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Phase-Changing Memory Is Closer To Market And Might Just Kill Flash

11:31AM October 30, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Phase-changing memory looks great. It’s supposed to combine the non-volatile nature of flash-based memory with the fantastic speed of DRAM. Now Intel and Numonyx are teasing with advancements in stacking memory layers, news that brings denser PCM closer to markets. More »


World’s Fastest DDR3 Memory Belongs In A Rice Rocket

9:00PM August 4, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Not being much of a crazy overclocking modder myself, I don’t really get the ridiculous Fast and the Furious design on this A-Data XPG Plus RAM, but the stats don’t lie—this module is super speedy at 2,200MHz. More »


Second-Largest DRAM Maker Qimonda’s Bankruptcy Drives Memory Prices Up 26%

3:40AM February 4, 2009 | John Mahoney

A glut of supply has kept DRAM prices at rock-bottom lows recently, but now that the second-largest supplier of RAM chips–Germany’s Qimonda AG–has filed for bankruptcy, we could be in for a price spike.

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