Microsoft makes changes to task manager
RAM gets a rethink
Software King of the World Microsoft is shaking things up in the Task Manager world.
AMD’s new chips might have a slower video RAM than Nvidia
But that might not be a bad thing
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that AMD’s coming chips might ship with a slower video RAM than its Nvidia equivalents.
SK Hynix releases LPDDR5T
Fast mobile RAM
SK hynix has started supplying its customers with 16 gigabyte (GB) packages of Low Power Double Data Rate 5 Turbo (LPDDR5T).
Micron releases DDR5 RAM modules
24GB and 48GB capacity
Micron has released 24GB and 48GB capacity DDR5 memory modules.
Linux's boot needs a better RAM
This is not time to be sheepish
Linux expert Lennart Poettering is suggesting that Linux's boot process needs an upgrade by making changes to the intial RAM disk.
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.