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MSI brings DDR4 back to gaming laptops amidst DRAM crisis
By Kunal Khullar Published
With 32GB DDR4 SO-DIMM memory kits costing roughly half as much as comparable DDR5 kits, MSI’s new Katana 15 HX C14 could help reduce the impact of soaring memory prices.

Cloudflare frees up 100TB of RAM by shrinking 1.1.1.1's DNS cache entries
By Luke James Published
Cloudflare says that it has freed up roughly 100TB of RAM across its global fleet without reconfiguring any physical RAM modules in its servers.

SK hynix breaks ground on the first HBM plant in the US, bringing key AI component production to the States
By Anton Shilov Published
SK hynix breaks ground on HBM assembly plant in the U.S. that will form a connection between DRAM wafers produced in South Korea and their consumers among AI companies in the U.S.

RAM price tracking 2026
By Zhiye Liu, Stewart Bendle Last updated
Check the best prices on DDR5 and DDR4 memory kits of different capacities.

$215 discount turns Corsair's DDR5-6000 Vengeance memory kit into the cheapest 32GB of RAM at those speeds
By Stewart Bendle Published
Deals Corsair's Vengeance DDR5-6000 memory kit becomes the cheapest 32GB kit you can buy after a large $215 discount.

Nvidia NVHBM promises 30% higher bandwidth, 15% lower power than commodity HBM4e
By Jeffrey Kampman Published
Nvidia has unveiled NVHBM, a custom high-bandwidth memory implementation that promises higher bandwidth and lower power for customers building chips within the NVLink Fusion partner program.

Hot Chips 2026: Samsung makes LPDDR5X smart with logic unit in memory
By Jake Roach Published
Premium Samsung detailed the industry's first LPDDR5X-PIM at Hot Chips 2026, adding logic directly to memory to speed up data-intensive workloads like AI inference.

One gigabyte of RAM cost as much as a house back in 1995
By Bruno Ferreira Published
One gigabyte of RAM could cost you a house back in 1995 — PCs were brutally expensive were back then, and we're heading back in that direction

32GB of DDR5 6000 RAM now costs $400 — the latest price hike puts DIY PC building further out of reach than ever before
By Stephen Warwick Published
32GB of DDR5 6000 RAM now costs more than $400.

Marvell VP pushes for DDR4 recycling for use in CXL memory, amid the worst DRAM shortage in years — company introduces three-tier AI memory infrastructure
By Luke James Published
Premium Marvell has introduced a three-tier "AI memory infrastructure" portfolio, announced at FMS 2026 in Santa Clara on August 4.
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