The Latest Breaking News from Memory

Japanese PC shops have temporarily halted sales on BTO (built-to-order) computers, citing difficulties in keeping up with demand. Worldwide component shortages have not only made prices skyrocket, but they fluctuate so much that it's useless to offer quotes to customers where inventories are drying up.

A buyer returned their 96GB memory kit worth $999 only to receive a replacement that consisted of $35 worth of dummy RGB lighting modules.

In an extremely timely mix-up, someone on the r/pcmasterrace subreddit sent one of the sticks in their 96 GB kit of Corsair's Vengeance DDR5 for an RMA and received non-functional dummy RAM in return. Customer's real memory was worth at least $1000 while the decorative modules are just $35.

Many popular devices are now vulnerable to direct memory access attacks, but there is a patch.

Unlucky Amazon shopper orders DDR5 memory but gets DDR4 in disguise

Eww!

The smartphone market is entering a phase where technological progress is increasingly driven by component economics. The boom in artificial intelligence, which until recently was perceived as a growth driver for the entire electronics industry, pushing more companies to the market movers list, is beginning to exert reverse pressure on…

Forget 'rock in a box' GPUs, high-end RAM scams are now being reported – here's how to avoid getting stung.

Samsung employees face bribery accusations linked to DRAM and NAND sales, deepening a global RAM price crisis that could push costs even higher for consumers and businesses.