The RAM shortage is bringing back DDR4(theverge.com)
262 points by 1potato | 273 comments
The Verge news article reporting that a RAM shortage is reviving DDR4, with Intel and AMD releasing new CPUs supporting older RAM, sockets, and chipsets.
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15 stories tagged memory, newest first.
Micron CEO Says Memory Supply Will Be Much Tighter in 2027 and 2028 Than in 2026(techpowerup.com)
310 points by speckx | 360 comments
TechPowerUp news article on Micron's CEO saying memory supply will be much tighter in 2027 and 2028 than in 2026; the page returned a 403 Access Denied error.
Aging brains blend memories together instead of just forgetting them(studyfinds.com)
323 points by mdp2021 | 129 comments
StudyFinds article on Binghamton University research suggesting aging brains blend similar memories together rather than simply forgetting them.
Spaghettifying DRAM(github.com)
680 points by matt_d | 170 comments
GitHub repository by xoreaxeaxeax, skitter-creek-bath-salts, describing a technique for unlocking everything on the CPU via DRAM scrambling, with kernel and userspace code.
Memory has grown to nearly two-thirds of AI chip component costs(epoch.ai)
411 points by intelkishan | 438 comments
Epoch AI data insight reporting that high-bandwidth memory rose from 52% to 63% of AI chip component spending between Q1 2024 and Q4 2025.
New research suggests people can communicate and practice skills while dreaming(newyorker.com)
432 points by XzetaU8 | 255 comments
New Yorker essay by Shayla Love on research showing people can communicate and practice skills while dreaming, and whether we should learn in sleep.
Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012)(super-memory.com)
366 points by downbad_ | 184 comments
Piotr Wozniak's long SuperMemo article synthesizing sleep research with practical advice for learning, creativity, free-running sleep and sleep disorders.
Apple's 512GB Mac Studio vanishes, a quiet acknowledgment of the RAM shortage(arstechnica.com)
324 points by rbanffy | 198 comments
Ars Technica article reporting that Apple quietly dropped the 512GB RAM Mac Studio configuration amid an industry-wide memory shortage.
Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business(investors.micron.com)
691 points by simlevesque | 343 comments
Micron investor relations press release announcing the company's exit from its Crucial-branded consumer memory and storage business.
How to avoid losing items? Holding pens(blog.alexwendland.com)
359 points by surprisetalk | 238 comments
A personal blog post explaining why people lose items at home and proposing designated 'holding pen' spots for transient items as a solution.
How actors remember their lines(thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)
556 points by pepys | 174 comments
MIT Press Reader article explaining how actors memorize their lines and what this reveals about how human memory works.
FSRS: A modern, efficient spaced repetition algorithm(github.com)
339 points by rickcarlino | 107 comments
GitHub wiki page for fsrs4anki explaining the basics of FSRS, a spaced repetition scheduling algorithm by Jarrett Ye intended to replace Anki's SM2.
The past is not true(sive.rs)
375 points by swah | 319 comments
Derek Sivers essay recounting how a car crash memory he carried for years turned out to be false, arguing our memories of the past are unreliable.
Notes apps are where ideas go to die (2022)(reproof.app)
598 points by pps | 182 comments
Blog post from Reproof arguing that notes apps act as insurance for the mind, letting ideas be forgotten, and that this is a good thing.
Effective Spaced Repetition(borretti.me)
500 points by g0xA52A2A | 233 comments
A blog post by Fernando Borretti describing his rules for writing effective spaced repetition flashcards, with many concrete examples.