Why a memory chip shortage is wreaking havoc on the consumer electronics industry

A boom of investment in artificial intelligence has led to an unforeseen problem: a shortage of the world's memory chip ...
Tech Xplore

What is causing the RAM shortage? Chip and supply chain experts explain

Pay any attention to the computer market these days and one thing becomes abundantly clear: RAM—or Random-Access Memory—has gotten pretty expensive. Memory prices have already surged approximately 90% ...

There's a shortage of RAM (computer memory). How is this affecting the industry?

There's a RAM shortage at the moment. RAM, as in random access memory. The memory computer keeps immediately at hand, so it can perform tasks quickly. How can that be? Well, as with so much these days ...
Nanowerk

Random-Access Memory (RAM): High-Speed Data Storage and Retrieval

RAM consists of a grid of memory cells, each capable of storing a small amount of data, typically one bit (binary digit) or a few bits. These cells are organized into rows and columns, forming a ...
Nature

Dynamic Random Access Memory Technologies

Dynamic random access memory (DRAM) remains a cornerstone of modern electronic systems, enabling rapid data storage and retrieval. Recent developments have focused on capacitorless designs – notably ...
Nature

Embedded Dynamic Random Access Memory Design

Embedded Dynamic Random Access Memory (eDRAM) design is rapidly evolving to meet the escalating performance and energy efficiency demands of contemporary processors. This technology has emerged as a ...
OPB

Memory loss: As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise

The world has a memory problem, thanks to artificial intelligence. The explosion in AI-related cloud computing and data centers has led to so much demand for certain types of memory chips that now ...
Phys.org

A new method to build more energy-efficient memory devices could lead to a sustainable data future

A research team led by Kyushu University has developed a new fabrication method for energy-efficient magnetic random-access memory (MRAM) using a new material called thulium iron garnet (TmIG) that ...
Nanowerk

Nanotube-based Random Access Memory (NRAM): Revolutionizing Data Storage

NRAM employs carbon nanotubes (CNTs), which are cylindrical nanostructures with remarkable electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties. This memory technology operates on the principle of changing ...
Nasdaq

WiMi Develops a Quantum Technology-Based Random Access Memory Architecture

BEIJING, Dec. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. (NASDAQ: WiMi) ("WiMi" or the "Company"), a leading global Hologram Augmented Reality ("AR") Technology provider, today announced the ...
PC Magazine

resistive random access memory

An analog-based chip that enables processing "in memory." Invented at the Peking University in 2025 for matrix equation solving, resistive RAM (RRAM) speeds up the massive amounts of multiply-and-add ...