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Hardware
Samsung Launches 32 GB DDR3 RAM Module, Mostly ‘Cause They Can
8:40AM Adrian Covert | Samsung yammered back in January about making a 32-gigabyte DDR3 RAM stick, and now they’ve unveiled the beastly piece of hardware for servers. These new 1.35-volt modules are also 20-percent faster than previous 1.5-volt DDR3 modules. Nice. More »
Hardware
The Three Things You Really Need to Know About RAM
4:40AM Matt Buchanan | Maximum PC tests and answers the three biggest questions you have about RAM: How much better is DDR3 than DDR2? Is high-speed RAM worth it? How much RAM do you really need? More »
Hardware
Apple Now Offers $US1200 8GB RAM Upgrade on New MacBook Pros, Backwards Compatibility Unclear
2:55AM John Mahoney | It may cost around half the price of the machine itself, but Apple now offers an official 8GB RAM upgrade, mysteriously only for 2.93GHz and 2.66GHz MacBook Pros. Wait, we thought the max was 4GB? More »
Computers
Dell Mini 10’s RAM Won’t Be Upgradable Past 1 GB
10:59AM Gizmodo US Edition | The Dell Mini 10, the Mini 9’s successor, which is due to start shipping early March will come with a “fixed” 1GB of RAM, meaning, it won’t be upgradable according to Dell. Does this mean that the RAM is soldered in, or fixed on the motherboard? Anyways, it’s probably a result of the netbook licensing limitations they have with Microsoft. [Dell via Boing Boing] More »
Business
Second-Largest DRAM Maker Qimonda’s Bankruptcy Drives Memory Prices Up 26%
3:40AM 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. More »
Hardware
Samsung Memory Breakthrough Will Give Us 32GB RAM Sticks
8:20PM John Herrman | There’s almost no way to describe this tech without boring you all to death, so before I do here’s the important part: basically, 32GB DDR3 consumer RAM sticks are now possible. More »
Peripherals
RAM-Shaped USB Flash Drive Reaches For The Next Level
11:34AM Jason Chen | In the hierarchy of memory types, RAM ranks higher (faster, closer to the processor) than hard drives, but lower than L2 cache. This Segon USB flash drive thinks it’s better than itself. More »
Software
Why You Should Go 64-Bit With Windows 7
6:30AM Matt Buchanan | You might’ve skipped the Vista train, thinking it was like Under Siege 2, minus Steve Seagal. Or not. Either way, you’re probably gonna jump onboard Windows 7. When you do, it’s time to go 64-bit.
Gadgets
Bytelight Turns Old RAM Into a Lamp
2:30AM Adam Frucci | The Bytelight is a homemade lamp made out of 54 obsolete SIMMs, RAM you don’t need anymore. More »
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