Micron Technology today announced the start of mass production of 16 Gb GDDR6X memory chips, which are already used in Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics cards. The latest GDDR6X memory, which is currently only available from Micron, is twice as dense and 15% faster than its predecessor. The new memory operates at an industry-leading […]
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Micron 7450 Solid State Drive Samples Started Using 176-Layer NAND Flash
Micron announced this week that it has begun shipping the world’s first data center SSD that uses 176-layer NAND flash. The NVMe-enabled Micron 7450 SSD offers QoS latency as low as 2ms, a wide range of capacities and form factors, including U.3, M.2, and E1.S. The 7450 SSDs are available in sizes ranging from 400 […]
In the fourth quarter of 2021, the DRAM memory market decreased by almost 6% compared to the third quarter
A study by analyst firm TrendForce shows that sales of DRAM memory chips in the last quarter decreased by almost 6% compared to the third quarter. Analysts believe that the reason was the difficulty in the production of consumer electronics devices due to the lack of other chips. Under these conditions, manufacturers are less interested […]
A cult brand is leaving the RAM market. Micron stop producing Crucial Ballistix modules
Micron, which owns the Crucial brand, has announced that it is closing its line of Crucial Ballistix RAM. That is, we will no longer see the new models Ballitix, Ballistix Max and Ballistix Max RGB. Micron does not explain in any way the reason for this decision, but at the same time, the company’s wording […]
Micron Introduces Industry’s First 2TB 22mm x 30mm PCIe Gen4 Client SSD
Micron Technology this week announced that it has begun mass shipping the world’s first solid-state drive that uses Micron’s 176-layer QLC NAND flash memory, also a world first. The new memory is said to provide industry-leading storage density and optimized performance for a wide range of data-intensive applications. It is also suitable for servers, but […]
Micron has named the reason for the shortage of DDR5 modules in the retail network
Commenting on the quarterly report, Micron, a major manufacturer of memory chips, said the retail shortage of DDR5 memory was not due to a shortage of DDR5 chips. According to the manufacturer, the reason for the shortage of modules was the lack of other components – power controllers and voltage regulators. According to Micron, “The […]
Micron has reported for the first quarter of 2022 fiscal year
Micron has published its regular quarterly report. It applies to those manufacturers for which the financial year does not coincide with the calendar year. The report provides data for the first quarter of fiscal year 2022, which ended with Micron on December 2. Revenue for the reporting period was $ 7.69 billion. For comparison: the […]
Micron and UMC entered into a settlement agreement
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) and Micron Technology have announced a settlement agreement. They will withdraw their complaints against each other around the world, and UMC will make a one-time payment to Micron. The amount of the payment was not disclosed. UMC and Micron hope for the possibility of mutually beneficial business cooperation. Let us remind […]
Micron and MediaTek are the first to test LPDDR5X memory in operation
During the MediaTek Executive Summit, Micron Technology announced that MediaTek has confirmed the performance of Micron’s LPDDR5X memory. Said memory works with MediaTek’s new flagship Dimensity 9000 platform for 5G smartphones. It is the fastest mobile memory available today. It is designed for a 1a (1-alpha) release. MediaTek has already shipped the first batch of […]
Micron Delivers GDDR6 Memory for AMD Radeon RX 6000 Graphics Cards
Micron Technology today announced that its high-performance 16 Gbps GDDR6 memory chips are now used in the AMD Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards based on the AMD RDNA 2 gaming architecture. 1z. It provides up to 512 GB / s of memory bandwidth for demanding applications, including games. Micron said in a press release […]