Tag: memory

Meta’s solution to the global memory shortage is to use DDR4 in a DDR5 server, with a custom chip making the impossible possible

Meta’s solution to the…

Just imagine you’re Meta. You’ve spent millions of dollars on new servers that only use DDR5 sticks, only to…
SK hynix to invest over $60 billion in chip plants in South Korea, but the memory crisis still seems a long way from being over

SK hynix to invest…

SK hynix, one of the three biggest memory manufacturers (along with Samsung and Micron), seems to be investing a…
With the RAMpocalypse set to rage for years, memory kit makers are responding in one of two ways: Do nothing or go hell-for-leather

With the RAMpocalypse set…

Unless you’ve been living on another planet, orbiting a star light years away, you won’t have missed the fact…
The memory price crisis has foiled my penny pinching patience and made me regret not upgrading my gaming PC sooner

The memory price crisis…

Jacob Fox, hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This week: I’ve been trying out different lightweight mice, trying to decide…
Memory crisis heads to court: Class-action lawsuit calls Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron DRAM market ‘oligopolists’, alleging anticompetitive behavior

Memory crisis heads to…

The memory supply crisis has been raging since at least last year with no end in sight—some even predict…
The RAM crisis comes for Apple: Mac and iPad prices jacked up by hundreds as company says ‘We have never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly’

The RAM crisis comes…

Apple has bitten the bullet. The house that Steve Jobs built took its store offline a little earlier. When…
RAM and storage is ridiculously expensive right now because of *drumroll* AI, of course, and there’s little reason to think prices will drop any time soon

RAM and storage is…

We can’t seem to get a moment’s respite in the PC gaming industry, can we? We spent the better…
DDR4 RAM prices continue to surge ahead of DDR5, now averaging $25 per DDR4-3200 module

DDR4 RAM prices continue…

Thanks to the memory demands of AI and key manufacturers reducing production, DDR4 RAM prices have been steadily rising…
Sticking two fingers up at the economy, Biwin’s new Origin Code memory sticks are as extreme as you could imagine, with up to 256 GB of DDR5-8000 CL42

Sticking two fingers up…

Future Future Future If you were hoping that memory vendors would offer some relief from the RAMpocalypse at this…
Team Group CEO warns that DRAM and SSD prices will still rise: ‘If you need memory, we recommend purchasing it as soon as possible’

Team Group CEO warns…

You don’t need me to tell you that the exponential rise of AI servers has made PC enthusiasts think…