Today's PCs can accept up to 16 GB of RAM, and even the older machines can take up to 1 GB. This was not very useful information back in the Stone Age of, say, 1997, because back then, a RAM ...

Last year saw the emergence of a new memory module standard called CAMM2, a flat alternative to the SO-DIMM sticks used widely in laptops today. The benefits of CAMM are clear: they're thinner than SO ...

In recent years PC makers had two choices when it came to laptop memory. They could include SODIMM slots with support for user-replaceable DDR memory or LPDDR memory which typically uses less power ...

Custom PC builder Maingear's BYO RAM program is the first in what we expect will be a variety of ways PC manufacturers cope with the memory shortage. I've been reviewing hardware and software, ...

In recent years we’ve seen a growing number of PC makers adopt LPDDR memory for thin and light laptops and mini PCs, where space is at a premium. But since that memory is fixed to the motherboard, ...

Samsung last month unveiled a SOCAMM2 LPDDR5-based memory module designed specifically for AI data center platforms.

TL;DR: NVIDIA is negotiating with Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron to use SOCAMM memory modules in its Project DIGITS follow-up. SOCAMM offers better energy efficiency and more I/O channels than current ...

As AI companies snap up memory chips, smartphone and PC makers face higher costs and tighter supply — which could lead to ...