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The Hot Take: Charge top dollar your union workers are going to want a slice of that pie. Just like any Government.
Samsung Electronics is preparing for a significant labor disruption as its primary union has announced an 18-day general strike scheduled from May 21 to June 7, 2026.
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: We need the market to get a flood of these CUDIMMs as it seems they're capping classic DDR5 to 6400mt/s from the looks of it. New intel chips support this standard and it seems the only way to break that 6400mt/s barrier now.
Memory profiles rarely sound exciting—until a system starts acting up, fails to boot, or turns into a test of patience with manually adjusted timings. AMD’s EXPO 1.2 isn’t exactly the kind of thing you’d see on a big stage with a smoke machine, but it’s a thoroughly important update for AM5. It’s about DDR5 compatibility, […] Source
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: Not hitting the states yet, everything still 800+ still. Hopefully soon, or they start pumping out CUDIMMs for the higher speed kits.
You will be extremely lucky if you can buy a 64 GB RAM kit for under $500 these days, but some retailers in Japan are indeed selling it for such a low price. Several DDR5 RAM Kits in Japan See a Sudden Price Decline of Up To 22% Compared to Previous Months Prices for several DDR5 RAM kits have dropped sharply in Japan mid-April, making them more affordable than they were in the previous months. We all have been waiting for such price drops, but every time we see some relief, the prices shoot up quickly in a few days. […]Read full article at https://wccftech.com/ddr5-ram-prices-finally-crack-in-japan-as-64-gb-kits-dip-below-489-for-first-time-in-four-months/
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: HBM competitor would be good bringing Ai accelerator competition for RAM. Intel bringing it should help Intel to catch up in the Ai game for sure.
Japan’s SaiMemory, a SoftBank subsidiary collaborating with Intel, has secured NEDO funding to develop Z-Angle Memory (ZAM), a next-gen DRAM architecture addressing HBM limitations
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: We get DDR5 that's handicapped... This is ridiculous.
Intel is working with partners to release a cost-effective DDR5 memory design called HUDIMM, but it will lead to much lower performance. DDR5 HUDIMM Memory May Look Great For Budget Builders, But The Performance Impact Is So Huge, It Makes DDR4 Look Better Last week, Intel introduced a new DDR5 memory standard, along with its partners, called HUDIMM. The HUDIMM standard stands for Half-UDIMM & what it does is switch from two 32-bit channels that are featured on normal memory modules to just one 32-bit channel. This should allow memory makers to build cost-effective memory by populating half of the […]Read full article at https://wccftech.com/hudimm-ddr5-standard-promises-cheaper-memory-but-testing-shows-half-bandwidth/
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: When do we start looking at these folks for price fixing again????
Memory shortages are expected to last several years, with no sign of stabilization anytime soon, as DRAM makers fail to meet demand. Despite Creating New Production Factories, DRAM Makers Will Fail To Meet Memory Demand For Many Years Memory supply constraints continue to grip the industry as the rise of Agentic AI has led to severe shortages. The demand is so massive that it will take years before we see any hint of relief. The latest report from Nikkei Asia seems to agree with this matter. It is stated that DRAM manufacturers are expected to meet only 60% percent of […]Read full article at https://wccftech.com/memory-makers-only-meet-60-percent-dram-demand-through-2027/
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: Oh yay more lower end options because of shortages....
Motherboards used to be the quiet workers in the background. Now they act like mini memory labs, and Gigabyte is stepping up its game in this very area. With the Z890 Plus series, the manufacturer is turning a CES showcase project into a broader platform statement: more focus on signal integrity, two DIMM slots instead […] Source
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: With Apple sharing chips between platforms and now this. Seems like hardware consolidation is happening faster.
Qualcomm is reportedly exploring a partnership with China's Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) to develop custom DRAM tailored for smartphones, a move that reflects mounting pressure across the mobile supply chain as memory shortages and rising costs reshape industry dynamics.
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: When you fix RAM prices you'll get this. Wonder when the Class Action Suites for pricing fixing get started.
Samsung Electronics is expected to deliver one of its strongest quarterly performances on record, driven largely by a sharp upswing in the global DRAM market. Forecasts for Q1 2026 point to operating profit reaching approximately $23.
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: Is this why they left the consumer market? Going to a different market other than Ai to make more money with?
Micron has outlined a significant increase in memory requirements for future autonomous vehicles, with the company stating that Level 4 (L4) self-driving systems could demand more than 300GB of RAM per vehicle.
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