When it comes to PCs, it’s important to know a thing or two about the hardware inside of them. Along with the CPU and GPU, RAM is one of the essential hardware components of any desktop PC or notebook ...

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 ...

Korean chip manufacturer SK Hynix has unveiled the world’s first 64GB DDR5 RAM modules, marking a big step away from DDR4 DIMMs that have dominated PC memory since 2013. The DDR5-4800 chips support ...

When upgrading or building a computer, folks will from time to time make a few mistakes, and one of the most common mistakes is inserting the memory module in the wrong RAM slot. This usually leads to ...

The root cause of the shortage is the insatiable appetite of Artificial Intelligence. Leading chipmakers, including Samsung, ...

RAM, like most other hardware, is continually upgraded, with faster modules released to the market every few years or so. While you might be tempted to buy two new sticks of the latest DDR4 RAM for ...

Computer memory prices are climbing faster than gold, creating a global crisis that threatens to make technology significantly more expensive for consumers. DRAM prices have skyrocketed by 171.8% over ...

Most desktop and laptop computers use RAM chips that hold eight bits per byte, while high-end servers and workstations typically have nine bits. The ninth bit is a parity bit for detecting errors. See ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years ...

RAM specifications and clarifications The Mac Pro uses 667MHz DDR2 ECC fully-buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM) memory. it has Eight FB-DIMM slots on two memory riser cards (4 slots per card) supporting up to ...

Computational neuroscience aims to understand how neural networks integrate the thousands of signals they receive from neighbouring cells, generate output signals and store, retrieve and manipulate ...