SK hynix breaks ground on the first HBM plant in the US, bringing key AI component production to the States — says production starts in 2029
SK hynix breaks ground on the first HBM plant in the US, bringing key AI component production to the States — says production starts in 2029

SK hynix breaks ground on HBM assembly plant in the U.S. that will form a connection between DRAM wafers produced in South Korea and their consumers among AI companies in the U.S.

Nvidia custom ‘NVHBM’ promises 30% higher bandwidth, 15% lower power than commodity HBM4e — custom base die and PHY will be available to NVLink Fusion partners
Nvidia custom ‘NVHBM’ promises 30% higher bandwidth, 15% lower power than commodity HBM4e — custom base die and PHY will be available to NVLink Fusion partners

Nvidia has unveiled NVHBM, a custom high-bandwidth memory implementation that promises higher bandwidth and lower power for customers building chips within the NVLink Fusion partner program.

Hot Chips 2026: Samsung makes LPDDR5X smart with logic unit in memory — LPDDR5X-PIM is 3.01x faster than LPDDR5X in AI inference with 8x the bandwidth
Hot Chips 2026: Samsung makes LPDDR5X smart with logic unit in memory — LPDDR5X-PIM is 3.01x faster than LPDDR5X in AI inference with 8x the bandwidth

Samsung detailed the industry’s first LPDDR5X-PIM at Hot Chips 2026, adding logic directly to memory to speed up data-intensive workloads like AI inference.

One gigabyte of RAM cost as much as a house back in 1995 — $64,000 price tag resurfaced in 31-year-old press release, equivalent to $140,000 today

One gigabyte of RAM could cost you a house back in 1995 — PCs were brutally expensive were back then, and we’re heading back in that direction

Marvell VP pushes for DDR4 recycling for use in CXL memory, amid the worst DRAM shortage in years — company introduces three-tier AI memory infrastructure

Marvell has introduced a three-tier “AI memory infrastructure” portfolio, announced at FMS 2026 in Santa Clara on August 4.

Nvidia reportedly warns biggest customers of 15% price hikes on AI servers — memory costs continue to soar
Nvidia reportedly warns biggest customers of 15% price hikes on AI servers — memory costs continue to soar

The increases will take effect on Grace Blackwell and Vera Rubin systems shipping early next year.

DDR5 scalper bots now outnumber shoppers 10 to 1 — automated scraping hits listings every 6.5 seconds as 32GB kits surge from $72 to $392, DataDome researcher says
DDR5 scalper bots now outnumber shoppers 10 to 1 — automated scraping hits listings every 6.5 seconds as 32GB kits surge from $72 to $392, DataDome researcher says

Bad bots account for 91% of the traffic reaching one retailer’s DDR5 memory product pages, roughly 10 automated requests for every legitimate visit.

CXMT planned to use stolen Samsung IP to develop its DRAM, court hears — former Samsung engineer who jumped to Chinese memory maker now behind bars
CXMT planned to use stolen Samsung IP to develop its DRAM, court hears — former Samsung engineer who jumped to Chinese memory maker now behind bars

Former Samsung engineers stole process recipe of the company’s 18nm-class DRAM node to sell it to CXMT, according to a new report from Korea.