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Teamgroup’s P250Q SSD deletes itself for your safety
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Military-grade paranoia in a PCIe 4.0 stick

Teamgroup has decided that blowing up your data should be just a click away, launching the P250Q Self-Destruct SSD for anyone paranoid enough to want their files vaporised at the hardware level.

JEDEC releases new LPDDR6 memory standard
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Thursday, 10 July 2025 22:50

JEDEC releases new LPDDR6 memory standard


Bringing higher performance and better power efficiency

The JEDEC Solid State Technology Association has officially released JESD209-6, the new Low Power Double Data Rate 6 (LPDDR6) memory standard. Aimed at advancing performance for mobile devices, artificial intelligence (AI), and high-demand computing environments, the update promises faster speeds, improved efficiency, and stronger security.

DRAM prices spike as OEMs bail on DDR4 and rush to AI
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Old kit gets dearer as production pivots to high-end memory

DRAM prices are surging as major memory makers pull production from legacy tech to focus on high-end and AI-driven products, according to beancounters at TrendForce.

SK Hynix doubles profit on AI chip boom
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Thursday, 24 April 2025 10:13

SK Hynix doubles profit on AI chip boom


Brushes off tariff fears

SK Hynix, Nvidia’s go-to for high-bandwidth memory, has posted a 158 per cent leap in quarterly operating profit, hitting 7.4 trillion won (€5.1 billion), while shrugging off the usual US trade panic.

G.Skill brags with the world's first 256 GB DDR5-6000 memory kit
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With 64GB modules

G.SKILL has introduced the world’s first high-capacity 256GB DDR5 U-DIMM memory kit running at DDR5-6000 speeds with CL32 timings. This 4x64GB kit, according to G.Skill, is aimed at heavy workloads including AI applications, advanced content creation, and workstation use. 

Fudan smashes flash memory speed record with PoX
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New non-volatile tech writes a bit in 400 picoseconds

A team of boffins at Fudan University have emerged from their smoke-filled labs with a semiconductor storage device that writes a single bit in just 400 picoseconds — about 25 billion operations per second.

Zen 6 ‘Medusa’ brings memory shake-up to Ryzen
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AMD’s new CPU architecture could flip DIMM slot rules on their head 

The Chinese dark satanic rumour mills have manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that AMD’s upcoming Zen 6-based Ryzen CPUs—codenamed “Medusa”—will throw a spanner in the works for memory layouts, thanks to changes inside the Integrated Memory Controller (IMC).

G.Skill introduces new high-speed 128GB DDR5-8000 and 64GB DDR5-9000 kits
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Based on high-speed 64GB DDR5-8000 modules

G.Skill, a well-known when it comes to memory modules, has announced new high capacity 128GB kits that hit DDR5-8000 speeds. These will be a part of G.Skill's Trident Z5 and Trident Z5 Royal NEO series and are based on new 64GB DDR5 modules. In addition, G.Skill is bringing new DDR5-9000 64GB (2x32GB) memory kits

Micron jacks up the prices
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Tuesday, 01 April 2025 09:47

Micron jacks up the prices


Chipmaker banks on AI boom 

Memory vendor Micron has confirmed what punters feared—memory is getting dearer, and it’s not stopping anytime soon.

KLEVV brings new DDR5 memory lineup
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Tuesday, 25 March 2025 12:51

KLEVV brings new DDR5 memory lineup


New colors, lower latency, and AMD optimizations

KLEVV has announced new updates to its DDR5 Gaming/OC memory lineup, including new color options for the FIT V and BOLT V series, enhanced performance with lower latency SKUs, and new "Optimized for AMD" kits in its DDR5 OC lineup.