The PC uses RAM to hold running programs, open documents and the intermediate results of calculations. Programs can, however, be too large to fit in a computer's memory, which causes problems. Before ...

The type of memory a designer selects for an embedded project drives overall system operation and performance, so obviously this is a very important decision. Whether the system runs on batteries or ...

The squeeze spans almost every type of memory, from flash chips used in USB drives and smartphones to memory that feeds AI ...

Intel has a proposal for a new type of memory that could solve many of the speculative execution issues that have bedeviled the semiconductor industry in general (and itself in particular) since ...

A new memory type called 3D XPoint will offer 1,000 times the performance and endurance of today’s NAND, Intel and Micron announced Tuesday morning. The two silicon companies described 3D XPoint as ...

I continue to get besieged by statements in which memory “latency” and “bandwidth” get misused. As I mentioned in my last blog, latency is defined as how long the CPU needs to wait before the first ...

A photographer can never have too many memory cards for their cameras. After all, you’ll need one in your camera in order to actually record images, as cameras don’t offer onboard storage. Even though ...

How sharp you are at age 65 may be tied to something totally out of your control: your blood type. And people with Type AB blood — the least common type — may face a particularly high risk of memory ...

Scientists at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota say they have identified a new type of memory loss. Limbic-predominant amnestic neurodegenerative syndrome, or LANS, affects the brain's limbic system, which ...