SK hynix introduces turbocharged LPDDR6, 33% faster and 20% more power efficient than LPDDR5X — 16Gb chips deliver 10.7 Gbps, uses 10nm node

SK Hynix has announced the successful development of its first LPDDR6 memory modules that operate at “over” 10.7Gbps. The new modules take advantage of the manufacturer’s bleeding-edge 10nm-class (1c) process node.
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Memory bit flips cause up to 15% of Firefox crashes, asserts Mozilla engineer — figure inferred from 470,000 auto-submitted crash reports

A Mozilla engineer has shared survey data and calculations suggesting that up to 15% of Firefox crashes are due to a bit flip.
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DDR5 RAM kits skyrocket to an astonishing $4,000 on Newegg with wild price listings on multiple G.Skill and Corsair products — various speeds and capacities all listed at the same eye-watering price

Newegg has raised the price of some Corsair Vengeance DDR5 memory kits to $3,980; however, it’s unclear whether this is a pricing blunder.
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Micron sampling first 256GB SOCAMM2 memory packages to customers — 2TB of RAM per CPU is now in reach of datacenter players

Micron is now sampling 256GB SOCAMM2 units, enabling capacities of up to 2TB of LPDDR5X per CPU in AI servers.

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DRAM bots reportedly being deployed to hoover up memory chips and components — one operation ran 10 million web scraping requests, hitting DDR5 RAM product pages every 6.5 seconds

Online security firm DataDome just reported that it has stopped a massive scalping effort to buy memory modules and resell them at inflated prices, turning the memory situation from bad to worse.
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Memory vendor under fire for imposing hefty 15% depreciation fee on returns despite skyrocketing RAM value — user expected RMA replacement but gets hit with a loss instead

Silicon Power reportedly charged a 15% depreciation fee while refunding a user their 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3200 RAM, meaning they’ll only receive $46.72, which isn’t even enough to buy a single 8GB DDR4-3200 RAM stick at curre…

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Klevv Cras V RGB DDR5-9600 C46 2x24GB review: Binned for pure speed, not your wallet

Klevv’s latest DDR5-9600 memory kit commands a strong premium. Can the high-speed memory kit justify its price?

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Shave $150 off the bill with this 32GB DDR5-6400 RAM and Asus Rog Strix B850 motherboard bundle, just $449 — or opt for 64GB and save $210

Newegg has two combo offerings featuring an identical motherboard and Patriot Viper Venom RAM

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Lucky PC builder orders 32GB Corsair RAM kit for $300, claims they got a box of 10 worth $3,000 instead — plans to sell all the extra units to the community at pre-AI crunch prices

A Reddit user’s order for a pack of 32GB Corsair DDR5 RAM turns into a box of 10, totalling 320GB of memory.

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Retail DDR5 memory prices slowly drop in Europe despite ongoing shortages — overdue pricing correction could be beginning in some regions

Prices of some 32 GB DDR5 memory kits in Europe are dropping.

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