<![CDATA[News Tom's Hardware US - Components - Memory]]> http://www.tomshardware.com en 10 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:04:35 +0200 <![CDATA[News Tom's Hardware US - Components - Memory]]> http://img.bestofmicro.com/design/groupe/logo_toms_us.jpg http://www.tomshardware.com <![CDATA[Overvolted RAM May Kill Your Core i7 CPU]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-i7nehalem-memory-voltage,6464.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-i7nehalem-memory-voltage,6464.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:20:00 CEST Memory controllers built into the upcoming Core i7 processors could change the way some enthusiasts push their systems beyond spec]]> <![CDATA[Crucial DDR3 Memory — Now With More Bling! ]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ddr3-crucial-ram,6463.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ddr3-crucial-ram,6463.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:40:00 CEST Just in case the whir of fans and the occasional tick-tick of a hard drive doesn’t provide enough clues that that yes, your PC really is powered on, Lexar Media is now offering its LED-laden Crucial Ballistix Tracer SDRAM in DDR3 trim.]]> <![CDATA[Core i7 Incompatible With Performance DDR3 Memory]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nehalem-Performance-Memory-DDR3,6446.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nehalem-Performance-Memory-DDR3,6446.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:40:00 CEST Performance DDR3 memory that requires a voltage higher than 1.65V may permanently damage Core i7 CPUs]]> <![CDATA[Samsung makes industries smallest DDR chips]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsung-ddr-size-capacity,6426.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsung-ddr-size-capacity,6426.html Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:30:00 CEST Anyone for 16GB DDR3 modules? Samsung has developed what it claims to be the industries smallest 2GB (256MB) DDR memory chips utilizing a 50nm process technology.]]> <![CDATA[DRAM Prices on the Downward Trend]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/memory-price-drop-dram,6391.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/memory-price-drop-dram,6391.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:20:00 CEST Online clearing houses have reported nearly an 18 percent plunge in two weeks on DRAM bringing prices to a new low.]]> <![CDATA[Samsung Introduces SSDs for Low-Priced PC Market ]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Samsung-SSD-MLC,6267.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Samsung-SSD-MLC,6267.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:40:02 CEST Samsung announced Wednesday it will begin mass producing next month inexpensive low-density high-performance SSDs. ]]> <![CDATA[IDF: Intel Demonstrates 16 GB DDR3 MetaRAM]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Hynix-DDR3-MetaRam,6202.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Hynix-DDR3-MetaRam,6202.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:40:00 CEST <![CDATA[AMD First to 22 Nm, Challenges Intel]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-ibm-intel,6175.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-ibm-intel,6175.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:30:00 CEST Yorktown Heights (NY) - IBM and its chip development partners made a stunning announcement today, apparently beating Intel in the successful production of the first functional 22 nm SRAM cell.]]> <![CDATA[Kingston Takes 10% Stake At NAND Flash Controller Designer 3S]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Kingston-NAND-Flash-3S,6095.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Kingston-NAND-Flash-3S,6095.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:40:00 CEST NAND flash controller design house Solid State System (3S) announced that Kingston Technology has taken a 10% stake in the company via a private placement as expected.]]> <![CDATA[Seven Of The Ten Largest DRAM Manufacturers Saw Revenue Declines In Q2]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/DRAM-industry-revenue,6094.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/DRAM-industry-revenue,6094.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:20:00 CEST El Segundo (CA) - DRAM companies have been battling a difficult market environment for some time now and iSuppli's second quarter revenue estimates give an indication just how rough the situation is. Only two top 10 manufacturers were...]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft Revises Memory Placement in Latest Xbox 360 Hardware]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-Xbox-360-rrod-ram,6073.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-Xbox-360-rrod-ram,6073.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:00:00 CEST While Sony’s hardware revisions for its PlayStation 3 console appear to almost always be in the interest of cutting costs, Microsoft’s changes to the Xbox 360 seem to be aimed at both cost and reliability]]> <![CDATA[Memory Module Makers See Strong July Sales]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/DRAM-memory,6063.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/DRAM-memory,6063.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:20:01 CEST Memory module maker A-Data Technology has announced that its net sales for July rose 7.]]> <![CDATA[Elpida Ready To Launch 16 GB FB-DIMM]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Elpida-FB-DIMM,6062.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Elpida-FB-DIMM,6062.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:20:00 CEST Elpida Memory announced today that it is ready to launch a 16GB Fully Buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM) that is composed by 2Gb of DDR2 components.]]> <![CDATA[Nanya: Heavy DRAM Downside Pressure In August]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nanya-DRAM,6052.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nanya-DRAM,6052.html Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:50:01 CEST DRAM contract price will be exposed to heavy downside pressure in August as most PC customers seem to be reluctant to accept any adjustment, said Nanya Technology spokesperson and vice president of global sales and marketing Pei-Lin Pai.]]> <![CDATA[TSMC Leads Growth Among Top 20 Semiconductor Suppliers In H1]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/TSMC-chip-semiconductor,6051.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/TSMC-chip-semiconductor,6051.html Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:50:00 CEST Recent research from IC Insights uncovered a big shakeup in its global top 20 semiconductor supplier rankings, with many of the major DRAM and flash suppliers...]]> <![CDATA[PC Vendors Have No Incentive To Replenish DRAM Inventory]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/DRAM-PC-Vendors,6038.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/DRAM-PC-Vendors,6038.html Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:20:00 CEST DRAM contract prices are likely to post a 2.]]> <![CDATA[Major DRAM Makers Pessimistic About Q3 Outlook]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/DRAM,5967.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/DRAM,5967.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:20:00 CEST Major DRAM makers in Taiwan, Inotera Memories, Nanya Technology and Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC), all forecast a conservative industry outlook for the third quarter, according to company executives speaking at investors conferences on July 23.]]> <![CDATA[Taiwan DRAM Makers To Completely Phase Out Production At 8" Fabs By 2009]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/DRAM,5949.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/DRAM,5949.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:40:01 CEST <![CDATA[NAND Flash Controller Makers See Demand Warming Up]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/flash,5947.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/flash,5947.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:30:00 CEST <![CDATA[Rambus Is Back In Court, Sues Nvidia]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-geforce-memory-rambus-lawsuit,5883.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-geforce-memory-rambus-lawsuit,5883.html Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:10:00 CEST More bad news for Nvidia. The company is now being sued by Rambus for the alleged infringement of 17 patents.]]> <![CDATA[OCZ Releases Memory For Montevina Notebooks]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/OCZ-DDR3-Montevina,5844.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/OCZ-DDR3-Montevina,5844.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:30:02 CEST <![CDATA[DRAM Module Makers Expect Demand To Recover]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/DRAM,5843.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/DRAM,5843.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:30:01 CEST <![CDATA[DRAM Bit Growth Limited In Q3]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/DRAM,5832.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/DRAM,5832.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:10:00 CEST <![CDATA[Gigabyte Goes Extreme Cold Overclocking]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/gigabyte-cpu-overclocking,5783.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/gigabyte-cpu-overclocking,5783.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:30:00 CEST Gigabyte launches its first State-side overclocking competition and plans for more in the coming months.]]> <![CDATA[Gateway Upgrades Retail PCs To Up To 6 GB Of Memory]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Gateway,5795.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Gateway,5795.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:50:00 CEST <![CDATA[GeIL Announces New Intense Memory Burn-In Technology]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/memory-ram-motherboard,5774.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/memory-ram-motherboard,5774.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:00:00 CEST GeIL’s new procedure aims to find bad memory before it ships ]]> <![CDATA[Intel May Integrate DRAM into CPUs]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-DRAM-CPU,5697.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-DRAM-CPU,5697.html Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:10:00 CEST Mountain View (CA) - When we talk about processor performance, most of the performance typically comes from the depth of the pipeline, the number of cores, the size and the type of the cache or the clock speed.]]> <![CDATA[Memory Market Shows Signs Of A Rebound]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/DRAM-memory,5611.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/DRAM-memory,5611.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:00:02 CEST <![CDATA[SanDisk Flash SSDs for Lowest-Cost PCs]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/SSD-SanDisk,5552.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/SSD-SanDisk,5552.html Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:00:00 CEST Small isn't always beautiful, but it is convenient. SanDisk is adding new, shriked Flash SSDs to its portfolio to be able to equip ultra-portable PCs and lowest-cost solutions with cheap flash storage instead of hard drives.]]> <![CDATA[GeIL Wants to Burn-In all its DIMMs Soon]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Burn-In-RAM-GeIL,5540.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Burn-In-RAM-GeIL,5540.html Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:00:00 CEST From what memory maker GeIL told us, product reliability can be increased by burning-in memory to detect faulty parts early. Read how GeIL intends to compete with the big players such as Kingston.]]>