Big three memory chip manufacturers policing customers to prevent hoarding — employee says industry relationships ‘matter in a crunch’

The big three memory chip makers are reportedly becoming stricter when it comes to who buys their chips, ensuring that the demand is real before allowing customers to get them.

Apple chasing memory supply to meet high customer demand — CEO Tim Cook says shortage will have a greater impact on its Q2 earnings

Apple’s CEO says that it’s scrambling for memory as the higher-than-anticipated iPhone sales mean that it has “very lean channel inventory.”

Costco reportedly removes RAM from its display PCs to prevent tech-savvy shoplifters, customers claim — GPUs also absent across stores as PC parts become a hot commodity

Thanks to the AI boom, RAM is worth its weight in gold — actually more if you count the price hikes it’s received in the past few months — so even a large retailer like Costco is now guarding it. A customer at their local …

Memory prices show signs of levelling out, albeit at inflated levels — some RAM modules stabilizing in price, increases on higher-end kits tapering off

Pricing trends show a slowing or tapering off of memory pricing, but some high-end DDR5 kits still show continued increases.

Samsung refutes claims of ‘80% price hike’ across all memory products — leaks and rumors denied by Samsung PR amidst historic RAM shortages

Samsung today refuted claims from the internet that it was set to raise prices on all memory products by 80%. The claims, circulating on X, were quickly refuted by Samsung itself, but the messy RAM market still doesn’t loo…

V-Color Manta XFinity RGB DDR5-6400 C32 2x64GB Review: Two-Module Powerhouse

The Manta XFinity RGB DDR5-6400 ranks among the fastest 128GB memory kits available today. But does it truly live up to the hype?

Chinese semiconductor industry gears up for domestic HBM3 production by the end of 2026 — CXMT to produce chips, while Naura, Maxwell, and U-Preseason design tools for assembly

The Chinese semiconductor industry is working to localize production of HBM3 memory, in addition to the tools required for HBM assembly. However, the exact progress of these projects is unknown.

Micron acquires PSMC fab site in Taiwan for $1.8 billion, acquisition to expand the memory maker’s operations within the region — move marks the end of the technology-for-capacity era

As fabs get dramatically more expensive than they used to be, technology for capacity partnerships lose their appeal, so Micron buys production facility from PSMC to upgrade it and run it itself.