Memory chipmakers revenues hit record high
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Top three laughing all the way to the bank

Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology saw their joint DRAM and flash memory revenues climb to a record high in the third quarter of 2018.

Micron starts mass production of its LPDDR4X memory
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10nm process could head for mobiles

Micron has started mass production of its first LPDDR4X memory devices using its second generation 10 nm-class process technology.

ADATA launches new XPG SX8200 Pro M.2 PCIe SSD
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GAMMIX S5 SSD and GAMMIX D30 DDR4 in tow

ADATA has unveiled three new products in its storage and memory lineup, the new XPG SX8200 Pro M.2 SSD, as well as the GAMMIX S5 M.2 SSD and GAMMIX D30 DDR4 memory.

ADATA unveils its new XPG Spectrix D41 TUF RGB DDR4 memory
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In partnership with Asus and TUF Gaming Alliance

ADATA has unveiled its newest XPG Spectrix D41 TUF Gaming Edition RGB DDR4 memory which was developed in partnership with Asus in order to fit their TUF Gaming motherboards.

Boffins come up with hydrogen store
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Atomic memory

Scientists at the University of Alberta have demonstrated a new data storage technique that stores zeroes and ones by the presence (or absence) of individual hydrogen atoms.

SK Hynix expects cloudy boost
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Thanks for the memory

Chipmaker SK Hynix said global demand for cloud computing should underpin DRAM chip sales for the rest of the year, as it posted record second quarter profits on Thursday despite worries over the weak flash memory market.

Micron sees life in the memory industry
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Things are looking up

Micron claims to have overcome key DRAM and Flash memory problems and says the industry is looking rather good.

Dell and HP advertise Intel Optane as "memory"
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Could cause confusion among customers

It appears that both Dell and HP have been caught advertising Intel's Optane SSD as "memory", or rather precisely, together with RAM, despite the fact that Optane SSDs clearly belong with storage as an addition to the HDD.

G.Skill memory hits 5543MHz at Computex 2018 O.C World Record stage
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Team MSI managed to break the world record

G.Skill is quite present at the Computex 2018 show and while it brought some impressive memory kits to show, including the first DDR4-5066MHz 2x8GB kit and the fastest 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4-4600 kit, it is also hosting the 7th Annual OC World Record Stage and the 5th Annual OC World Cup, where another world record was broken by Team MSI by hitting DDR4-5543 on LN2.

Gigabyte joins the memory market with AORUS RGB 16GB DDR4 kit
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Also has dummy modules for extra RGB bling

Gigabyte has decided to expand its product portfolio and go for the memory market with its newest Aorus RGB DDR4 memory.