memory chips

(Newser) - Sony's next PlayStation may be slipping further into the future—and you can thank AI's memory binge. A global crunch in basic memory chips, the dynamic random access memory (DRAM) that sits inside everything from phones to cars, is rippling through the tech world and forcing some hard...

(Newser) - Steep drops in the price of NAND flash memory have hit Intel's profits, but CEO Paul Otellini vows it's not going to put the company in the red, the AP reports. Prices of the chips have fallen more than 50% recently, much more than the chipmaking giant had predicted. Otellini...

(Newser) - Accessing encrypted data can be as simple as chilling a computer memory chip, according to a Princeton research group. The researchers were able to break through encryption in Windows, Macintosh, and Linux operating systems, reports the New York Times, calling into question the security methods that companies, government agencies, and...