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RAM Guide: Part I, DRAM and SRAM Basics
White Papers SDRAM, EDO DRAM, Fast Page DRAM, RDRAM, and a myriad of other RAM types face the upgrader or the new buyer. All enthusiasts know how important RAM is to system performance, but the bewildering array of RAM types on the market today makes buying RAM...
[August 14, 2003, 0:00]
Infineon busted? Play it again, DRAM
Leader The news that Infineon has been fined $160m (£88m) for conspiring with "unnamed DRAM manufacturers" to fix the price of memory chips is notable for the size of the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division's winnings -- the third biggest...
[September 16, 2004, 12:20]
DRAM-maker Qimonda files for insolvency
News Qimonda said the insolvency followed a "massive drop" in DRAM prices. Qimonda now plans to focus on core areas, such as its infrastructure and graphics-oriented lines, as well as its Buried Wordline DRAM technology.
[January 26, 2009, 14:37]
Handspring reports Micron DRAM glitch
News Palm revealed last week that some of its Palm IIIc, IIIxe and Vx devices contain a defective 8MB DRAM chip manufactured by Micron Technology. Palm, TRG and Handspring have all posted software patches to their Web sites; Palm's can be found at http...
[July 3, 2000, 10:03]
DRAM market set for 2005 'downturn'
News Worldwide revenue from DRAM, the memory found inside computers, will grow a whopping 56.2 percent to reach $26.7bn in 2004, according to research company iSuppli. But next year, revenue will grow a marginal 1.3 percent.
[December 20, 2004, 11:10]
Deal sends tremors through DRAM biz
News With a single stroke of a pen, Micron Technologies has changed the face of the DRAM business. The Nampa, Idaho-based DRAM (dynamic random access memory) manufacturer announced on Tuesday that it has inked a deal to acquire Toshiba's Dominion...
[December 19, 2001, 12:09]
Infineon admits to DRAM price fixing
News Infineon Technologies will plead guilty to taking part in an international DRAM price-fixing conspiracy, which affected such companies as Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Apple, the US Department of Justice announced on Wednesday.
[September 16, 2004, 9:20]
Koreans set DRAM price-rise clock ticking
News Samsung, Hyundai and LG Semicon will stop production of 16-megabit DRAM for up to eight days this month to try and end the slump in international spot pricing. The move is expected to ignite a DRAM price rise, although this is not expected to...
[July 9, 1997, 11:58]
IDF: Faster Rambus DRAM to take on rivals
News Memory-chip designer Rambus will show off faster versions of its DRAM technology in San Francisco this week at the Intel Developer Forum, a confab for computer-hardware designers, the press and other tech mavens.
[February 26, 2002, 11:55]
Micron misses 2Q estimates as DRAM prices slide
News Company executives on a Tuesday afternoon conference call blamed the profit shortfall on a steep decline in DRAM demand because of corporate worries about Y2K problems and the wait for Windows 2000. PCs consume a slightly higher percentage of...
[March 22, 2000, 13:33]
DRAM price crash looming
News The lull in PC sales is having its affects on a number of tier two vendors but Vanguard md Roy Taylor has hinted that Intel's attempt to standardise on the PII architecture could push more PC makers towards standardising on 64MB machines, as...
[March 3, 1998, 13:57]
Micron hints at DRAM downturn
News Demand for DRAMs, the basic building blocks for memory used in PCs, could be drastically down in the coming months, according to leading manufacturer Micron Technology. Steve Appleton, chief executive, president and chairman of Micron, one of the...
[March 13, 2001, 11:38]
Intel buys into the memory chip market
News Intel has injected $500m (£294m) into US memory chip maker Micron Technology to support next generation DRAM technology and fuel demand for faster, Intel-powered PCs. The sum represents a 6 percent stake in Micron which will in return, develop...
[October 21, 1998, 10:42]
Five years ago: Intel steers for 60fps with graphics RAM plan
News First published on 20 December 1996 nDRAM, so called because it is a new version of DRAM, will cost the same as 100MHz synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) when it goes into production at the end of 1998, said Danny Sabour, product marketing engineer for...
[December 21, 2001, 6:00]
Intel chipset boosts 400MHz production
News Memory makers are shifting gears to boost production of a high-speed version of double data rate DRAM, the result of a shift in the Intel product line. The majority of double data rate (DDR) DRAM, the most common form of memory found in computers...
[January 30, 2003, 10:41]
Chip breakthrough for Motorola and Siemens
News Semiconductor300 has produced 64Mbit DRAM chips using 300mm silicon wafers at its pilot plant in Germany. This will enable both companies to cut DRAM production costs by 30 per cent, when compared with the current 200mm technology.
[February 12, 1999, 10:04]
Intel steers for 60fps with graphics RAM plan
News nDRAM, so called because it is a new version of DRAM, will cost the same as 100MHz synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) when it goes into production at the end of 1998, said Danny Sabour, product marketing engineer for Intel architecture: "The aim is for...
[December 20, 1996, 15:31]
Dataquest Predicts: Intel puts its money behind Rambus
News Speaking at Dataquest's Predicts '99 conference in Paris, senior Dataquest analyst Richard Gordon foresees a revolution in DRAM technology and with Intel putting its money behind Direct Rambus technology, he believes 60 percent of total DRAM...
[June 8, 1999, 11:25]
Dynamic RAM readies for rebound
News DRAM manufacturers, which mainly supply memory for personal computers and servers, should see revenue increases over the next two years, thanks to higher demand for DRAM from PCs and handheld devices and tighter controls on supply, according the...
[December 18, 2003, 11:00]
Memory market edges up
News The DRAM market edged up slightly during the second quarter of 2003, while Samsung continued its reign as the top maker of dynamic RAM by revenue, according to a report released this week by Gartner. Revenue in the market for DRAM, which is mainly...
[August 15, 2003, 16:50]
