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Microsoft to Optimize Windows 11 for 8GB RAM PCs as Memory Prices Rise
The memory shortage is making this a bad year to buy hardware, while laptop and desktop PC manufacturers are adapting by adding configurations with 8 GB of RAM. Microsoft seems committed to this and will optimize its Windows 11 operating system to offer faster startup times and adapt the system…
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CXMT Allegedly Carried Out Industrial Espionage Against Samsung to Speed Up Its Memory Development
A South Korean court revealed details of an alleged large-scale industrial espionage operation that helped CXMT become one of the most important Chinese DRAM memory manufacturers. According to court documents, the company created a roadmap with specific goals to copy Samsung’s technology, an internal strategy known as the “Project Hefei.”…
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Key Components Now Make Up 68% of a Laptop’s Cost, Brands Would Need to Raise Prices by 80% to Avoid Losing Margin
The cost of making a laptop computer has changed drastically over the last year and a half. This is nothing new, because the component crisis has already been going on for years. Now we have new data on the matter. According to TrendForce, three key components take up almost the…
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CXMT Set to Become the First Company to Mass-Produce LPDDR6 RAM
Chinese company CXMT is already preparing for the next generation of RAM, as it is reportedly about to begin mass production of LPDDR6 RAM in just a few weeks. In the middle of the memory crisis affecting the market, one issue that has caused a lot of debate is who…
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MSI Revives DDR4 Memory in Its Gaming Laptops to Avoid the RAM Crisis
The constant rise in RAM memory prices has once again shaken the laptop market. MSI has decided to bring back DDR4 memory and include it in its new Katana 15 HX C14, a move designed to keep the final price under control without cutting graphics or processing power. The move…
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1 KG of DRAM Now Costs the Same as 620 Grams of Pure Gold
The artificial intelligence boom is causing prices and the memory supply chain to go out of control. In the first twenty days of August 2026, the export price of DRAM memory produced in South Korea reached the huge figure of $92,183 per kilogram (around 127 million won). To put this…
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Buyer Finds DDR4 Memory Disguised as DDR5 in Kingston FURY Module, Warns It’s Almost Impossible to Spot
The memory crisis we are currently experiencing because of the artificial intelligence boom has caused several problems for users. The first and most obvious is the extremely high price of RAM modules. The second, which is becoming increasingly common, is the appearance of scams. X user @watagjt was the one…
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DDR5 RAM Resale Bots Now Generate 91% of a Retailer’s Traffic
The current RAM situation has been caused by the huge amount of memory required by artificial intelligence companies. However, the problem is getting worse because of resale bots, which now account for 91% of DDR5 RAM searches, according to DataDome. These resale bots search for DDR5 RAM stock every 6.5…
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Samsung Reaches 16 Gbps per Pin With HBM4E to Compete With SK Hynix
When Samsung started making its first HBM4E memory chips, the company promised bandwidth speeds of up to 13 Gbps per pin, with plans to later increase this to 14 Gbps per pin. It now seems that Samsung has been working to push that figure even higher and reach 16 Gbps,…
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Best Buy Tells Customer His Laptop Doesn’t Support 64 GB of RAM to Avoid Paying for the Repair
Best Buy technical support received a Lenovo Legion laptop with a configuration of 64 GB of RAM. The laptop had been working perfectly for 8 months until it started having problems. From that point, the owner had no other choice but to use the warranty and send it in for…
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Intel Could Start Manufacturing RAM Again
Few people know this, but Intel did not start as a company focused on making processors. The company was involved in semiconductors from the beginning, but it started with RAM. Its first commercial products were the 3101 SRAM and 1103 DRAM chips. Intel moved into processors later, and that move…
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Micron’s Crucial Memory Warranty Struggles to Keep Up With Soaring DDR5 Prices
The closure of Crucial’s consumer division in December 2025 came with a promise from Micron that it would continue to honor the official warranties of its products. However, a recent failure shared on Reddit has shown the problems with this process. The main issue appears when the refund offered by…
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Windows 11 Weather App Records RAM Usage Peaks of Up to 1.6 GB
The native Weather app in Windows 11 is recording RAM usage that reaches peaks of between 1.5 GB and 1.6 GB during normal use. According to data collected by Windows Latest, the app requires a high amount of resources to perform basic weather checks. This figure is significant, as Microsoft…
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TSMC Holds $1 Billion Worth of iPhone 18 Wafers Due to DRAM Memory Shortage
The global shortage of memory components has become a major problem for Apple’s manufacturing chain. TSMC is currently holding around $1 billion worth of A20 Pro processor wafers and C2 chips at its facilities because the final assembly process cannot be completed. The components remain in storage while waiting for…
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Apple Struggles to Secure RAM Supply for the iPhone 18 After Chinese Supplier Refuses Price Cuts
Apple is making the final preparations for the launch of the iPhone 18 series and the foldable model believed to be called the iPhone Ultra. With less than six weeks remaining before the expected announcement, the company and its manufacturing partners are facing difficulties securing enough RAM. Strong global demand…
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