Apple A20 chip to skip TSMC's WMCM tech amid DRAM shortages
TweakTown News Gaming TL;DR: Apple's A20 chip for the base iPhone 18 will continue using TSMC's InFO packaging instead of the advanced WMCM technology due to ongoing DRAM shortages. …
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Sound the alarm, DRAM shortage and memory crisis could last until 2030
… A lifelong gamer since the 8-bit Nintendo era, it was the CD-ROM-powered 90s that cemented his love for all things games and technology. …
KIOXIA fires back at rising SSD costs with new EG7 Series for PC OEMs
… These DRAM-less QLC-based SSDs adopt KIOXIA's impressive 8th-generation BiCS FLASH technology to deliver performance on par with more expensive storage options while improving power efficiency. …
Global memory shortage expected to get worse before it gets better
TweakTown News RAM TL;DR: DRAM manufacturers are projected to fulfill only 60% of the global demand by the end of 2027, indicating a continuing shortage in the DRAM market. …
KIOXIA achieves 4.8 billion vector search on a single AI server with minimal DRAM
… KIOXIA's open-source AiSAQ All-in-Storage ANNS with Product Quantization technology is something we've covered in the past, and it has been a game-changer for AI workloads with Retrieval-Augmented Generation RAG pipelines by offloading vectorized data from costly DRAM to a more efficient, cost-effe… …
Biwin's new PCIe Gen5 SSD delivers next-gen speeds to everyone while only drawing 4.5W
… Firstly, it features a DRAMless design, which makes it a more affordable SSD. It also leverages the latest BiCS FLASH generation 8 technology to deliver highly efficient storage capacities of 1TB and 2TB. …
DRAM prices to increase by up to 63% in Q2, NAND Flash by up to 75%, new report says
… Read more : Analysts say PC DRAM pricing for Q1 2026 will hit record highs, doubling the previous estimate Read more : DDR5 memory costs double as DRAM prices surge by 171.8% year over year "Demand for high-performance SSDs has grown significantly as generative AI enters a phase of large-scale adop… …
DDR6 development starts with Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron aiming for shipments by 2028
… The industry is banking on the CAMM2 technology over DIMM for DDR6, as the latter may face physical limitations in transferring data at such speeds. VIEW GALLERY - 2 IMAGES We must also keep in mind the current global DRAM shortage, which is expected to last until 2030 . …
Apple's OLED panels headed to MacBook Pro laptops are nearing mass production
… Jak's love for science, space, and technology, and, more specifically, PC gaming, began at 10 years old. It was the day his dad showed him how to play Age of Empires on an old Compaq PC. Ever since that day, Jak fell in love with games and the progression of the technology industry in all its forms. …
KIOXIA announces a brand-new type of SSD, and it's a game-changer for AI
… DRAM capacity, or memory size, is one of the limiting factors and the highest costs in scaling large AI systems. …