
Samsung shows off “brain mimicking” RAM
Low power MRAM
Samsung has demonstrated the world’s first in-memory computing based on Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM).

Boffins cross an SSD and a RAM
UltraRAM is more rammy than ever before
Scientists from Lancaster University say that we might be close to combining SSDs and RAM into one component.

RAM still vulnerable to Rowhammer attacks
Sheepish security
Modern RAM cards are still vulnerable to Rowhammer attacks despite extensive mitigations that have been deployed by manufacturers over the past six years.

Apple plans to shove more RAM onto its new iPhone
This one goes to XI
The fruity cargo cult Apple appears to have hired Nigel Tuffinel from Spinal Tap and decided that the next iPhone XI should go to 11 when it comes to RAM.

Dell and HP advertise Intel Optane as "memory"
Could cause confusion among customers
It appears that both Dell and HP have been caught advertising Intel's Optane SSD as "memory", or rather precisely, together with RAM, despite the fact that Optane SSDs clearly belong with storage as an addition to the HDD.

New 4K 21.5-inch iMac has removable RAM and Kaby Lake
IFixit teardown reveals "flexibility"
A new iFixit teardown has revealed that Apple's new 4K 21.5-inch iMac has both removable RAM and a Kaby Lake processor that's not soldered onto the logic board.

Samsung readies MRAM
Fast RAM out on an electron spin
Samsung is about to apply MRAM to its system semiconductor foundry services.

Optane is in the shops
Intel makes all sorts of speed claims
Intel has told us that its Optane memory will be available for desktops right now.

G.SKILL develops super-fast RAM
Ram maker comes up with DDR4-4333MHz 16GB
RAM maker G.SKILL has released a new DDR4-4333MHz 16GB (2x 8GB).

4GB DDR3 module prices increase
Up by nearly a third
Beancounters at DRAMeXchange have added up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and worked out that contract prices for 4GB DDR3 modules have risen by nearly a third.