Chinese memory brands ditch Samsung and Micron for homegrown CXMT and YMTC silicon — Corsair, HP, and Dell are already adopting the China-produced DDR5 chips

Chinese memory brands Gloway and KingBank have begun using homemade chips to produce DDR5 memory kits in lieu of Samsung, Micron, or SK hynix DRAM.
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Nvidia and SK hynix ink multi-year memory co-development and supply agreement — seeks to address extended development cycles

Nvidia and SK hynix have inked a multi-year collaboration agreement under which the companies will co-develop next-generation memory technologies for Nvidia’s upcoming platforms and SK hynix will supply them to Nvidia.
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Lexar regional manager says that RAM prices are expected to double by the end of the year — ‘discounts’ and stabilized prices result from distributors getting rid of old stock or sourcing products from other regions

Industry insiders say that RAM prices will continue to go up in the next eight to nine months, as the memory chip crisis goes from bad to worse. While retailers make moves to temporarily reduce prices, these will eventuall…

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G.Skill explains how AMD EXPO ULL unlocks additional performance — expanded profiles allow memory makers to include subtiming tweaks for the first time

AMD’s EXPO Ultra Low Latency program, announced at Computex 2026, aims to give users a one-click route to lower memory latencies than its existing EXPO profiles
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Production of DDR4 memory and motherboards is restarting amid unprecedented memory shortages — PC industry preparing for a world without DDR5

Back to the (stone) DDR4 age.

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Counterfeit G.Skill and V-Color DDR5 modules hit Chinese marketplaces, impacting company sales — cheap contraband memory using identical PCBs and heat spreaders almost impossible to spot

Counterfeit memory modules with G.Skill and V-Color badges sold at Chinese marketplaces use identical PCBs and heat spreaders, are hard to identify.
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32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 minimum — AI shortage continues to squeeze PC building

32GB of DDR5 RAM can now no longer be found for less than $374.97.

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GoPro warns ‘substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue’ in regulatory filings — AI memory shortage hits action camera maker

Higher memory costs and lower sales is hitting GoPro hard. The company isn’t filing for bankruptcy yet, but it might end up doing that if it does not resolve the issue sooner.
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AMD says new EXPO ‘Ultra Low Latency’ DDR5 memory should be ‘effectively the same price’ as current kits — feature will work on existing chipsets, but will require new DIMMs

AMD provides us with a bit more detail about its upcoming EXPO Ultra Low Latency mode, which should be available from leading memory partners soon.
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The rise of local agentic computing faces a brutal reality: rising DRAM prices — RTX Spark, Gorgon Halo chips subject to 63% DRAM contract price hike this quarter

DRAM contract prices are forecast to climb another 58% to 63% this quarter.

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