Those are issues both the operating system and application designers will need to take into account, says Shepler. "We have to learn how to manage persistent memory for security, and how to manage it ...

A new low-power, high-speed memory technology on the horizon could replace solid-state drives, hard drives and DRAM in PCs, and bring higher levels of storage capacity to mobile devices and wearables.

Laptop RAM is facing a conundrum. The SODIMM standard — which is basically a shrunken form of desktop RAM modules — is almost 25 years old and facing an upcoming speed wall. With the demand for ...

We know, we know. Advances in memory technology aren't usually as sexy as, say, a game-changing display format. But these steps ahead are integral to the computer industry, fueling the performance ...

Microsoft is planning on making a pretty big change to the Windows Task Manager in the near future. Memory speeds will no longer be reported in MHz but in MT/s, for mega transfers per second. The move ...

Korean handset vendor Samsung, currently trailing Nokia in terms of global market share, has promised to improve the performance of mobile handsets using a chalcogenide glass-based technology known as ...

Dell and Lenovo are just two of the reported brands meant to be cutting back on offering higher memory amounts in their lower-cost computers.

ITRI is phasing out research of Phase-change memory but believes Resistive-RAM shows enough promise that it could be ready for the embedded chip market within the next few years A Taiwanese research ...

The semiconductor industry faced an unprecedented DRAM/NAND shortage in late 2025, and it could persist "well into 2027" ...

A subtle tweak to how RAM keeps time is paving the way for higher memory speeds. Here's what that means for you. I have been a technology journalist for 30-plus years and have covered just about every ...