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A Reddit user posting as VastOption8705 shared photos of 33 DDR4-2666 RAM sticks, mostly 64GB Samsung ECC registered DIMMs, discovered stashed in their garage. The stockpile came from an old workplace server the person was permitted to keep, likely saving the company disposal costs. At roughly $350-$425 per stick on the used market, the haul could be worth close to $12,000.
Apple is said to be considering ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), a fast-growing Chinese DRAM maker, as a potential supplier for some of its China-related memory needs. CXMT has not confirmed Apple by name but says it is open to working with top global customers and claims its products can compete with established suppliers on performance and reliability. The move would give Apple added leverage in talks with existing suppliers Micron, Samsung, SK Hynix and Kioxia.
Microsoft has acknowledged that a memory-management change in Windows Server 2025 is causing crashes, memory corruption, and access violations in applications using Address Windowing Extensions (AWE), including SQL Server instances with Lock Pages in Memory enabled. Affected systems may show error code 0xC0000005, failed database maintenance tasks, crash dumps, and unexpected service restarts.
Rising memory chip prices driven by the AI boom are pushing up the cost of new smartphones, even as many flagship models already exceed $1,000. This is prompting consumers who damage their phones to weigh repair costs, often under a few hundred dollars, against the appeal of new features found only in devices like the Pixel 11 and iPhone 17.
Singaporean startup Lingverse unveiled iKairos at IFA Berlin, a modular AI gadget built around a circular 'neural core' that can be worn as a necklace pendant or plugged into a small desktop robot body. The core module features a display with cartoon eyes and a hidden camera that slides open only when needed, letting it record photos or video. Lingverse says the device ambiently tracks conversations, surroundings and habits to log memories and offer personalized suggestions.
Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT told investors it is expanding its foothold in premium memory-chip segments, pointing to progress in smartphone and AI-related chip technologies as evidence. The company framed these advances as proof it is closing the gap with established global memory manufacturers.
Apple's upcoming iPhone launch is expected to carry higher prices, driven by a persistent global shortage of memory chips. Industry data shows hundreds of companies flagging memory costs and shortages last quarter, reversing decades of falling memory prices that once let devices grow more powerful without becoming pricier.
A new open-source tool called Engrim gives AI coding assistants persistent, project-level memory stored in a local SQLite database rather than tied to any single vendor's cloud. It lets developers switch between tools like Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf and Google Antigravity mid-project while retaining architectural decisions and constraints, using a hybrid search combining SQLite FTS5 keyword search with lightweight vector embeddings. The creator reports it was validated over 105 sessions on a 50,000-line trading codebase with zero regressions and no loss of context across model switches.
Samsung Electronics showed mockups of two new 3D memory designs, zHBM and zNAND-O, at the FMS 2026 conference in California. zHBM vertically stacks high-bandwidth memory directly on top of AI accelerator chips along the z-axis, cutting the distance data travels between memory and processor compared to today's side-by-side layouts.
Computer memory listed as 16GB or 32GB RAM refers to DRAM, the temporary working memory that loses its contents once power is cut, requiring constant electrical refreshes to hold data while running. SRAM, used in processor caches like AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D with 144MB of cache, is also volatile but doesn't need refresh cycles and offers faster access due to its transistor-based latching design. Both differ fundamentally from non-volatile storage, which retains data without power.
At IFA 2026, AMD introduced the Threadripper Halo Station, a liquid-cooled workstation combining a 96-core Threadripper PRO 9995WX processor with up to four Instinct MI350P accelerators. A fully configured system would offer 576GB of HBM3E memory, enough to run trillion-parameter AI models locally without cloud access. AMD showed a two-card version at the event but has not disclosed pricing, availability, or full specifications.
Jon Peddie Research found standalone GPU shipments rose 12.2% quarter over quarter and 14.1% year over year in Q2, even as the broader client CPU market shrank 1.1% annually and desktop PC demand softened. Total consumer PC GPU shipments, including integrated graphics, hit 75.5 million units, with notebook GPU shipments up 16.8% while desktop GPU shipments dropped 4%. Intel led the overall GPU market with 56% share from integrated graphics, followed by Nvidia at 23% and AMD at 21%.