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'Tis the season...for new memory modules? Hot on the heels of a new HyperX release by Kingston, Corsair has just announced that their Cerulean Blue Vengence high-performance RAM modules are now on sale. These are DDR3 kits designed to make your system scream (and your wallet too), with blue...
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Kingston -- always looking to one-up the competition. Nothing wrong with that of course, but you best stay away from these guys if you hate things like "best, fastest and greatest." The company's newest memory modules aren't modest in the least. In fact, these newly released modules are hailed...
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Samsung Electronics is working on a 1 gigabit mobile DRAM with a wide I/O interface that uses 50 nanometer class process technology. This new mobile DRAM is designed to be used in mobile applications such as smartphones and tablet PCs. The new DRAM is able to transmit data at 12.8GB per...
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It's pretty amazing how tiny storage is becoming. 3.5" hard drives just seem enormous sitting beside some of these tiny modules, but that's a good thing. The smaller we can get things, the easier it'll be to become mobile, so no gripes...
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Are you a hardcore overclocker? Do you never settle for factory, always pushing your gear to the absolute limit? If so, this record will most likely interest you. The Corsair Dominator GT was just used in a world record breaking journey...
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If you're an enthusiast, there's a high likelihood you're enjoying the primary benefit of 64-bit computing, that being gobs of memory space to work or play with. We do a bit of heavy lift around these parts, crunching video and the...
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Do you love speed? Do you need a new CompactFlash card? SanDisk has something you should check out, but only if you have loads of spare cash. It's funny, really. New hard drives and other storage mediums are always crazy expensive whenever...
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Consumers may see the end-product side of Samsung the most. Things like Samsung notebooks, Samsung HDTVs, Samsung hard drives. But Samsung is actually much more than what you see at Best Buy. The company has huge investments in the memory sector, and it's clear by the sheer quantity of news...
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We've all seen the commercials: IBM is working on building a smarter and faster planet, but what exactly does that mean? A recent release from the company gives a little insight into answering that, with IBM's Research arm becoming the first to measure the movement and processing of digital...
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People always say how you can't have your cake and eat it too, but what good is a slice of delicious cake if you can't cram down your throat? Not any good at all if you ask us, and though we don't recommend feasting on sticks of RAM (not...
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Toshiba was forced to suspend production on its line of NAND flash memory chips at its Yokkaichi factory in Mie prefecture earlier this week due to a power failure. This factory is used solely to produce chips that are used in smartphones and other gadgets. This outage will likely affect the...
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The "green" movement isn't going quite as strong as it used to be in consumer electronics, but Samsung is definitely still onboard. The company today announced the development of an eight gigabyte (GB) registered dual inline memory module...
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Recently, Samsung demonstrated their very own NFC module. Reports are suggesting that future Samsung smartphones could integrate the feature in order to convert their phones into mobile payment devices. But that's not all; the company is today announced the industry's highest density LPDDR2...
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PNY has partnered with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to offer customers a free movie download. When you purchase a specially marked PNY product, you'll get a full-length movie download from Sony Pictures. Some of the specially marked products include HDMI cables, 8GB and higher SDHC memory cards, USB flash drives, DDR1/DDR2/DDR3 memory...
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Well, this is the pain of progress. We love keeping things the same simply because it's easy. It's easy to acquire things that are compatible, and it's easy to forecast the future. But limits are eventually hit, and we have to innovate to...
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We just can't help it: Bruce Willis comes to mind when we think of Corsair's latest memory. But we're sure the same is true for any Die Hard fan. Why? The company's newest memory is called Vengeance, and it's no laughing matter. The new...
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OCZ revealed the new Xtreme Thermal Exchange (XTE) and Blade 2 high-speed desktop memory. These new kits provide the performance of DDR3 along with a new compact and efficient heatspreader for cooling efficiency. The Blade 2 Series features a new finned anodized aluminum heatsink design. This...
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Enterprise clients take note -- Super Talent has begun shipping its new 8GB Registered-ECC DDR3 DRAM modules, otherwise known as R-DIMMs, to support low-voltage Intel Westmere platforms. These 8GB modules adhere to the JEDEC standard of 1.35V and 1333MHz with latencies of 9-9-9. "Going Green...
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Patriot Memory added new densities, speeds, and triple-channel kits to its Viper Xtreme series of DDR3 memory solutions. There are now new Sector 7 (tri-channel) kits that come in 12GB and 6GB capacities with speeds of 2000MHz and 1600MHz. The company is also offering new Sector 5...
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Show of hands, how many of you can remember paying $200, $300, and even $400 for high-end DDR1 kits back in the day? We get a little green under the gills just thinking about it, and those of you new to the game should thank your lucky stars that you entered this hobby at a time when the DRAM has hit rock bottom. Or has it? Look around online...
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Perhaps we're dating ourselves here, but 'back in the day' your choice of memory had a direct impact on your system's overclockability. Save for extreme overclockers with fancy LN2 setups and aspirations of setting world records, RAM isn't nearly as important anymore, but until you can punch...
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Kingston this week announced it will soon be shipping its first-ever ultra-large 32GB microSDHC card. It's a Class 4 memory card that will go on sale Monday, October 11, 2010, serving up twice as much capacity as Kingston's previous flagship microSDHC part. That's good news for all you...
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