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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

DDR5 scalper bots now outnumber shoppers 10 to 1 — automated scraping hits listings every 6.5 seconds
By Luke James Published
Bad bots account for 91% of the traffic reaching one retailer's DDR5 memory product pages, roughly 10 automated requests for every legitimate visit.

Pine64 halts all Linux hardware manufacturing through at least mid-2027 due to shortages
By Luke James Published
Microcontroller-based products, such as the PineTime smartwatch, PineVoice smart speaker, and Pinecil soldering iron, aren't affected.

YMTC breaks into the top three NAND makers for the first time as AI servers swallow 48% of all flash
By Luke James Published
Samsung led with 25%, SK hynix followed at 22%, and Micron rounded out the top five.

Three major PC makers now using Chinese memory to fight 'unprecedented memory shortage,' report claims
By Stephen Warwick Published
A new report claims that HP, Asus, and Acer have started to use a small amount of CXMT memory chips in notebooks for non-US markets.

Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company is fighting 'a hundred year flood' on memory pricing
By Luke James Published
Apple will pay even more for memory in the September quarter than it did in the June quarter, CEO Tim Cook told analysts on the company's earnings call.

DRAM chip supply to memory module makers could drop by more than 70% in 2027, says Apacer CEO
By Etiido Uko Published
Apacer warns DRAM allocations to module makers could fall below 30% of 2026 levels as AI demand tightens supply and pushes memory prices higher.

Best RAM for Gaming: DDR4, DDR5 Kits for 2026
By Zhiye Liu Last updated
Here is the best RAM for gaming we’ve tested: computer memory that is ideal for video editing and graphics-heavy applications.
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