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Retailer denies memory replacement due to 4x increase in DDR5 pricing, says price increase would equate to an 'upgrade' for the customer
Australian retailer refused to exchange a RAM kit under warranty and instead told the customer they needed to pay the difference in price.
US RAM crisis hits boiling point as AI mania wipes out all 32GB DDR5 kits under $359
Retailers have started selling 32GB DDR5 memory kits with a starting price of $359.99 in the U.S. market.
Framework’s monthly chip shortage update sees slower RAM price increase but rising SSD costs for March
Framework increased RAM prices for the third consecutive month, while also announcing that it's hiking the costs of some of its SSDs.
SK hynix introduces turbocharged LPDDR6, 33% faster and 20% more power efficient than LPDDR5X
LPDDR6 will likely be a big boon for the datacenter market, once this memory architecture debuts on SOCAMM modules.
Memory bit flips cause up to 15% of Firefox crashes, asserts Mozilla engineer
A Mozilla engineer has shared survey data and calculations suggesting that up to 15% of Firefox crashes are due to a bit flip.
DDR5 RAM kits skyrocket to an astonishing $4,000 on Newegg with wild price listings on multiple G.Skill and Corsair products
Newegg has raised the price of some Corsair Vengeance DDR5 memory kits to $3,980; however, it's unclear whether this is a pricing blunder.
Micron begins sampling 256GB SOCAMM2 units for up to 2 TB of LPDDR5X per CPU
Micron is now sampling 256GB SOCAMM2 units, enabling capacities of up to 2TB of LPDDR5X per CPU in AI servers.
DRAM bots reportedly being deployed to hoover up memory chips and components
Online security firm DataDome just reported that it has stopped a massive scalping effort to buy memory modules and resell them at inflated prices, turning the memory situation from bad to worse.
