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Adding more RAM won't usually speed up your PC, but here's when it might

Diagnosing a PC performance issue can be tricky, especially if you suspect memory is involved. Chances are, you've heard the advice of "just add more RAM", which is a blanket fix that's as old as PC ...
Wired

Why Adding a Full Hard Drive Can Make a Computer More Powerful

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. “Obviously” is a dangerous word, even in scenarios that seem simple. Suppose, for instance, you need to do an important computation. You ...

Memory crisis and sky-high DRAM prices could run past 2028 as Samsung and SK Hynix opt to 'minimize the risk of oversupply'

Meanwhile, US company Micron is planning to invest nearly $10 billion in a new DRAM facility in Japan. But that won't be shipping out memory chips until the second half of 2028. Tech Insight therefore ...
PC Gamer

Samsung and other memory manufacturers reportedly leave DDR5 buyers hanging as prices expected to surge 30–50% every quarter from the end of 2025 through the first half of 2026

Memory has been in a weird spot as of late. The increased demands presented by the rise of AI, plus the expansion of data centres, stock shortages, and the winding down of DDR4 have all left the ...
TechSpot

Raspberry Pi adding new memory options to its compact Compute Module 4S boards

In a nutshell: Raspberry Pi has been offering its single-board computing devices in a flexible, extremely compact form factor since 2014. It has updated the latest iteration of these Compute Modules ...