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$1 billion of iPhone 18 Pro chips 'on the shelves awaiting packaging' due to DRAM shortages — memory shortages reportedly put a wrinkle in Apple's launch plans (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-06 | by Jake Roach | tags: apple, culpan, dram

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iPhone 18 Pro could have limited availability right after launch: report (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-06 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: apple, dram, fall

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Sandisk Optimus GX 7100M 2TB SSD review: The best 2230 drive you can buy for the Steam Deck (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-06 | by Shane Downing | tags: black, dram, drive

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Apple's A20 Pro production is going smoothly, except DRAM supply is bottlenecking iPhone assembly (techspot.com)

2026-08-06 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: apple, chips, dram

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China's CXMT targets 30% DRAM memory market share by 2030 with sixth mega-fab — future plans bottlenecked by access to advanced chipmaking tools (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-05 | by Anton Shilov | tags: capacity, china, cxmt

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Three major PC makers now using Chinese memory to fight 'unprecedented memory shortage,' report claims — HP, Asus, and Acer using 'small amounts' of CXMT chips in limited number of notebooks for non-US market (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Stephen Warwick | tags: cxmt, asus, acer

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MacBook Air reportedly facing major supply shortages due to AI-driven memory crisis (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-02 | by Michael Burkhardt | tags: macbook air, apple, dram

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The Prospects for 128 Bit Processors ( John Mashey SGI 1995) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: sgi, 128-bit, drams

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Demystifying DRAM Read Disturbance: RowHammer and RowPress Phenomena (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: dram, rowhammer, rowpress

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AI Slop Melodramas Are Taking Over X—and Their Creators Are Cashing In (wired.com)

2026-07-31 | by Steven Levy | tags: twitter, creative revenue sharing, melodramas

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Tim Cook says more memory suppliers may not necessarily mean lower product prices (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-30 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: apple, tim cook, dram

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Memory maker SK hynix's profit rises 557% amid global shortage, expansion costs climb to $27 billion — shares slide despite mammoth earnings as expectations outpace reality and global AI selloffs continue (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Luke James | tags: sk hynix, dram, nand

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DRAM chip supply to module makers could drop by more than 70% year-on-year in 2027, says Apacer CEO — demand for HBM and server RAM continues to devour manufacturing capacity (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Etiido Uko | tags: dram, apacer, samsung

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SK Hynix second-quarter revenue more than triples — but misses estimates (cnbc.com)

2026-07-29 | by Jenny Lee | tags: sk hynix, ai servers, drama

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Samsung is making more RAM because Apple needs more RAM (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: samsung, apple, dram

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Chinese memory maker CXMT posts blistering 466% leap in Shanghai IPO — bulk of spending to be focused on DRAM production, no HBM in sight (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-27 | by Luke James | tags: cxmt, dram, hbm

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Chipmaker CXMT’s 466% market debut surge makes it the most valuable China-listed company (cnbc.com)

2026-07-27 | by Jenny Lee | tags: cxmt, dram, shanghai

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China memory chipmaker CXMT skyrockets 500% in blockbuster Shanghai debut (cnbc.com)

2026-07-27 | by Jenny Lee | tags: cxmt, dram, shanghai star market

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Is Huawei Building Its Own DRAM Fab? (slashdot.org)

2026-07-26 | by Posted | tags: huawei, dram fab, swaysure

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Chinese CXMT DRAM doesn't look like the budget savior many were expecting — new modules enter the market, but prices still track the big three (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-26 | by Anton Shilov | tags: cxmt, dram, samsung

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Qualcomm's chip price hikes could make phones, wearables, and laptops even pricier (techspot.com)

2026-07-25 | by Daniel Sims | tags: qualcomm, arm, drams

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AI memory shortage is now increasing the price of cars — GM warns of vast cost increases, BYD hikes driver assistance prices 20% (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-23 | by Jowi Morales | tags: byd, dram, memory chips

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FedRAMP Rev5 Is Ending: What the 20x Transition Really Requires (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: fedramp, nist 800-53, ksis

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Adata chairman says DRAM shortage will last another 10 years — dismisses AI bubble talk until '2040 or 2050' (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-22 | by Luke James | tags: adata, tsmc, dram

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NAND shortages could finally ease in 2027, but ADATA warns the DRAM crisis may last another 10 years (techspot.com)

2026-07-21 | by Rob Thubron | tags: nand flash, adata, drama shortages

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Lawmakers want US government to ban memory chips from China, even in allied supply chains — citing 'unacceptable risk' to national, economic, and supply chain security (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-17 | by Anton Shilov | tags: us china, memory chips, cxmt

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Chinese memory maker CXMT's output has grown from 40,000 to 720,000 wafers in a few years, and it's closing in on Micron (techspot.com)

2026-07-17 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: cxmt, micron, dram

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CXMT close to matching Micron's memory capacity in 2026, research claims — would put China on track to become world's second-largest DRAM producer (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-15 | by Anton Shilov | tags: capacity, china, citrini

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Nanya to quadruple capital spending to $6.2 billion in 2027 as DRAM prices push gross margin to 79.5% — Q2 revenue skyrockets as ASPs for memory continue to surge (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-10 | by Luke James | tags: billion, dram, lee said

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Researchers turn HBM on its side to tackle AI memory’s heat wall — Korean V-Die and Japanese MOSAIC designs promise higher bandwidth, denser stacks, and cooler future GPUs (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-10 | by Etiido Uko | tags: dies, dram, heat