SYSTEMS Samsung warns memory crunch will last through 2028 as profit rises 19-fold Tech giant counts record piles of cash while buyers face years of elevated prices
sytems Big Tech demanding deals that smooth out memory prices, says SK Hynix Don't worry about an AI bust, monster profits and huge margins are here to stay
personal tech DRAM prices are killing the cheap smartphone Now eats 60% of a sub-$400 handset's bill of materials and it's only getting worse
systems Micron locks in historically high memory prices for five years Big buyers agree to deals that will deliver historically enormous margins and profits
PERSONAL TECH The memory crisis is getting so bad that even retro RAM prices are going to the Moon Some hardware firms redesigning products to use older DDR2 and DDR3 components
Personal Tech Smartphone market to shrink 15 percent this year due to memory crisis Buyers put off by rising prices expected to turn to second-hand phones instead
SYSTEMS AMD's Mext buy shows how AI could solve the RAM shortage it created Running low on memory, can't afford more? The House of Zen's latest acquisition puts an AI spin on flash-based memory expansion
systems SK Hynix to boost memory production 3x ... you can wait another 8 years, right? We're moving as fast as we can, says SK Group chair
Personal tech Raspberry Pi's profits are up. So is its DRAM bill Forecasts earnings well ahead of expectations, even as it taps credit facilities to lock in memory supply
Storage Expect more of those DRAM price hikes as memory shortage continues to bite Chip costs may rise another 63% this quarter, as effects feed through to PC pricing
Personal Tech Memory crunch sends PC prices into double-digit climb Notebooks up 11%, desktops 10% as chipmakers ditch consumer kit for AI server bling
Systems Qualcomm picks bad time to pitch a $300 laptop platform Systems based on Snapdragon C to target students, families, and small businesses
Personal Tech Phone users know when to hold ’em, delay upgrades amid inflation Analyst says handsets now stay in pockets for 4.2 years on average
Personal Tech YouTuber has DIMM idea, builds working DRAM in backyard What are you doing to solve the memory crisis?
Personal Tech Microsoft raises UK Surface prices as RAM crisis reaches the checkout Entry-level models jump by up to £220, mirroring steeper hikes in US
Personal Tech Peace President's Iran war piles more pain on already battered PC market Memory costs were already through the roof - now freight's spiking too, and budget systems face extinction
AI + ML Google's TurboQuant saves memory, but won't save us from DRAM-pricing hell Chocolate Factory’s compression tech clears the way to cheaper AI inference, not more affordable memory
Systems Enterprise infrastructure is entering an economic reset Here’s how to cope with the memory pricing squeeze
Storage RAM is getting expensive, so squeeze the most from it Zram versus zswap – two ways to get a quart into a pint pot
Personal Tech Sorry, kids. Memory crunch threatens to kneecap Chromebook shipments Low-cost computers bashed by billion-dollar investment in AI infrastructure
Security Memory scalpers hunt scarce DRAM with bot blitz We can remember it for you wholesale, and sell it back to you for big bucks
Systems PCs and phones to get more boring and expensive in 2026 thanks to memory drought 'This is perhaps the biggest challenge the industry has faced since its inception'
Personal Tech Say goodbye to budget PCs and smartphones – memory is too expensive now Analyst warns soaring DRAM and NAND costs could push entry-level devices out of reach
Channel As memory shortage persists, vendor price quotes are not long remembered HPE and Cisco are adjusting terms and conditions
Personal Tech Secondhand laptop market goes 'mainstream' amid memory crunch Budget-conscious buyers in Europe voting with their wallet
Personal Tech Memory price explosion triggers PC buying spree DRAM doubles, NAND jumps 70% as corporate buyers race the clock
Personal Tech Curse of AI to push up PC prices as memory and CPU shortages bite Component supply is being diverted toward datacenters, squeezing the consumer market
Systems Too much AI for some, too little for others: Why AMD can't win with investors A diverse portfolio is usually a good thing, except when AI is the only thing
Storage DRAM prices expected to double in Q1 as AI ambitions push memory fabs to their limit NAND flash now expected to surge 55–60% compared to Q4
Systems Micron continues fab spending spree with $24B NAND storage plant in Singapore No salvation from the memory winter, though - plant won't start churning out chips until 2028
Systems Micron finds a way to make more DRAM with $1.8bn chip plant purchase Taiwan’s Powerchip sells legacy fab it opened just 19 months ago after spending $9.5 billion
Storage Micron breaks ground on humungous NY DRAM fab after beating bats and tree huggers Chipmaker claims the four-fab site could expand US-based DRAM production by a factor of 12
Personal Tech Budget smartphones will be hit hardest as memory prices rise When margins are this tight, mergers might follow
Storage Buy servers now or cry later: DRAM price spike threatens infrastructure budgets Component up 63% since September, more pricey memory coming to a supply chain near you
Storage SK Hynix's $13B packaging facility promises more HBM for the AI bubble Great news for AMD and Nvidia, less so for cash-strapped consumers
Security No fire sale for firewalls as memory shortages could push prices higher In SEC filings, Fortinet and Palo Alto show shrinking product margins taking hold.
Systems PC shipments set to hit the buffers as AI guzzles memory High-margin infrastructure kit takes precedence, leaving laptops and desktops wanting
Storage While you pay through the nose for memory, Samsung expects to triple its profits in Q4 Memory pricing expected to surge another 60% in Q1 with relief years away
Systems Mem-ageddon: AI chip frenzy to wallop DRAM prices with 70% hike Samsung and SK hynix readying another gouge as server silicon squeeze leaves PCs and phones out in the cold
Software Memory is running out, and so are excuses for software bloat Maybe the answer to soaring RAM prices is to use less of it
Storage Tired of sky-high memory prices? Buckle up, we're in this for the long haul We haven't even hit the peak, TechInsights tells El Reg
Systems Micron says memory shortages are here for the foreseeable future Even with its new fabs coming online, demand will exceed supply
Personal Tech Smartphones face a memory cost crunch – and buyers aren't in the mood Rising DRAM and NAND prices are squeezing handset makers and threatening a fragile market recovery
Systems Server prices set to jump 15% as memory costs spike Major OEMs are plotting double-digit hikes as DRAM and NAND shortages bite
Storage Micron ditches consumer memory brand Crucial to chase AI riches First AI came for our jobs. Now, our memory?
Systems Dell says Windows 11 transition is far slower than Win 10 shift as PC sales stall Lessons from COVID and tariff shocks getting Mike D's tech shop through AI-induced memory maze
On-Prem Memory boom-bust cycle booms again as Samsung reportedly jacks memory prices 60% Leaving buyers to cry, AI AI AI
Systems PC memory costs to climb as fabs chase filthy lucre in servers and HBM TrendForce warns of Q4 hikes as suppliers squeeze consumer markets
Systems Micron close to selling all the high-bandwidth memory it will make in 2026 High demand and DRAM shortages send margins soaring
Systems Uncle Sam doesn't want Samsung, SK Hynix making memories in China End of verified end user status means South Korean memory vendors will need licenses to bring restricted chipmaking tech into Chinese fabs
Systems DRAM spot prices doubled last week Fears that DDR4 has hit the end of the road and the return of tariffs may be to blame
AI + ML With record revenue, SK hynix brushes off suggestion of AI chip oversupply How embarrassing for Samsung
Storage Samsung releases 24Gb GDDR7 DRAM for testing in beefy AI systems Production slated for Q1 2025, barring any hiccups
Systems Rising AI tide lifts price of all chips - HBM, natch, but also slower memory and storage Thank binary brainboxes for helping to inflate PC and Smartphone prices
Personal Tech Samsung confirms Exynos 2500 chip as profit skyrockets on back of AI memory boom Strikes? What strikes?
Systems Semiconductor industry navigating choppy waters with sunnier climes ahead Despite dip in equipment revenue, analysts predict robust rebound
On-Prem Dell predicts 20 percent jump in memory and SSD prices later this year Has already hiked prices to cope and is prepared to do it again while you wait for boxes with Nvidia inside
Storage Micron told to pay $445M in memory patent infringement case Case brought by Netlist involved DRAM modules in computer systems
Systems TSMC fully booked on advanced packaging until 2025 TrendForce warns of 'potential crowding out effects on HBM'
Storage SK hynix's high bandwidth memory buffet fully booked till 2025 Micron also riding the AI wave with 128 GB DDR5 RDIMMs
Storage SK hynix breaks Q1 revenue records on back of AI boom Memory biz ditches NAND production plans to make more crucial HBM tech
Systems Lenovo and Micron first to implement LPCAMM2 in laptop The SODIMM replacement finally arrives
Storage Samsung boosts LPDDR5X to 10.7 Gbps, ups efficiency and capacity for mobile and servers Guess what it's great for? Go on, have a guess... 20 points if you muttered an abbreviation starting with A and ending in I
Science NASA tries to jog Voyager 1's memory from 15 billion miles away Since you can't get a soldering iron out there, the fix will be in software
Off-Prem TSMC shrugs off impact of Taiwan earthquake Nonetheless DRAM prices may yet feel slight aftershocks
AI + ML Samsung preps inferencing accelerator to take on Nvidia, scores huge sale PLUS: Tencent's profit plunge; Singtel to build three AI datacenters; McDonald's China gobbles Microsoft AI
Systems Micron New York mega fab faces an environmental exam At least the US Army is thinking about the frogs in those 226 acres of wetland
Storage Chinese chip slinger found not guilty of stealing memory secrets from Micron Fujian Jinhua escapes prosecution tho remains on the US sanctions list
Storage Persistent memory to replace DRAM, but it could take a decade Wham, bam, hello MRAM, FERAM, and ReRAM
Storage China 'readies production' of homegrown high-bandwidth memory Breaking the AI performance bottleneck is key for Middle Kingdom's ambitions
Storage Samsung pins hopes on AI to return to growth this year Next generation of devices are going to be packed with it – requiring lots and lots of memory
Systems SK hynix posts surprise profit after AI boosts memory prices This may be the best bad news we've had all year
On-Prem Global semiconductor revenues slid 11 percent in 2023, despite AI silicon splurge Nvidia raked in the boatloads of cash, but the rest of the industry is still hurting
Personal Tech Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's like 16GB in a PC 8,388,608KB ought to be enough for anybody, huh?
On-Prem Samsung's results hint it's time to RAM some money into your memory budget Chaebol reckons market is recovering and prices will rise. Analysts agree
Systems Micron, SK-Hynix's shipping bandwidth-boosting LPDDR5 for on-device AI So long as you don’t mind that it's soldered down
AI + ML Dell and Samsung grab first-class tickets for AI hype train Stock prices shoot up thanks to tech flavor of the moment
HPC SK hynix ships blazing fast HBM3E DRAM samples – but most customers have to wait Everything in 2023 is about AI, which this silicon is said to speed
Storage Micron joins the CXL 2.0 party with a 256GB memory expander RAM disguised as an SSD? What will they come up with next?
Storage Samsung makes big promises about GDDR7 RAM Too bad GPU slingers keep shrinking the memory bus
Personal Tech Samsung warns of imminent profit plunge It looks like memory glut and consumer indifference to smartmobes are persisting
Systems Micron, Kyocera, Samsung bet billions on Japan chip plants Meanwhile, Fujifilm pursues photolithography interests in Taiwan
Systems China sticks national security probe into America's Micron Looking for leaky memory, and possibly revenge
Systems Diving DRAM prices are a problem not even AI can solve Analysts just don't see digi-brains making a difference to dismal demand that's caused deep discounting
Systems ReRAM redo: UCL spinout scores £7M to push Resistive RAM Remember the storage class memory that never took off? It's back
Systems China's memory maker YMTC scores $7B to counter bans US isn't the only country splashing out the cash for fabs
Storage Server DRAM to be biggest part of memory market for years Analyst haus Trendforce sees DC gain where there's consumer pain
Systems SK hynix reports first loss in a decade as memory prices fall Chip giant holding out hope that demand rebounds once supplies dry up
Personal Tech Samsung profits and sales slump, hopes for a jump start from cars Record income for foundry business offers sole bright spot
Systems SK hynix debuts 'world's fastest mobile DRAM', predicts it will move to power AI/ML and AR/VR Something to keep manufacturers happy while they wait for the joy of LPDDR6
Storage Non-binary DDR5 is finally coming to save your wallet Need a New Year's resolution? How about stop paying for memory you don't need
Systems Micron plans staff decimation as demand dips to Great Recession levels Lower demand? Bid adieu to 10% of workers and cut production
Storage Thanks for the memory: Samsung says DRAM, NAND profits up Q-on-Q, sales down as global supply chain bites
Storage DRAM and NAND demand is up, but it's not enough to buoy SK Hynix profits as prices plummet amid supply glut
Security After first floating $20bn penalty, DoJ suggests $60m fine for UMC's theft of Micron’s DRAM secrets
Storage Memories are made of chips: 'Surge in online activity' helps Micron make off with $5.4bn in Q3
On-Prem DRAM, son. Semiconductor revenue fell 12% last year. At least 2020 will be better, right? Right?
Storage Trade war. What is it good for? Japan publicly approves shipment of semiconductor chemicals to South Korea
Storage An offer China can't refuse: 'Godfather of Taiwan's DRAM industry' to lead new Tsinghua Unigroup memory unit
Storage Wow, still using disk and PCIe storage? You look like a flash-on victim, darling – it isn't 2014
