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Hybrid Memory Cube stacks DRAM for 15x the bandwidth of DDR3
- After only 17 months in development, a group of the world's largest memory makers has announced a new solution that is expected to greatly improve performance over standard DDR3 and DDR4 DRAM while simultaneously reducing power consumption.
Future Nvidia 'Volta' GPU has stacked DRAM, offers 1TB/s bandwidth
- Nvidia has updated its public GPU roadmap, revealing new details about upcoming products including a graphics solution that will purportedly offer about four times the memory bandwidth of the new $1,000 GeForce GTX Titan. Codenamed "Volta," the GPU family is…
JEDEC finalizes DDR4 spec, coming to a PC near you in 2015
- Memory standards group JEDEC has published the final specifications for DDR4 SDRAM, promising more performance, reliability and efficiency than today's DDR3 parts. DDR4 touts a per-pin data rate of 1.6GT/s to 3.2GT/s (giga transfers per second), though JEDEC notes that…
PCs no longer responsible for majority share of DRAM market
- Information released by IHS iSuppli reveals that personal computers are no longer responsible for the majority demand of DRAM memory chips. In the second quarter, only 49 percent of all DRAM chips manufactured were used to build new PCs -…
Micron is first to market with phase-change memory (PCM)
- We've been hearing about phase-change memory (PCM) for the past several years, but it appears Micron will be the first manufacturer to bring this flash-alternative to commercial markets. According to Micron, PCM will be landing on feature phones first with plans for…
Micron to buy Elpida, DRAM market left with 3 competitors
- Bloomberg brings news from Japan that U.S-based chipmaker Micron Technology will purchase Japanese rival Elpida. This falls in line with a statement made last month by CEO Mark Durcan that Micron would make the purchase, but only if it could…
AMD-branded memory coming to the US
- Advanced Micro Devices has announced that they will be bringing company-branded memory modules to the United States. The brand will be introduced with two strategic launch partners: Patriot Memory and VisionTek.
DRAM market remains unstable amid weak demand
- As industry insiders predicted less than a month ago, DRAM prices have continued descending through August and the market is still surrounded by uncertainty for the remainder of 2011. According to DigiTimes' contacts, DRAM chip suppliers are struggling to combat…
AMD dabbles in DRAM, intros Radeon-branded DDR3 memory
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Undiscouraged by plummeting DRAM prices, AMD has begun elbowing its way into the system memory market using the Radeon brand. The prominent chipmaker has announced three new DDR3 RAM series: Entertainment, UltraPro Gaming, and Enterprise.
DRAM market remains weak, 2GB DDR3 modules to hit $10
- Remember how we said RAM prices probably wouldn't get much cheaper in the near future? Well, that was very wrong. Citing anonymous industry sources, DigiTimes reports today that Kingston has cut deals to sell its 2GB DDR3 modules for as…
OCZ accelerates DRAM market exit to focus on SSDs
- OCZ Technology is a US-based manufacturer of computer hardware known for targeting its products primarily at the enthusiast market, first producing performance DDR RAM, USB drives and various cooling products. But in recent years the company has expanded its product portfolio,…
DRAM prices to keep falling in first half of 2011
- The price of DRAM will likely keep falling throughout the first half of next year before a recovery takes hold, according to the latest report from DRAMeXchange. The wholesale price of a 2GB DDR3 module has dropped 46 percent since…
DRAM prices falling amid weakening PC demand
- Good news for anyone planning to purchase system memory in the near future: prices are plummeting. According to anonymous industry sources cited by DigiTimes, a weakening demand for PCs is pushing DRAM prices down, and things might stay that way…
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