Today's PCs can accept up to 16 GB of RAM, and even the older machines can take up to 1 GB. This was not very useful information back in the Stone Age of, say, 1997, because back then, a RAM ...

We continue our series on building a workstation with another highly important component, memory. How do you choose what to buy? Of all the components of a computer, memory is the one which has ...

In recent years we’ve seen a growing number of PC makers adopt LPDDR memory for thin and light laptops and mini PCs, where space is at a premium. But since that memory is fixed to the motherboard, ...

Memory prices have been absolutely bonkers over the past several months, but laptop makers might just be able to weather the ...

A computer's maximum supported system memory, or RAM, is contingent on the processor, the operating system and the motherboard. These three factors provide hardware and software limitations that ...

If someone had suggested 20 years ago that a fully working computer with up to 1GHz of processing power would fit on a board the size of a SODIMM memory module (2.66 x 1.44 x 0.2 inches), some ...

Why consumer-grade memory modules aren’t considered adequate for medical data storage. How durable storage media automatically compensates for NAND chips that age over time. How to secure sensitive ...