage21 Mar 2019 | 13
At long last, Tosh flogs chip biz to Bain for BEELLIONS
Japanese conglomerate balances book after nuclear power plant shutdown
Storage01 Jun 2018 |
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
Intel reveals Optane will need a 7th-gen core and a PC-centric launch
You're going to need a whole lot of Intel Inside to make this work
Systems20 Feb 2017 | 16
Memory loss: Toshiba puts chip biz up for sale
Hardware dump will help pay costs from failed energy venture
Storage27 Jan 2017 | 7
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 | 10
Boffins flip the unflippable: Meet the latest storage extender contender
New spintronics material in town – it's antiferromagnetic
Storage12 May 2016 | 21
Storage-class memory just got big – 256Mbit big, at least
Everspin ships 256Mb MRAM samples, says 1GB kit due by year's end
Storage14 Apr 2016 | 13
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