DDR4 hits 4079MHz on AMD Ryzen platform
With a single G.Skill Trident Z 8GB module
AMD has been working on optimizing memory performance on its AM4 platform and it appears it has been doing a good job as, thanks to an overclocker from Australia, DDR4 managed to finally break the 4,000 limit with Gigabyte X370 motherboard, Ryzen 5 1400 CPU and G.Skill's 8GB Trident Z DDR4 memory module.
Samsung invests $18.6 billion in South Korea
Needs more memory and smartphone displays
Samsung is to invest $18.6 billion in South Korea as part of a cunning plan to extend its lead in memory chips and next-generation smartphone displays.
Toshiba announces 4-bit QLC NAND flash memory
World's first 4-bit-per-cell 3D flash memory
Toshiba has announced the latest generation of 3D flash memory, the 4-bit-per-cell, quadruple-level cell (QLC) technology NAND flash memory.
AMD expands Ryzen DDR4 memory compatibility list
Ranging from DDR4-2133 to DDR4-3200
AMD has continued to work on updates for its Ryzen CPUs and AM4 motherboards and has posted an extended and updated compatibility of DDR4 memory modules and kits.
Apple’s new phone threatens to suck up memory chips
Unless no one buys it
Global electronics makers are worried that Apple is going to take all the supplies of memory chips for its new iPhone 8.
The next Geforce doesn’t use HBM 2
Too early for this memory
Volta is out for artificial intelligence, machine learning applications and it will be shipping in DGX 1 systems, mainly for deep learning and AI. The next Geforce will be a completely separate chip.
HPE manages to build The Machine
Single bank of memory
After much talking, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has announced it has built a prototype for its big data computer, known as The Machine.
Samsung caught using different storage chips on Galaxy S8/S8+
UFS 2.1 storage quietly removed from spec
After Huawei has been caught using different RAM and storage chips on its flagship smartphones, it appears that the time has come for Samsung's latest Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, which have been spotted with both UFS 2.0 and UFS 2.1 storage chips.
Li-RAM could be the next big thing
Making light of memory
A Vancouver Island chemist has come up a light induced magnetoresistive random-access memory (LI-RAM) that uses light instead of electricity to store and process data.
Apple might invest several billion in Toshiba
iPad maker might go for another pile old Tosh
The fruity cargo cult Apple is thinking of dropping a billion or two for the troubled Toshiba semiconductor unit.
