Nanya to Dismiss Partnership With Micron
	Nanya Technology was reported to have entered a technology partnership with US-based Micron company. The allegations also claimed that the two companies were getting ready to enter a joint-venture for DRAM chips manufacturing. Nanya was also supposed to kick its German partner Qimonda out of their current business. The report alleged that Nanya had already inked the memorandum of understanding with Micron, and the two compani ... [read more >>]
	21 February 2008, 10:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Corsair Will Launch 2GHz Gaming DDR3 Memory
	Corsair Memory announced that it will start shipping ultra-high performance memory modules especially tailored for high-end personal computers and professional, hardcore-computing systems. The memory modules will work at a dazzling clock speed of 2.0 GHz and will ship later this quarter. The company also hinted at even faster memory modules that will arrive soon, as the forthcoming core-logic sets will arrive with more advance ... [read more >>]
	21 February 2008, 07:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Women Have Better Memory Than Men!
	With so many differences between the brain of a woman and that of a man, no wonder they work differently. Studies are decoding little by little these cognitive differences. A new research published in the journal "Current Directions in Psychological Science" reveals how memory abilities vary between the sexes. The team made by psychologists Agneta Herlitz and Jenny Rehnman, in Stockholm, Sweden, has detected signi ... [read more >>]
	21 February 2008, 06:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Lexar to Introduce Crucial DDR2 FBDIMM Memory Kits
	Memory manufacturer Lexar Media has just announced the availability of its new memory offering, comprised of Crucial 800MHz fully buffered DIMM (FBDIMM) memory modules. The kits are available in sizes of GB, 4GB and 8GB, and are the perfect companion for the newly-released Skulltrail gaming platform from Intel. The Crucial FBDIMM offerings are OEM-quality memory modules targeted especially at Mac systems, such as the new Quad ... [read more >>]
	21 February 2008, 04:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Nexus HXR-5500 Memory Coolers – When Common Heatspreaders Are Not Enough
	The rush for computing performance is constantly transforming the hardware parts inside our computers. Once upon a time, cooling solutions were exclusively pitched at computer processors, but as more and more powerful hardware came along, heatpipe coolers and even water-based solutions made their way to other components, such as motherboard chipsets and even memory modules. Cooling specialist Nexus has just released a new heat ... [read more >>]
	19 February 2008, 04:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Solid-State Drives Are Getting Larger and Better
	Solid-state storage is continuously gaining more and more attention from the mobile enthusiasts. Flash-based storage is thinner, more energy-saving and has better access timings than the conventional hard-disk drives. They are the best pick for notebooks such as the ethereal MacBook Air or Lenovo's Thinkpad X300. High-capacity solid-state drives are extremely expensive, and it is very likely that you would pay the price o ... [read more >>]
	15 February 2008, 04:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

OCZ to Sponsor the Cyber Evolution Gaming Contest
	Memory expert OCZ has announced its partnership with Cyber Evolution (CEVO), a premier national online gaming organization. The competition attracts teams from across the US to compete in the newest PC and console gaming title tournaments. Cyber Evolution hosts multiple gaming competitions that can be regarded as the gaming equivalent of the Olympics. During a single year, the contests list more than 75,000 attendants and abo ... [read more >>]
	14 February 2008, 06:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Nanochip Technology to Lay the Ground for Cheaper Flash-Like Storage
	Nanochip Technology, a memory and storage research company has received $14 million in research funds to finish its work on some technology prototypes that will revolutionize the storage industry. The prototypes will be hopefully shipped to electronics device makers for extensive evaluations during the next year. The technology developed by Nanochip is stronger than flash memory, as it can store much more data and will dramati ... [read more >>]
	12 February 2008, 10:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Micron to Introduce World's Fastest Mobile DRAM Memory
	Memory specialist Micron Technology announced that it has started sampling industry’s fastest 512 Mb Mobile DRAM component, that will power the upcoming notebook and ultra-mobile PC systems. Mobile applications are increasingly growing and demand more and more resources from a version to another, and memory becomes a critical element for the system's overall performance. Micron's Mobile DRAM meets the mobile users� ... [read more >>]
	11 February 2008, 10:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

OCZ Announces Heatpipe-Enabled 4GB DDR2-1066 Reaper Memory Kit
	Memory and cooling expert OCZ has just introduced the newest OCZ PC2-8500 Reaper HPC 4GB, one the fastest high density kits in the world. The company tries to mix the need for more and more memory with its ability to overclock at higher frequencies. The new PC2-8500 4GB Reaper HPC series comes with an innovative cooling solution to dissipate the excessive heat that accumulates especially when overclocked. The memory module fe ... [read more >>]
	08 February 2008, 05:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Pregnant Women Have Impaired Memory!
	Did your wife forget to treat you right after giving birth? That's normal, as a new Australian research published in the "Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology" has confirmed that pregnancy can cause memory impairment. The issue can last for at least a year after giving birth, but these effects are minor and they affect especially unfamiliar or demanding tasks. "The memory deficits many women experien ... [read more >>]
	06 February 2008, 04:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Chaintech to Announce 'New Generation' Apogee GT DDR2 Memory
	Memory manufacturer Walton Chaintech today announced the availability of "new generation" memory modules in its Apogee series. The modules are comprised of 8 x 128 Mb chips running at 1066 MHz. The APOGEE GT DDR2 memory is the company's response to consumers' increasing need for high quality RAM memory for running the nowadays software applications. According to the company, the APOGEE GT DDR2 1066 128Mbx ... [read more >>]
	05 February 2008, 10:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Deep Brain Stimulation Boosts Your Memory!
	SF movies have achieved it before, but now it's real: electrical stimulation of specific brain nuclei could boost memory. A Canadian team describes in its article published in the "Annals of Neurology" how this was achieved in the case of an obese man who underwent deep brain stimulation (DBS): the electrical impulses triggered vivid memories in this case. "This is a single case that was totally unexpected. We are ... [read more >>]
	01 February 2008, 05:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Why Elephants Have Such a Long Memory?
	In a top of intelligence, humans are followed by apes, elephants and dolphins. The elephant brain is denser than the human's, and the temporal lobes, associated to memory, are more developed than in humans. Elephant's lobes also have more foldings, so that they can store more information. That's why elephants have excellent memory. But why? Elephants can recognize over 200 different individuals. This is essenti ... [read more >>]
	30 January 2008, 10:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

G.Skill to Announce 4GB DDR2 Kit on Eight-Layer PCBs
	A Taiwanese ancient proverb has it that RAM memory is never enough and we would gladly approve with it, if memory manufacturer G.Skill hadn't gone ahead of us. You may wonder why this launch is so important, since there are plenty of vendors to sell 8GB DDR2 kits (and DDR2 memory is getting obsolete). Well, here is the big deal: while traditional memory manufacturing process involves the use of six layers of PCB (Printed ... [read more >>]
	30 January 2008, 10:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Qimonda to Start Sampling Power-Efficient DDR3 Modules
	Qimonda announced that it started shipping samples of its upcoming power-saving DDR3 SO-DIMM memory to its key partners and original equipment manufacturers. This is a refurbished version of their previous DDR3 memory modules, that is much improved in terms of power-saving. Power efficiency is extremely important for this type of memory modules, since they will operate inside notebooks and ultra-mobile PCs. The low energy con ... [read more >>]
	29 January 2008, 11:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Kingston's 19-in-1 Media Reader: Pocket Sized, Ready to Go
	The world we live in is full of memory-based consumer electronics: mobile phones, photo cameras, miniature flash disks, in a word, everything but the kitchen sink. Many of these can connect via USB cables to the computer, then have their SD cards displayed as removable media, but the solution is not only slow when it comes to data transfer, but also impractical, as you have to look for a spare USB port on your computer's rea ... [read more >>]
	24 January 2008, 08:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Corsair Dominator PC3 -The DDR3 Battleground Starts Heating Up
	Corsair was one of the undisputed leaders in the DDR2 memory market, and history seems to repeat itself on the DDR3 battleground. The Value Select memory modules brought all the best in the DRAM industry and packed them to meet the overclockers' needs. The Dominator series of DDR3 memory modules delivered by Corsair is built on the D9 IC variant of memory chips from Micron Technology. The Dominator memory is just the tip ... [read more >>]
	21 January 2008, 10:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

OCZ to Introduce the PC2-8000 Platinum Edition 4GB Dual Channel Kit
	Cooling and memory solution expert OCZ Technologies announced the immediate availability of the PC2-8000 Platinum Edition 4GB dual channel kit, targeted at those users whose motherboards only provide two DIMM slots. The dual channel kit allows the users to enjoy increased computing performance at an extremely affordable price. The 64-bit operating systems and the latest titles in the gaming world are continually requiring mor ... [read more >>]
	19 January 2008, 06:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Intel Might Phase Out Its NAND Flash Business
	Intel was one of the first companies to understand the advantages of flash memory and the role it would play in technological development. Its first flash-based product dates back in 1988 and had the size of a cardboard box, but it offered no less than 256 KB of NOR flash storage. Now, analysts think that Intel will leave its flash business behind, as it has become less and less profitable. Intel has switched from the older NO ... [read more >>]
	18 January 2008, 03:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Daytime Naps Boost Memory!
	Now, we know why Spaniards take their daily siesta. They want to outsmart us all! A new research led by Prof. Avi Karni and Dr. Maria Korman, of the Center for Brain and Behavior Research at the University of Haifa, and published in the journal "Nature Neuroscience", shows that a daytime nap of 90 minutes boosts the consolidation of your long-term memory. "We still don't know the exact mechanism of the memory proce ... [read more >>]
	08 January 2008, 02:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

What's The Human Mind Made Of?
	The information is transmitted through the five senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste) to the brain. These data are used by the brain with its 5 basic aptitudes: attention, memory, learning, recall and speech, employing its 10 billion neurons and its 40 billion connections per cubic centimeter. 1.Attention selects information that must be retained. For example, during a noisy party, our brain focuses on just one conversation as i ... [read more >>]
	28 December 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Quantum Dots to Bury Both Flash and DRAM
	The flash storage has been one of the technologies that have undoubtedly changed the face of consumer electronics appliances. It can store a large amount of data on a tiny surface, at the cost of only a few milliwatts. DRAM memory needs permanent refreshing to preserve its contents, but Flash storage can do without power for about ten years, and yet the data will still be there. However, Flash memory is handicapped by large a ... [read more >>]
	27 December 2007, 03:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Micron to Report Operational Loss for Q4 of 2007
	Micron Technologies has reported a quarterly loss after a full year of profit. The largest manufacturer of memory chips in the United States has been terribly affected by the free-falling prices that could not even cover the manufacturing costs. Previously, Micron reported first fiscal quarter net loss of $262 million, which translated in shares dropping about 34 cents per unit. Last year reports posted a net profit of $115 ... [read more >>]
	21 December 2007, 10:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Qimonda to Shed Jobs in US R&D Facilities
	German memory manufacturer Qimonda has announced that it has plans of shutting down one of the company's research and development facilities in Williston or Burlington, Vermont. This action is likely to reflect upon 75 of around 125 Vermont employees that are to lose their jobs. The rest of 50 employees have been invited to pack and move to a plant in Cary, North Carolina. The company expects that not all the invited employe ... [read more >>]
	20 December 2007, 04:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

DRAM Exchange Hopes for Industry's Rebirth in 2008
	DRAM markets have been under heavy pressure this year. The memory business is falling apart because of the over-saturated market that pushes the prices lower and lower. The DRAM market uses commodity for profit (namely the profit is the result of volume sales with small extra costs) and the competition is harsh. Things may change for this specific sector starting 2008 and DRAM Exchange is estimating that the first quarter sales alone w ... [read more >>]
	19 December 2007, 02:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Optical Memory, One Step Closer to Reality
	More and more research groups are walking on the optoelectronics pathway in search of faster, cheaper and more efficient chips. The transistor is already close to its end after it has been serving the IT cause for more than 60 years now, and needs a fast replacement to ... [read more >>]
	18 December 2007, 10:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Sleep Quality Determines Memory Quality
	Which is the storehouse of our memories? A new research made at the University of Liege, in Belgium, and published in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences", has made a connection between sleep, brain changes and memories' quality 6 months after an event has taken place. Memories appeared to be processed first in the hippocampus, then transferred for long term and consolidated into the medial prefrontal cortex ... [read more >>]
	14 December 2007, 04:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Memory Manufacturers Cut Production to Save Themselves from Going Bankrupt
	If the CPU market has a few players only, the things are completely different with the DRAM manufacturers. This area is a complex environment and each move from any competitor may severely unbalance the whole market. Apart from the competitors' moves, another thing that kills the business is overproduction. The market is under the heavy attack of cheap and extremely abundant RAM modules. The average price for a 1Gb DDR2 ... [read more >>]
	12 December 2007, 11:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Top 6 Foods That Boost Memory
	The exam sessions mean mental and physical exhaustion. But there are some mental vitalizers helping you finish the course without problems or stress. After various hours of studying, the eyes get tired too. Tired eyes can be relieved by washing the area with fresh water, which gives a refreshing and relaxing sensation. When tired eyes are accompanied by an itchy sensation, a couple of cotton patches soaked in Eufrasia can be applied on the ... [read more >>]
	10 December 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

TwinMOS to Push SO-DIMMs to 1333MHz
	TwinMOS has announced the release of a new line of DDR3 memory modules for notebook computers to operate at speeds up to 1333MHz. The memory modules are alleged to bring a performance boost in the mobile area and at the same time to be more energy-efficient than the current 667MHz DDR2 standard can provide. "This new-generation DDR3 SO-DIMM module for laptops uses the 8-bit pre-fetch design. As it is a double of the DDR2 ... [read more >>]
	10 December 2007, 06:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

NEC to Develop Next-Generation of Non Volatile RAM
	NEC has announced that it has succeeded in developing a new type of memory that preserves the SRAM compatibility. The new discovery has been named MRAM, which stands for Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory, and is alleged to run at a speed of 250 MHz, the fastest MRAM speed in the world. Apart from the fact that the MRAM is as fast as SRAM, one of the most important features of the new memory type is its non-volatility: the ... [read more >>]
	08 December 2007, 05:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

One Terabyte Drive, Small Enough to Fit Into Your Pocket
	A group of scientists at Arizona State University have managed to obtain a new and efficient type of solid-state storage memory that is alleged to be not only cheaper but also much more efficient than the current NAND pieces. This memory storage is powered by an undisclosed type of nanotechnology, which allows the creation of extremely vast storage spaces that are cheap and very small-sized. The new type of memory has been named programmab ... [read more >>]
	06 December 2007, 08:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Why Do We Lose Memory with the Aging?
	"You're getting old! You're getting old!". They chase you for each mistake involving recalling. And the truth is that indeed elders have troubles with the memory, from recalling a name to what they ate 5 minutes ago. And we're talking about healthy old persons, not experiencing Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia, or memory/cognitive abilities impairing capacities. Now, a new research, published in the ... [read more >>]
	06 December 2007, 06:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Five-Year-Old Chimps Humiliated College Students in Short Term Memory Tests!
	Yeah, right, humans are the smartest beings of the planet, and all the other animals are dumb. Including our closest relatives. But, a new research, published in "Current Biology", showed that young chimpanzees have an astonishing higher short-term memory capacity than human adults. "There are still many people, including many biologists, who believe that humans are superior to chimpanzees in all cognitive functions. No o ... [read more >>]
	04 December 2007, 05:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung and Toshiba, Allies on the NAND Battlefield
	Toshiba and Samsung have announced that they have passed to each other the rights to produce and sell products that are trademarks of either companies. Through this agreement, Toshiba may market Samsung's OneNAND technology, while Samsung can benefit from Toshiba's LBA-NAND memory chips. Cross-licensing would result in the availability of high-performing OneNAND and LBA-NAND flash devices and, at the same time, would o ... [read more >>]
	03 December 2007, 08:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Micron to Even DRAM Scores
	Micron Technology is somewhat misleading, at least in terms of name; their technology may be "micro", but the company is one of the largest semiconductor manufacturers worldwide. Among the four largest memory chip makers in the industry, the company provides customers with all the memory and storage areas, such as imaging, telecommunications or networking. Most of their products are sold on the Asia/Pacific market, whil ... [read more >>]
	30 November 2007, 03:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Two Days Until Terabyte Bandwidth Initiative
	Rambus is to announce on Wednesday their Terabyte Bandwidth Initiative (TBI) that is supposed to raise the memory bandwidth to one terabyte for multiple-core systems. This speed could be achieved by using 16 DRAM channels able to transfer 14 Gbps with 4 bytes clock data. Summing up, this would result in a total amount of 1 terabyte split on 16 channels that would fuel a multi-core processor. The bad news is that Rambus has no ... [read more >>]
	26 November 2007, 08:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

DDR3 – 2000MHz is NOT the Limit
	The soon-to-arrive X48-chipset based motherboards have brought another speed hysteria. Well, what would suit best your newly acquired motherboard than a set of ultra-rapid memory cards? Overclockers have already been heated by the dazzling speeds they could acquire, so the A-Data Technology Overclock memory team managed to deliver another high-performance DDR3 memory module to be pushed beyond the 2000MHz limit. Built on top ... [read more >>]
	23 November 2007, 06:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Battle for Speed: Yet Another DRAM Plant
	Contrary to expert opinions about the DRAM markets being oversaturated, Formosa Advanced Technologies executives announced their decision of opening a third DRAM plant. The action comes as a response to the demands of the company's partners Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories. The memory industry environment has reached a point of saturation where the average selling prices do not cover even the manufacturing price, whi ... [read more >>]
	23 November 2007, 05:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Chinese Woman Found to Have Half a Brain!
	There are a lot of sexist jokes based on the question of how many neurons a woman’s brain has (especially if she's blond). But the reality will leave us speechless. Check this out: Doctors attending a 39-year-old Chinese woman complaining of feeling weak found she had just half a brain! Moreover, the woman from Wuhan city (eastern China) bears a completely normal life and only visited the hospital when she felt weak and ... [read more >>]
	22 November 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

A-Data Vitesta 2GB DDR2-800 – Extreme Overclocked Edition
	Despite the computer memory getting faster and faster, it still continues to be the main bottleneck to ruin system performance. The DDR2, compatible with the majority of chipsets on the market range in frequency from 553Mhz to over 1 GHz. Newer DDR3 has not penetrated the market yet, but its availability has labeled the DDR2 as "obsolete", therefore cheap. A-Data's Vitesta PC2-8000 memory modules are a quality D ... [read more >>]
	22 November 2007, 10:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Korean Division of Samsung Sends Their Employees Home
	South Korean newspaper Korea Times reported that Samsung South Korea division has cut more than 1,600 jobs since March this year, shortly after Samsung announced a series of restructuring measures aimed at keeping low costs in the manufacturing process. South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service data shows that the company disposed of 1630 employees while the management team has also dropped from 836 to 821 this year. It ... [read more >>]
	20 November 2007, 10:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Kingston Technology Delivers Phenom-Ready DDR2 1066MHz Memory
	Immediately following the Spider platform official release, Kingston Technologies has announced the availability of their 1066MHz ValueRAM cards. The memory manufacturer has worked tightly with the AMD team to achieve top performance memory modules. Computer memory is the only hardware component highly likely to create performance bottlenecks. The Spider platform, comprised of the quad-core processor line, the new 7-chipset se ... [read more >>]
	20 November 2007, 04:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Speed of Memory Formation
	Memory is still one of the most mysterious processes of the brain. Now, another piece in the complicated puzzle has been located: while sleeping, the reactivated memories of real-time experiences are reviewed in high "thought speed", 6-7 times more than in wake time, by the brain. Memory is kept in modules in the brain’s cortex, various modules in the cortex being linked to various types of information - sounds, sights, taste ... [read more >>]
	19 November 2007, 03:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hynix Rolls Out the World's First 1Gb GDDR5 DRAM Module
	Semiconductor manufacturers are constantly trying to improve on the design of their graphics memory modules (which have already reached extremely high processing speeds), in order to relieve the CPU and DDR RAM memory from the stress imposed by graphics-intensive applications and open the road for higher-quality multimedia experiences. And following this trend, Hynix Semiconductor has just announced the development of what seems ... [read more >>]
	15 November 2007, 13:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

HTC Touch Enhanced Version with Two New Colors
	This time, it's not only about colors, as the latest version of HTC Touch will also come with some performance improvements. The enhanced smartphone has recently seen its official release in Hong Kong and should soon be available at a wider level. Finally ... [read more >>]
	10 November 2007, 01:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Elpida Announces The World's Smallest DDR2 SDRAM Chip
	Miniaturization is one of the most important trends in technological design nowadays, as it allows for the development of smaller and lighter products, which require a lot less power to operate. Furthermore, since the field of semiconductors and memory modules is always in the forefront of research and development activities, it was to be expected that some of the most important miniaturization breakthroughs would originate here. ... [read more >>]
	07 November 2007, 10:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

9 Issues You Did Not Know About The Human Brain
	1. The brain cortex, with a thickness of just a few millimeters, contains 75 % of the brain cells, their number being between 10 to 100 billion. This area harbors our "mind", thoughts, personality, records, feelings and consciousness. The link between the two hemispheres of the cortex is done by the corpus callosum, located under the cortex. In women, corpus callosum is more developed than in men. Most of the information ... [read more >>]
	03 November 2007, 06:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Memory's Cell Base Discovered!
	There is an intensive hunt for finding what's behind the memory, the very chemical of the recalling. Now a team at Georgia Institute of Technology has found some molecular interactions on cell surfaces that could work like the "memory", changing the way the cells will interact in the future. The paper has been published on October 29 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Sequentially repeated te ... [read more >>]
	30 October 2007, 07:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia