Next month

There could be a memory shortage for PC vendors brewing, after aggressive short-term orders coming in from smartphone vendors.

Slower release than expected

Chipzilla appears to have put the brakes on its 3DXPoint memory modules despite talking up the technology for a while.

You have to upgrade

The fruity tax-dodging cargo cult Apple has a natty way to force those who splashed out on the entry model iPhone 7 to upgrade to the more expensive version – it gave it slower memory.

Thanks for the memory

Memory-chip maker Micron Technology reported better-than-expected fourth quarter revenue, which saw its smallest decline in a year, as pricing improves and the personal computer market starts to make its big comeback.

Limited Edition numbered kits in Chrome and Blackout finish

Corsair has announced its new Dominator Platinum Special Edition DDR4 memory kits that will be available in a limited edition and two versions, with mirror finish Chrome and brushed aluminum Blackout heatsinks. 

Raises the bar on DDR4 memory

G.Skill is pushing  DDR4 memory limits even further as it released its newest 32GB Trident Z memory kit working at 3866MHz.

End of a marketing ploy

Fruity cargo cult Apple has finally given up on a pretty dumb marketing ploy which made its phones look a little cheaper.

256GB and speeds up to 530MB/s

Samsung has announced the introduction of the first Universal Flash Storage (UFS) memory card line-up, which it claims has capacities of up to 256GB and speeds up to 530MB/s.

Apparently due to smartphone demand

The memory-IC market conditions is picking up in the second half of 2016 because manufacturers want them in their smartphone devices.

DDR4 hits 5189.2MHz

G.Skill was quite proud to note that its memory has managed to break a total of 12 overclocking records in 8 different benchmarks during Computex 2016 show, with DDR4 memory hitting impressive 5189.2MHz.