Memory
Samsung’s annual Memory Tech Day is taking place in San Jose this morning, and as part of the event, the company is making a couple of notable memory technology announcements/disclosures. The highlight of Samsung’s event is the introduction of Shinebolt, Samsung’s HBM3E memory that will set new marks for both memory bandwidth and memory capacity for high-end processors. The company is also disclosing a bit more on their GDDR7 memory, which will mark a significant technological update to the GDDR family of memory standards.
G.Skill's 24GB DDR5-6000 Modules with AMD EXPO Profiles Released
G.Skill has quietly started selling its 24 GB DDR5 memory modules with AMD EXPO profiles for single-click overclocking. G.Skill's Trident Z5 Neo RGB modules are among the first EXPO-profiled...
4 by Anton Shilov on 6/28/2023SK Hynix Starts Production of 238-Layer 3D NAND: 34% Denser with 2.4 GT/s Interface
SK Hynix announced this week that it had started volume production of its 238-layer TLC NAND memory. The new device promises higher bit density and lower NAND bits cost...
5 by Anton Shilov on 6/8/2023TeamGroup Announces T-Force Xtreem ARGB DDR5 Memory: Up to DDR5-8266
At Computex 2023, TeamGroup unveiled two additions to its extensive family of memory products. Available with ARGB heatsinks or subtle black non-RGB heatsinks, the TeamGroup T-Force Xtreem DDR5 memory...
5 by Gavin Bonshor on 6/2/2023Next-Generation CAMM, MR-DIMM Memory Modules Show Up at Computex
Dynamic random access memory is an indispensable part of all computers, and requirements for DRAM — such as performance, power, density, and physical implementation — tend to change now...
4 by Anton Shilov on 6/2/2023Corsair Unveils Dominator Titanium DDR5 Kits: Reaching For DDR5-8000
Corsair has introduced its new Dominator Titanium series of DDR5 memory modules that will combine performance, capacity, and style. The new lineup of memory modules and kits will offer...
5 by Anton Shilov on 5/30/2023SK Hynix Publishes First Info on HBM3E Memory: Ultra-wide HPC Memory to Reach 8 GT/s
SK Hynix was one of the key developers of the original HBM memory back in 2014, and the company certainly hopes to stay ahead of the industry with this...
5 by Anton Shilov on 5/30/2023Micron Expects Impact as China Bans Its Products from 'Critical' Industries
In the latest move in the tit-for-tat technology trade war between the United States and China, on Sunday the Cyberspace Administration of China announced that it was effectively banning...
12 by Anton Shilov on 5/23/2023Micron to Bring EUV to Japan: 1γ Process DRAM to Be Made in Hiroshima in 2025
Micron this week officially said that it would equip its fab in Hiroshima, Japan, to produce DRAM chips on its 1γ (1-gamma) process technology, its first node to use...
10 by Anton Shilov on 5/19/2023Samsung Kicks Off DDR5 DRAM Production on 12nm Process Tech, DDR5-7200 in the Works
Samsung on Thursday said it had started high volume production DRAM chips on its latest 12nm fabrication process. The new manufacturing node has allowed Samsung to reduce the power...
18 by Anton Shilov on 5/18/2023Report: DDR5 RDIMM Production Impacted by PMIC Compatibility Issues
Memory module producers have been shipping unbuffered DDR5 memory modules for desktop and laptop computers running Intel's 12th Generation Core 'Alder Lake' processors in high volumes since September, 2021...
4 by Anton Shilov on 4/26/2023ASUS Issues Statement on Ryzen 7000X3D Processor Issues, Possible Voltage Issues with AMD EXPO
Yesterday we reported that MSI announced a wave of firmware updates designed to address and alleviate potential issues with users on AM5 using AMD's Ryzen 7000X3D processors with 3D...
8 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/25/2023SK hynix Now Sampling 24GB HBM3 Stacks, Preparing for Mass Production
When SK hynix initially announced its HBM3 memory portfolio in late 2021, the company said it was developing both 8-Hi 16GB memory stacks as well as even more technically...
1 by Anton Shilov on 4/21/2023As The Demand for HBM Explodes, SK Hynix is Expected to Benefit
The demand for high bandwidth memory is set to explode in the coming quarters and years due to the broader adoption of artificial intelligence in general and generative AI...
9 by Anton Shilov on 4/18/2023Samsung Becomes Latest Memory Fab to Cut Production Amidst Post-Pandemic Slump
Following an ongoing slump in demand that has impacted the entire memory industry over the last several months, Samsung this week has become the latest memory foundry to announce...
11 by Anton Shilov on 4/7/2023Kingston Launches Fury Beast And Fury Renegade DDR5 Memory in White
Kingston Fury, the gaming and high-performance division of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., has expanded the aesthetics of the company's Fury DDR5 memory portfolio. The Fury Beast and Fury Renegade...
17 by Zhiye Liu on 3/28/2023G.Skill Launches DDR5-8000 CL38 48GB Memory Kit For Raptor Lake CPUs
G.Skill has announced a new, high capacity DDR5 memory kit for Intel's 13th Generation Raptor Lake processors and accompanying LGA1700 platform. The Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-8000 CL38, which features...
8 by Zhiye Liu on 3/13/2023Cadence Delivers Technical Details on GDDR7: 36 Gbps with PAM3 Encoding
When Samsung teased the ongoing development of GDDR7 memory last October, the company did not disclose any other technical details of the incoming specification. But Cadence recently introduced the...
29 by Anton Shilov on 3/8/2023G.Skill Zeta R5 DDR5 RDIMMs: Up to DDR5-6800 for Intel Xeon W-3400X and W-2400X
G.Skill has announced its first RDIMM memory products to the market, their Zeta R5 memory series. Designed for use with Intel's new Sapphire Rapids workstation processors, the Zeta R5...
7 by Gavin Bonshor on 3/2/2023SK hynix Intros LPDDR5T Memory: Low Power RAM at up to 9.6Gbps
In a bit of a surprise move, SK hynix this week has announced a new variation of LPDDR5 memory technology, which they are calling LPDDR5T. Low Power Double Data...
10 by Ryan Smith on 1/25/2023SK hynix Reveals DDR5 MCR DIMM, Up to DDR5-8000 Speeds for HPC
One of the world's biggest semiconductors and manufacturers of DRAM, SK hynix, has unveiled it has working samples of a new generation of memory modules designed for HPC and...
20 by Gavin Bonshor on 12/8/2022