Is AI killing laptop upgradeability?

With AI data centers gobbling up RAM, prices are up. With most laptops soldering memory in place, upgrade options are ...
Electronic Design

Is Soldering Your Own RAM Worth It in Today's Economy?

In a time when DDR5 kits can cost more than a graphics card, some builders are literally soldering their own memory sticks to ...

Kioxia’s memory is “sold out” for 2026, prolonging a “high-end and expensive phase”

The companies that make RAM and flash memory chips are enjoying record profits because of the AI-induced memory crunch—and they’re also indicating that they don’t expect conditions to improve much if ...

After RAM, storage could be next to break your budget

Reports suggest NAND production cuts by Samsung and SK Hynix could lead to higher SSD prices as storage supply tightens.

I'm beating high RAM prices by shopping for PCs this way in 2026 - an expert's advice

I'm beating high RAM prices by shopping for PCs this way in 2026 - an expert's advice ...

ReRAM is back in play and may one day be a genuine 'successor to flash memory' thanks to manufacturing investment

A flash in the pan?

According to Micron AI 'made memory sexy again' and now we're all suffering

The alarm bells for the RAMpocalypse were rung almost 20 months ago.

Not all memories are created equal: How motivation shapes memory

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and Duke University ...
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What is "dummy" RAM, and why are PC builders using it?

If you can't make it, just fake it.