Micron's 2027 roadmap: DDR6 with 2x DDR5 bandwidth, 1TB RDIMMs, and 400+ layer NAND
Micron's DDR6 is coming, but it's built for AI servers, not your PC
SK hynix reportedly offers to build a NAND fab in the US if Washington lets it expand in China
Extra NAND sales from Dalian could help fund the US fab, and Solidigm is considering an IPO as early as 2027
Enterprise SSDs now consume 48% of global NAND flash supply
AI is turning the NAND market upside down, with training making way for inference
Kioxia's new PCIe 6.0 SSDs want to feed GPUs data at a fraction of HBM's price
GP1 SSDs are optimized for direct GPU access through the PCIe interface
Samsung reveals next-gen memory with stacked HBM and 400-layer NAND
zHBM promises 8x the performance of HBM5
NAND shortages could finally ease in 2027, but ADATA warns the DRAM crisis may last another 10 years
TrendForce expects supply growth to overtake demand, while AI keeps pressure on DRAM
Crystal ball: Maybe we're worrying too much about the current memory crisis: according to TrendForce, NAND flash supply growth will outpace demand next year, with supply constraints easing in the second half of 2027. Or maybe we're not worrying enough: Adata's chairman says DRAM shortages will last another decade and that memory and electricity will become the world's two scarcest resources.
Micron CEO expects memory shortages to stretch beyond 2027 as AI spending surges
AI demand is overwhelming DRAM and NAND supply
"The retail SSD market has almost disappeared," Silicon Motion says, as OEMs take what's left
Situation expected to worsen in 2027
SK Hynix moves 375-layer NAND into mass production, replacing tungsten with molybdenum
Future 480-layer and 604-layer designs will require major manufacturing changes
Researchers unveil NAND-DRAM hybrid that could outperform traditional memory
3D CCD recycles decades-old technology to address the AI memory crunch
NAND contract prices surge over 600% since September 2025, DRAM up ~400%
Great news for investors, bad news for virtually everyone else
DDR5 prices drop nearly 30%, but memory costs are still far from normal
DRAM prices have jumped 20x since February 2025
Surging NAND costs could hurt Nintendo Switch 2 software sales
Modern games are massive, and storage is expensive
HP warns RAM now makes up 35% of the cost of building a PC
HP expects a double-digit drop in PC shipments
Suddenly Toto's most valuable business isn't toilets, but chipmaking ceramics
Japanese toilet maker's advanced ceramics have become a key piece of cryogenic etch in AI memory fabs
The memory boom is back: Global revenue to reach $551 billion in 2026 as prices skyrocket
The memory market is expected to generate 2.5x the revenue of the wafer foundry industry
Kioxia warns 1TB SSDs under $50 are a thing of the past
AI demand will keep memory prices high through 2027
The AI crunch is making high-capacity SSDs worth their weight in gold
The 8TB model of the popular SN8100 blows past its gold value by weight
SanDisk is replacing WD Blue and Black SSDs with new Optimus models
The long WD-SanDisk merger is officially unraveling
Asus blames the AI boom for looming PC hardware price hikes
Absolutely no customers asked for this, and yet here we are
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Nvidia and SK hynix are building an AI SSD that could be 10x faster
Partnership expands beyond HBM as SK hynix targets 100 million IOPS
Samsung denies ending SATA SSD production amid NAND squeeze
Memory giant addresses speculation as NAND flash prices surge and fabs shift toward DRAM
Samsung unveils ferroelectric NAND breakthrough to cut power use by up to 96%
Ultra-efficient NAND could lead to longer battery life and less power-hungry data centers