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
Hold the DRAM phone: IBM claims phase-change breakthrough Smaller, faster, denser - the future of commercial memory? Storage18 May 2016 | 12
Micron slurps the 66% of Inotera it doesn't already own, for US$3.2bn Exclusive DRAM supply deal was due to expire, bring lower margins, so Micron swooped On-Prem15 Dec 2015 |
Atlantis: The DSSD, data centre disk killer rising from the deep Interview If the company's cost claims are true, other suppliers are in for a tough time On-Prem10 Sep 2015 | 8
We can give servers more memory, claims Diablo. Well, sort of Flash substitute for DRAM yet to provoke an emotional response Systems06 Aug 2015 | 11
Radian Memory Systems decloaks, says it'll twin DRAM and flash Small funding but big ideas - and a patent for co-operative flash memory control Storage30 Jun 2015 | 1
China's make-your-own DRAM ambitions growing all the time Comment Imports cost the Asian giant $10.2bn in 2014 Storage17 Mar 2015 | 8
'Rowhammer' attack flips bits in memory to root Linux Ouch! Google crocks capacitors and deviates DRAM to take control of the kernel Systems10 Mar 2015 | 80
DRAM-firm-fattened flash bods double last year's profits The lesson? Buy Japanese Channel07 Jan 2015 |
DRAM! Speedy software upstart PernixData's caching up fast Caching speed upped by several orders of magnitude Storage02 Oct 2014 | 8
The long war on 'DRAM price fixing' is over: Claim YOUR spoils now (It's worth a few beers) Ripped off on a 256MB RAM stick? Today's your lucky day Legal07 Mar 2014 | 36
US and Japanese chip firms team up on MRAM project Are you ready for DRAM x TEN write speeds? Personal Tech26 Nov 2013 | 7
DON'T PANIC says Hynix, China fab explosion is no big deal Pics Fears of memory price spike misplaced says company Channel04 Sep 2013 | 7
SMART Storage, Diablo brew a wee DRAM of MYSTERY tonic All we needed is some flash, some system memory and $36m Storage29 Apr 2013 |