MSI brings DDR4 back to gaming laptops amidst DRAM crisis — Katana 15 HX C14 available with up to Core i9-14900HX and RTX 5070

With 32GB DDR4 SO-DIMM memory kits costing roughly half as much as comparable DDR5 kits, MSI’s new Katana 15 HX C14 could help reduce the impact of soaring memory prices.

Cloudflare frees up 100TB of RAM by shrinking 1.1.1.1’s DNS cache entries — 250 billion cached DNS entries at any given time means one wasted byte costs 250GB
Cloudflare frees up 100TB of RAM by shrinking 1.1.1.1’s DNS cache entries — 250 billion cached DNS entries at any given time means one wasted byte costs 250GB

Cloudflare says that it has freed up roughly 100TB of RAM across its global fleet without reconfiguring any physical RAM modules in its servers.

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.