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
 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

U.S. lawmakers demand Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to ban imports of memory chips from China to the U.S., ask allies to do the same.

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CXMT’s DDR5 RAM isn’t as performant or as consistent as SK hynix dies, early testing shows — reveals resistance to voltage scaling and inferior manual overclocking capabilities

Early testing hints that CXMT-made DDR5 RAM performs worse than SK Hynix-made DDR5 at the same clock speeds, while being harder to manually overclock as well. It also allegedly doesn’t scale with voltage or allow the subtimings to be tuned properly.

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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
 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

As CXMT’s DRAM capacity set to match Micron’s, China’s DRAM industry could become world’s second largest after South Korea.

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SK Hynix says 2027 will be the ‘worst year’ for memory shortage, forecasts crunch to last until 2030 — CEO shares grim outlook on the day SK Hynix gets listed on Nasdaq
 SK Hynix says 2027 will be the ‘worst year’ for memory shortage, forecasts crunch to last until 2030 — CEO shares grim outlook on the day SK Hynix gets listed on Nasdaq

SK Hynix CEO Kwak Noh-jung says the memory shortage will get even worse in 2027, and claiming the RAM crunch will last at least until the turn of the decade.

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AMD EXPO ULL shows middling performance gains in initial tests despite eye-watering price increase — first benchmarks show up to a 4% improvement with DDR5-6000 CL36
 AMD EXPO ULL shows middling performance gains in initial tests despite eye-watering price increase — first benchmarks show up to a 4% improvement with DDR5-6000 CL36

The first independent benchmarks for AMD’s EXPO ULL memory are available, showing just up to a 4% improvement despite an increase in price.

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JEDEC releases new SPHBM4 standard to slash AI memory costs — Narrow 512-bit interface enables dropping expensive interposers for organic substrates

SPHBM4 promises HBM4-class bandwidth without usage of silicon interposer and CoWoS-like packaging.

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US investors will soon get access to SK Hynix, another memory maker riding the AI boom

SK Hynix is experiencing a boom credited to AI. It will ride that to a multibillion-dollar U.S. IPO, expected to take place on Friday.

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China-made CXMT memory now supports faster speeds on MSI’s AMD motherboards — new BIOS adds DDR5-8200 validation on dual-DIMM, DDR5-7200 on quad-DIMM models
 China-made CXMT memory now supports faster speeds on MSI’s AMD motherboards — new BIOS adds DDR5-8200 validation on dual-DIMM, DDR5-7200 on quad-DIMM models

MSI has officially validated region-bound Chinese RAM using CXMT modules to run at up to 8,200 MT/s on its AM5 motherboards. Models with two RAM slots can handle these high frequencies a bit better than four-DIMM variants.

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Memory price surge begins to cool as consumers hit affordability limit — AI demand still keeps DRAM and NAND prices climbing through Q3 2026

TrendForce says DRAM and NAND prices will continue to rise through Q3 2026, but AI-driven gains are slowing as PC and smartphone makers reach their affordability limits.

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Inside the history of DRAM price-fixing lawsuits — how HBM allocations could make a difference after two decades of failed cases
 Inside the history of DRAM price-fixing lawsuits — how HBM allocations could make a difference after two decades of failed cases

17 plaintiffs sued Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in late June.

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