Linux suffers from memory problem
Less than 4GB and you are doomed
Desktop Linux is particularly brutal when it comes to running on low RAM systems.
Samsung suffers from memory glut
Profits slashed by half
Samsung posted a 56 percent plunge in June-quarter profit as an oversupply of memory chips continued to weigh down prices.
DRAM average sales price to fall 42.1 per cent
Because industry’s internal augers muffed their oracles
DRAM average sales price set to fall 42.1 percent after the key prediction people in the chip making business stuffed up their predictions.
It a universal computer memory breakthrough
Quantum crossing of DRAM with Flash?
Lancaster University has announced a "universal computer memory" breakthrough combining the fast, low-energy storage of DRAM memory with the robustness of flash memory.
SSD prices drop in a trade war
Oversupply
Beancounters at DRAMeXchange have added up some numbers and concluded that the NAND flash industry this year is exhibiting signs of oversupply.
HyperX releases two new Predator memory kits
DDR4-4266 and DDR4-4600
Kingston has released two new HyperX Predator 16GB high-performance memory kits with 4266MHz and 4600MHz frequencies.
MicroSD Express announced
Speeds of up to 985 Mb/s
The SD Association has unveiled a new format that will bring speeds of up to 985 Mb/s to the tiny memory cards used in smartphones and other devices.
Samsung produces 1TB UFS for mobiles
No more need for microSDs
Samsung has started mass producing what it says is the industry's first one terabyte embedded Universal Flash Storage (eUFS) technology for smartphones.
Toshiba not flogging memory chip stake
Will keep it for now
Toshiba has no immediate plans to sell its 40.2 percent stake in Toshiba Memory according to its CEO.
Boffins getting excited about a new form of resistance-based memory
Even if they do not know how it works
A joint NIST-Purdue University team has used a material that can form atomically thin sheets to make a new form of resistance-based memory which is being touted as the next big thing.