Memory
Though the formal specification has yet to be ratified by JEDEC, the memory industry as a whole is already gearing up for the upcoming launch of the next generation of High Bandwidth Memory, HBM3. Following announcements earlier this summer from controller IP vendors like Synopsys and Rambus, this morning SK Hynix is announcing that it has finished development of its HBM3 memory technology – and according to the company, becoming the first memory vendor to do so. With controller IP and now the memory itself nearing or at completion, the stage is being set for formal ratification of the standard, and eventually for HBM3-equipped devices to start rolling out later in 2022. Overall, the relatively lightweight press release from SK Hynix is roughly equal parts...
Rambus Loses Major Antitrust Case Against Hynix & Micron
There are few companies in the tech world as infamous as Rambus, an IP-only RAM development firm. For the better part of 10 years now they have been engaged...
29 by Ryan Smith on 11/16/2011
Intel and Micron Develop Hybrid Memory Cube, Stacked DRAM is Coming
During the final keynote of IDF, Intel's Justin Rattner demonstrated a new stacked DRAM technology called the Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC). The need is clear: if CPU performance is...
19 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/15/2011
Kingston Shows off Business SF-2281 SSD & 64GB Sandy Bridge E
I dropped by Kingston's booth at the IDF tech showcase to check out two things this evening: Kingston's SSDNow KC100 and another Sandy Bridge E demo. The KC100 is...
11 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2011
JEDEC Reveals Key Aspects of DDR4
DDR3 made its debut in mid-2007 when Intel released P35 chipset with support for DDR3. Today nearly all desktop, mobile and server platforms support DDR3. iSuppli estimates that DDR3...
34 by Kristian Vättö on 8/23/2011
AMD to Enter RAM Market with Radeon-branded DDR3
AMD's website suggests that the company will be entering the RAM market soon with their own RAM modules. The modules will be branded as Radeon, just like AMD's GPUs...
23 by Kristian Vättö on 8/8/2011
Sandy Bridge Memory Scaling: Choosing the Best DDR3
Intel's Second Generation Core processors, based on the Sandy Bridge architecture, include a number of improvements over the previous generation's Nehalem architecture. We’ll be testing one specific area today...
76 by Jared Bell on 7/25/2011
Patriot: 16GB is the new 8GB for Sandy Bridge-E
Patriot gave me a preview of their new Viper Xtreme Division4 DDR3 memory due out later this year. Patriot is targeting this new line at Sandy Bridge E systems...
52 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/1/2011
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About SDRAM (Memory): But Were Afraid to Ask
It started off as a simple enough memory review, but somewhere along the way we decided to dramatically expand the scope of our discussion and avoid the monotony...
47 by Rajinder Gill on 8/15/2010
Fastest Memory Race Heats Up - Corsair Announces 2533MHz DDR3
The whole 'fastest memory' halo product race is a bit of a farce. In terms of DDR3, Corsair started the race back in 2007 with their first set...
14 by Ian Cutress on 5/7/2010
This Just In: G.Skill Giveaway Goodies
Before the new site launched I demoed a new feature I'd been toying with called This Just In. The idea is to give you guys a quick glance at...
37 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/10/2010
DDR3-2000+ Memory Kits - Fast but Flawed
We take a look at the latest DDR3-2000+ kits from Corsair and OCZ, but find the quality of the Elpida Hyper ICs is the real story.
16 by Rajinder Gill on 7/8/2009
Memory Scaling on Core i7 - Is DDR3-1066 Really the Best Choice?
We take an in-depth look at memory scaling on the Core i7 platform to determine if there is any value in using memory faster than DDR3-1066.
50 by Gary Key on 6/24/2009
OCZ Blade DDR3-2133 - Is it Fast Enough?
We take our first look at OCZ's new 3B2133LV6GK DDR3-2133 kit and realize we need to call in the big guns for benchmarking at 2133MHz and beyond.
17 by Gary Key on 6/9/2009
Lab Update - Patriot Memory Viper Series DDR3-1333
We take a first look at a very impressive DDR3-1333 (PVT36G1333ELK) 6GB memory kit from Patriot and figure out our assumptions about inexpensive DDR3 memory were misguided.
12 by Gary Key on 3/17/2009
Core i7 - Is High VDimm really a Problem?
Actually, high VDimm is a problem but only under certain circumstances. How and why is something we cannot answer yet, but we do have a briefing today.
40 by Gary Key on 10/8/2008
Corsair DDR3-2133 - How high and fast will it go?
We preview Corsair's new Dominator DDR3-2133 2X1GB kit based on Samsung's latest IC. The first question we set off to answer is just what chipsets will run this stuff...
12 by Rajinder Gill on 8/28/2008
OCZ Flex II - Life at 1200MHz
We take a sneak peak at OCZ's latest Flex series armed with a Zotac 9800GTX and ASUS P5Q Deluxe.
15 by Gary Key on 5/19/2008In Memory Of The Law: The Memory Industry's Legal Problems
The memory industry has been under fire for anti-competitive actions for over half a decade, we take a look at what's going on
27 by Ryan Smith on 10/25/2007Cell Shock, Corsair, and Kingston Introduce Ultra Speed DDR3
Our high-speed DDR3 Roundup revs up! Do the newest high-speed memories have the stuff to join the DDR3-2000 club?
14 by Wesley Fink on 10/11/2007OCZ Introduces DDR3-1800
OCZ introduces the fastest production memory you can buy. The new DDR3-1800 is based on more aggressive binning of Micron Z9 chips. How does their new DDR3-1800 compare to...
27 by Wesley Fink on 7/31/2007
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