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That’s Shelley to you. Photo: Paras Griffin/Getty Images Remember “Broccoli,” one of 2016’s most undeniably fun hits ? Remember the singer behind it, DRAM, who’s worked with everyone from Chance the Rapper to Erykah Badu to Gorillaz ? Well, that’s Shelley to you now. The artist formerly known as DRAM is back, releasing his first new music in years under his birth name, Shelley. But he’s still got that same soulful, smooth voice on new song “Exposure,” a classic R&B slow jam. Shelley released one album as DRAM, Big Baby DRAM , in 2016; he continued to release features and singles afterward, along with the surprise 2018 EP That’s a Girls Name . “After the release of my debut album, Big Baby DRAM , I’ve worked on so many things, but most importantly I was working on me,” Shelley said in a statement on “Exposure” and his name change. “I was moving with no breaks, because that’s how life was coming to me, so I took some time to focus on my health, voice, and growth; … [Read more...] about Shelley, the Artist Formerly Known As DRAM, Returns With New Song ‘Exposure’

A number of European retailers have started to list Samsung's yet-to-be-announced Samsung 980 (non-Pro) SSDs. Despite expectations, the new units are not inexpensive SSDs with a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface, but are rather unpretentious midrange PCIe 3.0 x4 drives that share some technologies with the flagship. The Samsung 980 SSDs come in 250GB, 500GB, and 1TB versions. The drives are based on the company's latest Pablo controller as well as 136-layer TLC V-NAND memory, just like the company's top-of-the-range 980 Pro drives. The controller supports AES 256-bit encryption as well as TCG/Opal IEEE 1667 coding, so the new SSDs can be used for aimed at enterprises, government agencies and other entities that require advanced security. The new M.2-2280 SSDs do not use any DRAM cache and are therefore cheaper to produce than Samsung's typical PCIe SSDs that usually come with a DRAM cache. From sequential performance point of view, Samsung rates the new 980 drives for an up to 3,500 MB/s … [Read more...] about The Samsung 980 SSD Spotted: A DRAM-Less PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD

DigiTimes today reported that DRAM prices are expected to rise throughout 2021 as Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron maintain flash memory production levels despite increasing demand. The report claimed that suppliers are cautious about building additional DRAM capacity which could result in limited global bit output growth. Demand for flash memory is expected to rise in the coming months. DigiTimes reported that for the first quarter of 2021, spot prices for speciality DRAM chips have risen and supply has fallen short of demand. Things aren't expected to improve in upcoming quarters. The report meshes with comments made by Micron CFO David Zinsner at a Morgan Stanley technology conference on Wednesday. Zinsner said he expects supply to be taut all year, according to Seeking Alpha , which "bodes well" for DRAM pricing. Micron previously said that first quarter memory bit shipments would be reduced by the power outage and earthquake that affected two fabs in Taiwan in … [Read more...] about Speciality DRAM Prices Expected to Rise Throughout 2021

DRAM chip prices soared in Asia on Monday after traders returned from the week long Lunar New Year holiday in China and Taiwan and faced up to supply chain concerns after chip maker Qimonda’s bankruptcy filing. The price of the benchmark chips, 1-gigabit DDR2 (double data rate, second generation) DRAM chips that run at 667MHz, rose 27 percent to US$1.08 each, DRAMeXchange Technology reported at 6 p.m. in Taipei. DRAMeXchange runs an online chip clearinghouse. In the short term, prices will likely continue to rise because Qimonda’s bankruptcy will cause waves in the supply chain, according to analysts at Gartner. Other DRAM makers could also file for bankruptcy, causing further price rises. Anyone who needs to buy more DRAM might want to wait, though, because in the longer term prices will likely fall again: Even without Qimonda, there is still large oversupply in the DRAM market. Qimonda filed for bankruptcy protection in Germany just before the Lunar New Year holiday after … [Read more...] about DRAM prices soar

SK Hynix said on Monday it has begun mass production of 18GB LPDDR5 mobile DRAM. According to the South Korean memory maker, the new chip runs at a maximum of 6,400Mbps, approximately 20% faster than previous LPDDR5 DRAMs in the market, which offered up to 5,500Mbps. The data rate will allow devices to transfer 10 5GB full HD movies per second, it said. The first batch has been supplied to Asus for its upcoming ROG 5 gaming smartphone, SK Hynix said. The latest DRAM is aimed at premium smartphones with high performances in gaming, cameras, and artificial intelligence, the South Korean memory maker added. Market research firm Omdia is forecasting that LPPDR5 DRAM will account for over 50% of all mobile DRAM by 2023. Separately, last week, SK Hynix announced it would spend 4.75 trillion won over the next five years to purchase and install extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment from ASML of the Netherlands. The company is expected to apply the equipment in its … [Read more...] about SK Hynix supplies 18GB mobile DRAM for Asus gaming smartphone