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Micron Launches New Type of Low-Power RAM, DDR3Lm

Micron has many sorts of memory up for sale, but it has invented a new type of DDR3, one that focuses on low energy use without crippling performance or increasing costs overmuch. The new RAM (random access memory) chips that Micron has made are called DDR3Lm and come in 2 Gigabit and 4 Gigabit capacities. Both of...

10 February 2012
03:31 GMT

Super Talent Quad-Channel DDR3 Memory Works at 1866MHz

Memory maker Super Talent has just announced the introduction of a new line of high- speed DDR3 memory compatible with quad-channel desktop computers.The Super Talent memory modules will be available both in a kit form and as standalone DDR3 sticks, but no matter the option one choses, all of these feature similar sp...

4 February 2012
04:10 GMT

4GB DDR3 Memory Modules Cost $16.5/12.65 Euro, Prices Stabilize

It appears that the memory industry may have finally gone past that stage where demand was so severely overshadowed by supply. According to the most recent findings of DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, the prices of memory modules and kits are stabilizing. That is to say, the supply of chips and mo...

1 February 2012
05:50 GMT

AMD Branded DDR3 Memory Arrives in Europe and the UK

Two months after making their North American debut, AMD branded memory modules have also reached Europe, and the UK, where they will go on sale in the coming weeks. AMD’s memory series is split into three categories depending on the market they target. The simplest of these solutions are being released into ...

26 January 2012
04:00 GMT

Kingmax Quad-Channel DDR3 Memory Works at 2200MHz

Memory maker Kingmax has just announced the introduction of a new line of high- speed DDR3 memory compatible with quad-channel systems that was designed in order to run at speeds of up to 2200MHz. The Kingmax memory modules will be available both in a kit form and as standalone DDR3 sticks, but no matter the option ...

24 January 2012
06:02 GMT

Team Group Reveals Xtreem LV 2,600 MHz Quad-Channel Memory

Team Group's latest press release states that the company is ready to sell quad-channel memory for systems based on the latest Intel CPUs. The new memory series that Team Group has launched is called Team Xtreem LV DD3 2600 Quad-Channel CL10. The name alone is enough for people to guess the most important det...

11 January 2012
10:31 GMT

Team Group Launches Xtreem Dark DD3 1600 CL9 Overclocking Memory

Team Group decided to launch a memory module for people who want to play with clock speeds but don't have a fortune to spend on super PCs. The Xtreem Dark DDR3 1600CL9 is a single-channel module which, as its name makes it clear, has a base frequency of 1,600 MHz and a latency of CL9-9-9-24. It works on a volt...

6 January 2012
05:41 GMT

4GB DDR3 RAM Selling for $16.5, Stable but Low Price

After over a year of troubling price decline, random access memory chips and, by extension, modules, may finally experience a respite. That is to say, the companies that produce RAM won't have any more reason to bemoan their ailing finances. Though low prices are only a motive for happiness as far as customer...

3 January 2012
13:41 GMT

Elpida Starts Sampling 4Gb Wide IO Mobile RAM and LPDDR3

Elpida has begun to promote 4 Gb Wide IO Mobile RAM and 4 Gb DDR3 Mobile RAM (LPDDR3) memory chips.The memory manufacturer believes that these latest products can simultaneously satisfy both of the two, great needs of customers.Those needs, for performance and energy efficiency, are rather hard to fulfill at once.Fo...

29 December 2011
10:15 GMT

Team Group Has Memory to Offer Too, 8 GB Modules

We've been saying that RAM is cheap enough for super capacities to become mainstream and, sure enough, kits like the offer from G.Skill aren't all that users should take a look at. If you want a huge amount of RAM in your system, and don't mind lacking ECC, the 64 GB kit from G.Skill is probably the ...

13 December 2011
18:01 GMT

Team Group Quad-Channel Xtreem LV Memory Kit Revealed

Since high-end motherboards and the Intel Sandy Bridge-E line of chips support super high-end, quad-channel memory, Team group decided to release two such kits, as well as a pair of dual-channel kits for good measure. The quad-channel kits are Xtreem LV DDR3 2400 CL9 and DDR3 2400 CL11. Their names are quite self-e...

2 December 2011
08:47 GMT

Corsair’s New 8GB Dual-Channel Notebook Memory Works at 1866MHz

Now that desktop DDR3 has pretty much hit its maximum frequency potential, memory makers have turned their attention towards the notebook space and going with this trend Corsair has just announced a new 8GB SODIMM dual-channel upgrade kit that works at 1866MHz.The new kit is part of the company’s Vengeance memo...

1 December 2011
09:03 GMT

RAM Starts Getting Expensive Again

If you were going to buy a memory product for Christmas, you might just want to do it now instead of waiting any longer, because their prices started to go back up. Hopefully it won't be a lightning fast process, not like what happened to HDDs when they doubled or tripled in price, but factories seem to be hav...

25 November 2011
11:12 GMT

Memory Prices Finally Stabilize, Still Low Though

Looks like RAM has finally stopped dropping in price, much to the ease of mind of semiconductor makers. After over a year of nearly constant price decline, chip prices are finally stabilizing. Elpida, one of the major suppliers of such chips, decided to lower its output, to alleviate the oversupply problem. Thi...

18 November 2011
10:08 GMT

If You're Not Sure What to Get for Christmas, Buy RAM

Due to an only partially-foreseeable string of events, it so happens that, this year, random access memory (RAM) is the most convenient of purchases on the consumer tech market. The winter holiday shopping season is more or less upon us already, so, naturally, people are trying to decide how to make the best of it....

16 November 2011
10:53 GMT

Netlist Develops 32GB RDIMM Memory Module with Planar-X Technology

Netlist keeps expanding the capacity of its HyperCloud series of RDIMM memory and recently announced that it has developed a new DDR3 module that has reached a whopping 32GB in capacity.The memory module uses the standard 4Gb DRAM that is found in other high capacity DDR3 memory solutions, but packs no less than 72 ...

16 November 2011
08:26 GMT

Mach Xtreme 16 GB RAM Kit Doesn't Bash Wallets

Mach Xtreme didn't actually outright say what it was, but it promises that the price of the Urban Series Quad-Channel DDR3 memory kit will not be too hard on one's life savings. Intel's Sandy Bridge-E processors have appeared and, with them, X79 motherboards with high aims for memory. Mach Xtreme i...

16 November 2011
05:10 GMT

Avexir Core Series Memory Pulses with Light

G.Skill isn't the only company launching memory today, since Avexir is doing the same, although its own target market segment is somewhat different from the one of before. Rather than aiming for the absolute highest tier of the worldwide market, Avexir is, instead, looking at the bulk of the mid-range segment,...

14 November 2011
20:01 GMT

G.Skill RipjawsZ Quad-Channel DDR3 Memory Debuts

We did say G.Skill was building the RipjawsZ set of high-end random access memory and, sure enough, just as we published the review of a certain processor, the RAM has made its official entrance. The RipjawsZ memory kit is quite high on the performance and capacity scales, not that anyone expected any less. After...

14 November 2011
05:26 GMT

Exceleram Gives Sandy Bridge-E 32 GB of Grand RAM

Since Sandy Bridge-E CPUs are almost here, and with so many motherboards out or on the way too, Exceleram decided to introduce a memory kit that can keep up with everything the beasts can do. With latencies of CL 9-9-9-24 and frequency of 1,333 MHz, the modules that make up the 32 GB quad-channel Grand kit are four...

10 November 2011
19:41 GMT

G.Skill Readies 16 GB RipjawsZ High-Grade Memory Kit

As the new Intel Sandy Bridge-E processors, and accompanying motherboards, near availability, G.Skill is preparing a memory kit that can keep up with them.  Called RipjawsZ, the RAM has a total of 16 GB capacity, being composed of four 4 GB modules. They operate at 2,133 MHz (PC3-17000) and latencies of 9-11...

4 November 2011
15:41 GMT

4GB Memory Modules Still Cost Under $20

Consumers that still have the willingness to buy some new RAM can keep rejoicing over the fact that RAM is still very cheap, even though this only means that demand continues to disappoint.There were a few instances, in the recent past, when DRAM prices almost looked ready to start recovering, but this, alas, has no...

26 October 2011
11:20 GMT

ADATA Launched Premier Pro DDR3 Memory Tweaked for Improved Stability

Memory specialist ADATA has just announced the introduction of a new line of DDR3 computer memory, called the Premier Pro Series, that targets IT professionals and promises to deliver outstanding stability and compatibility.Compared to standard memory, these new Premier Pro series modules are built only with DRAM chi...

7 October 2011
09:20 GMT

Super Talent Intros Green-Line of VLP Server Memory

Energy efficiency is a highly valued commodity in the server market, so Super Talent developed a new series of green DDR3 memory modules with low-power consumption that should decrease the power costs associated with operating servers.These new eco-friendly DIMM modules were designed to feature lower voltages, as wel...

7 October 2011
08:45 GMT

Corsair Intros 8 GB DDR3 Vengeance and Vengeance Value Modules

Corsair has again made good on its reputation as supplier of high-quality memory products, its newest press release introducing two new Vengeance series DDR3 modules of 8 GB each. It may have run into a little snag with a few Hydro H100 coolers, but Corsair is nothing if not undeterred in its continued push on th...

4 October 2011
08:47 GMT

The Average 4 GB RAM Module Costs Under $20 (14.74 Euro)

We may have reported that DRAM chips momentarily gained in price a short time ago, but that was a shirt-lived reason to rejoice for makers of such things, as the situation isn't really improved overall. It was only a few days ago that we learned of how DRAM pricing increased a bit after months and months of al...

30 September 2011
03:13 GMT

Elpida's New 25nm 4Gb DDR3 Chip Is the World's Smallest

Samsung may have started work on 20nm chips, but it is Elpida that claims to have created the world's smallest 4 Gb DDR3 chip, based on the 25nm technology. There is one main reason for how semiconductors get more and more energy-efficient over time, not to mention fast and, in the case of DRAM and NAND, cap...

23 September 2011
04:41 GMT

Samsung Uses New Facility for 20nm DDR3 DRAM Manufacture

Whenever a semiconductor company passes to a new manufacturing process, it makes sure to come out and loudly declare it, as happened now with Samsung, whose newest factory went into business. Crossing to a new chip-making process technology always brings benefits in terms of potential memory density, performance,...

22 September 2011
02:59 GMT

Kingston Showcases 64GB Memory Kit for Intel X79 Motherboards

Memory maker Kingston was also present at this year's Intel Developer Forum where it showcased a pre-production sample of a 64GB quad-channel memory kit the company plans to release after Sandy Bridge-E hits the market. The kit that was on display during the conference includes eight high-performance DDR3 mem...

16 September 2011
05:21 GMT

DRAM Prices Still Getting Dragged Along

The saga of DRAM hardships continues yet again, with just one type of memory module succeeding in avoiding a further decline in average selling price, according to most recent reports. The IT segment may be eager and excited about upcoming CPUs, GPUs and mobile platforms, as well as new software, but not all thin...

15 September 2011
09:42 GMT

Samsung Releases Very Low Power DDR3 Memory

Power efficiency is paramount when it comes to today's computing, especially on the enterprise front, and Samsung is all too eager to satisfy this requirement, as made clear by its new press release. Regular memory modules of today can usually operate on a voltage of 1.5V, while low-power modules make do wit...

15 September 2011
03:54 GMT

Apacer Technology Presents 16 GB RAM Module

The DRAM market has been going through a continuous decline for about a year now, or longer, and this means, among other things, that Apacer's newest product will sell for considerably less than it would otherwise have. Apacer is a company known for, among other things, creating many memory products for a va...

8 September 2011
10:27 GMT

New DDR3 Specification Released

The DDR4 memory specification may be the favorite pet project of JEDEC right now, but the standard-setting organization is, naturally, working on other things as well, such as updates to the existing DDR3 standard, one of which has just been completed. With the diversifications of consumer electronics, and the wi...

6 September 2011
02:31 GMT

Next Few Months Will Be Bloody for DRAM Makers

Soon, it will be a full year since the DRAM industry really started to go downhill, and analysts are, sure enough, seeing only trouble ahead for makers of memory, what with demand not getting any better.Those in the DIY PC market no doubt feel giddy over just how incredibly cheap DRAM memory is nowadays.Unfortunatel...

30 August 2011
07:43 GMT

Avexir DDR3 Memory Comes in Four Lines

The market for memory devices has just seen the rise of a new batch of devices that may very well be worthy challengers to that which is already on sale, courtesy of Avexir. Like all other segments of the IT market, the memory industry has seen quite the spike in activity over the past weeks. The fact that the...

27 August 2011
05:17 GMT

Corsair Upgrades Mac Systems with New DDR3 Modules

While Lexar Media has stepped forth to present some DDR3 kits for laptops and desktops, Corsair did much the same for Apple systems of the iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro and MacBook variety.Apple's range of products does not have that great a range of possible components as desktops and PCs do, but its memory spectrum...

23 August 2011
10:48 GMT

8 GB Crucial DDR3 from Lexar Media Released

Lexar Media came forth and issued an official press announcement in which it reveals that both its desktop and notebook memory lines have received an update in the shape of the Crucial 8GB DDR3-1333MHz memory.Lexar Media has been making and selling memory products for desktops and laptops ever since it appeared.Its ...

23 August 2011
10:15 GMT

OWC Creates Special DDR3 Memory for Macs

Apple might outfit its MacBook Pro and Mac Mini machines with enough RAM to have things run well and smooth, but some situations could do with more, like the capacities OWC now offers. OWC has been making memory products for Mac systems for quite a bit of time already, so it is no shock to learn it made a new relea...

18 August 2011
07:50 GMT

Kingston Attends Gamescom in Force, NAND and RAM Rise

Gamescom is well underway and Kingston is, unsurprisingly, present and accounted for, complete with a wide range of not just HyperX memory products, but also a number of flash products. Kingston, like various other companies, went over to Gamescom to show off an entire batch of products, memory and flash devices to...

18 August 2011
04:31 GMT

Samsung Serves Servers with Efficient 32 GB DDR3

Samsung has not been sitting idly by the side of the server market as things moved forward, having chosen, instead, to actually try and steer things its own way, this once revealing a power-efficient, 32 GB DDR3 module.Consumers may be awed by the sight of an 8 GB and even some 4 GB memory modules, but there is a ce...

17 August 2011
10:55 GMT

Team Group Intros 16GB RDIMM Memory Module for Cloud Servers

The competition in the cloud server memory market seems to be increasing rapidly as more and more companies start to manufacture RDIMMs for this type of machines, the latest to enter the race being Taiwanese memory specialist Team Group.Announced a short while ago, the company's first RDIMM (registered DIMM) mem...

12 August 2011
11:08 GMT

AMD DDR3 Radeon RAM Are Just a Test

When Advanced Micro Devices was found to have developed branded random access memory, questions immediately arose on whether it had serious intentions, and the answer might have come at last.Advanced Micro Devices used to be known for its x86 central processing units, until it bought ATI and also became a power on t...

11 August 2011
02:51 GMT

AMD Begins to Make RAM, Radeon DDR3

AMD may only be known for its processing and graphics products, but it appears it might be branching out somewhat, extending its influence, or at least trying to, in the RAM segment.Seeing as how Intel has been doing its best to establish a foothold in other IT segments besides CPUs and chipsets, it is not overly od...

8 August 2011
03:48 GMT

Netlist's HyperStream Low Latency RDIMM Memory Targets HPC Machines

Netlist, a memory manufacturer who specializes in developing high-performance enterprise DIMM solutions, has jut announced the availability of its HyperStream low latency registered memory modules designed especially for the HPC segment. HyperStream RDIMMs are available from Netlist in standard 1333MHz 4GB and 8GB...

4 August 2011
10:44 GMT

Mach Xtreme Debuts Surprisingly Cheap DDR3 Memory Kits

It appears that the low prices of DRAM chips have driven prices of modules and kits very low indeed if the newest memory kits from Mach Xtreme really are going to sell for as little as reports suggest.One could say that the DRAM segment of the IT industry is the one most seriously affected by low demand, to the poin...

4 August 2011
08:22 GMT

PC DRAM Capacity Levels Will Slow Down Starting 2012

The incredibly low prices that DRAM memory has reached over the past couple of quarters may have prompted standard memory capacities in PCs to go from 2 GB to 4 GB, but this situation will change in 2012, according to iSuppli.Those keeping track of things on the memory market may be aware of the fact that DRAM chips...

3 August 2011
10:21 GMT

25nm DDR3 from Elpida Now Ready

It has been known for months that Elpida was going to soon begin the manufacture of its, and supposedly the world's, smallest DDR3 chip yet, and it appears that production has finally started.Semiconductor manufacturing processes have a habit of moving on to more advanced nodes each year, enabling higher perfor...

2 August 2011
03:06 GMT

Corsair Intros Low-Power Dominator GTX 8GB 2133MHz Memory Kit

Corsair, a manufacturer well renowned for its high-performance memory kits, has announced the introduction of a new Dominator GTX 8GB DDR3 dual-channel memory kit which is guaranteed to operate at speeds up to 2133MHz and CL9 timings with just 1.5V. Corsair says that its new 2133MHz kits are the result of a painst...

19 July 2011
09:08 GMT

GeIL Intros New Corsa Series Dual-Channel and Quad-Channel DDR3 Kits

GeIL (Golden Emperor Industries Ltd.) has recently rolled out two new series of desktop memory, the Enhance Corsa and Evo Corsa, which are targeting gamers as well as enthusiasts in search of high-performance DDR3 kits.The most interesting fact about GeIL's most recent additions, is the company's decision t...

18 July 2011
11:00 GMT

Makers of DRAM Memory Consider Production Reduction

The fact that the DRAM industry has had better years is already beyond doubt, especially now that companies that deal in such things are considering somewhat drastic measures in hopes of getting prices to recover at least a little.Progress is usually a great thing, but it might just be that the DRAM industry has bee...

15 July 2011
10:29 GMT


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