Memory

Samsung Electronics plans to wed triple-level cell NAND flash technology with vertical stacking of NAND flash memory. The new type of NAND will be very cost-efficient to manufacture, which will help Samsung to decrease pricing of its solid-state storage solutions, such as memory cards, storage modules, solid-state drives and so …

Although the price of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) remained rather stable in the recent months, it will increase by 5 – 10 per cent in the third quarter, according to Mark Newman, an analyst with Bernstein Research. Nonetheless, a good news is that the industry will likely move to …

The world and his dog might be getting ready of the impending availability of DDR4 memory, but Gigabyte is still pushing the boundaries of what you can do with the hardware that's available right now. Making use of its much touted Z97-SOC Force LN2 motherboard, Gigabyte is now proud to let …

Smart Modular Technologies, a leading independent maker of specialty memory and storage solutions, said Thursday that it has begun shipments of DDR4 memory modules in sample quantities. The DDR4 memory modules are designed for servers, micro-servers, workstations, storage and networking applications. Currently, Smart Modular's lineup of available DDR4-2133 1.2V modules …

Although the first systems that will need DDR4 memory modules will emerge on the market in several months, at least one store in Japan has already began to offer DDR4 memory sticks. Unfortunately, the price of the memory modules is very high even by Japanese standards. Akiba PC Hotline reports …

Famous for giving high end overclockers some of the fastest memory of all time, G.Skill used Computex 2014 to add some exciting new products to its line-up. KitGuru was on hand to capture the pixels. Arguably one if the most dramatic stands in the Nangang Exhibition Halls belonged to G.Skill. …

In any given month, less than 1 million people read KitGuru. That makes you, the knowledgeable hardware enthusiast, part of an exclusive minority. Your system is likely to be an order of magnitude more powerful than any of your friends and YOU are the person they ring when they need …

Team Group is a very well-known name in the world of professional overclockers. Their memory modules have set numerous world records throughout the history of the company. It is hard to imagine that just several years ago Team Group was not really recognised in the U.K. However, Overclockers UK, a …

Just like its competitors, Kingston Technology unveiled several new products at the Computex 2014 trade-show. Among the impressive products were the new HyperX Impact SO-DIMM memory modules that could work at 2666MHz, an unprecedented clock-rate for SO-DIMMs. Nowadays many performance-demanding end-users migrate to small form-factor (SFF) PCs or even desktop …

The DDR4 memory era is set to begin in several months from now. It is expected that the DDR4 standard will bring the world new performance heights thanks to increased memory frequencies and chip densities. But who said that the DDR3 cannot run faster? Hicookie, a well-known overclocker, this week …

SK Hynix and Violin Memory this week entered into a definitive agreement to sell the latter’s PCI Express (PCIe) solid-state storage product line to the former. In addition, the two companies decided to sign a cross-license agreement. As a result of the transaction, SK Hynix will be able to further …

Samsung Electronics on Thursday said it had begun mass production of its second-generation three-dimensional (3D) V-NAND flash memory. The new memory is projected to be more cost-efficient that the previous-gen 3D V-NAND thanks to higher integration. The company also unveiled its new series of solid-state drives that are based on …

Toshiba Corp. and SanDisk Corp. on Monday announced that they had licensed intellectual property from Intermolecular. The technologies, which were developed under the collaborative development program (CDP) as well as Intermolecular's background intellectual property, are believed to be crucial for next-generation memory. The companies' CDP with Intermolecular, specifically aimed at …

History always repeats itself. Rambus and JEDEC have a history that began in the early nineties and greatly influenced the whole dynamic random access memory (DRAM) industry in the 2000s and 2010s. That history is about to repeat itself. Rambus, a developer of high-speed interfaces and owner of multiple standard-essential …

Despite of expectations that Micron Technology will increase computer memory prices this month because its rivals cannot meet all demand, the actual increases were not significant and average contract prices of DRAM [dynamic random access memory]  in May are projected to remain generally on the same level as in April. …

Toshiba Corp. on Wednesday said it would demolish one of its fabs in Yokkaichi, the company's NAND Flash memory manufacturing complex in Mie prefecture, Japan, and build an all new factory specially to produce 3D NAND flash. The new fab is expected to be complete next Summer and will go …

Samsung Electronics, one of the world’s top makers of NAND flash memory, last week announced that its new memory fab in Xi’an China has begun full-scale manufacturing operations. The new facility will produce Samsung’s advanced NAND flash memory chips, such as 3D V-NAND. Vertical NAND (V-NAND) memory stacks memory cells …

The prices of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) may start to increase this month as two out of three major computer memory makers are experiencing problems with fulfilling market demands. In case the situation with under-supply of DRAM is not resolved, the high prices will remain for several months down …

Toshiba Corp. and SanDisk Corp. on Wednesday said that they would start to produce multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory using 15nm fabrication process later in April. The new manufacturing technology allows Toshiba to make world’s smallest and potentially cost-efficient 128Gb NAND flash memory. Initially, Toshiba and SanDisk will produce …

Kingston on Thursday introduced its new family of affordable memory modules for enthusiasts who demand higher performance, but cannot afford to buy truly extreme solutions for overclocking. The new HyperX Fury series replaces the HyperX blu lineup and brings in more efficient cooling and advanced overclocking capabilities. The Kingston HyperX …

Micron Technology, one of the world’s leading maker of DRAM and NAND flash memory, said that late this year the company would offer triple-level cell NAND flash made using 16nm process technology. Such memory could enable very cost-efficient flash-based storage devices, including solid-state drives in 2015. “Our 16nm NAND yields …

Samsung Electronics said Tuesday that it had begun mass production of DDR4 memory modules and chips in anticipation of Intel’s launch of next-generation high-end desktop and server platforms that rely on the new-gen memory technology. Samsung’s DDR4 memory modules are based on the company’s 4Gb DDR4 chips produced using 20nm …

UPDATE: The initial news-story contained an image of an SK Hynix memory module which did not feature 128GB capacity. As SK Hynix has released the correct images of its new memory modules, we can now publish the photos of 128GB DDR4 memory sticks. SK Hynix on Monday unveiled the industry’s …

Micron Technology, one of the world’s leading makers of dynamic random access memory, said Wednesday that it had started to produce next-generation DDR4 memory in volume. The company and its partners will begin to officially ship servers featuring Intel Corp.’s Xeon E5-2600 v3 and Micron’s DDR4 memory in the second …

Micron Technology, one of the world’s leading makers of dynamic random access memory (DRAM), NAND flash memory and various storage solutions for enterprise datacenters, on Friday said it had joined the OpenPower foundation, an open development community based on the Power microprocessor architecture, as a platinum member. The OpenPower foundation, …

Toshiba Corp. on Thursday announced that it has filed a civil suit against SK Hynix in a Japanese court. Toshiba accuses its rival of wrongful acquisition and use of Toshiba’s proprietary technical information related to NAND flash memory. The company demands compensation of its damages. Toshiba filed the suit after …

Why small form-factor should mean slow performance? It clearly should not. G.Skill, a leading producer of high-end memory modules, this week unveiled an extreme DDR3 SO-DIMM memory kit that weds high clock-rate and capacity. Many people dump their desktops in favour of powerful laptops or ultra-small form-factor PCs these days, …

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday said that it had begun mass production of dynamic random access memory using 20nm process technology. The new fabrication tech will not only enable the company to produce more energy-efficient DDR3 memory, but will also reduce manufacturing cost of DRAM and will thus make it more …

The hybrid memory cube consortium (HMCC), an organization dedicated to the development and establishment of an industry-standard interface specification for the hybrid memory cube (HMC) technology, this week introduced version 2.0 of the HMC spec. The second generation of the “cubes” will be able to support bandwidth of up to …

Available in both eight and sixteen gigabyte capacities, can Team Group's Vulcan Gold 2400MHz kit prove that its value-orientated approach to a high-speed set of memory can please gamers and enthusiasts?