I was in the CES 2026 press room when SK hynix laid out its next-gen AI memory roadmap Las Vegas always has noise, but the CES press rooms are different. They’re quieter, more technical, and the people in the seats are listening for one thing: what ships, what scales, and what changes procurement decisions six […]
Q1 2026 is shaping up to be a turning point for NAND memory pricing, driven by tight supply, disciplined production, and sustained demand from AI and enterprise storage. As Q1 2026 unfolds, the NAND flash memory market is no longer quietly recovering — it is actively tightening. After more than a year of inventory corrections […]
If you’ve built a PC, upgraded a laptop, or bought an SSD in the last twenty years, chances are you’ve run into the Crucial brand. For a long time, Crucial was the friendly, consumer-facing arm of Micron — a way for one of the world’s biggest memory manufacturers to sell directly to everyday users. So […]
Memory Apocalypse: How the Surge in AI Demand Is Rapidly Driving Up the Cost of PC RAM and SSD Storage The so-called “memory apocalypse” is hitting the PC world like a bad hangover, and it’s showing up everywhere—from empty motherboard aisles to gamers quietly shelving their upgrade plans. Motherboard sales in key markets have fallen […]
Micron Technology, a leading memory-chip manufacturer, exceeded expectations in its fiscal second quarter and surprised investors with a profitable performance. The company’s strong results were buoyed by increased sales in artificial-intelligence infrastructure, propelling its stock upward. Based in Boise, Idaho, Micron reported adjusted earnings of 42 cents per share on revenue of $5.82 billion for […]
Western Digital is not answering questions about their failed SSD drives because they don’t know exactly where the problem lies. The three main components for any SSD drive will be the PCB board, the on-board chipset that controls the flow of information between the host PC and the memory and of course, the NAND memory […]
The Chinese government recently took a significant step against an American semiconductor company Micron Technology with corporate headquarters in Boise, ID. The Cyberspace Administration of China announced that Micron, one of the largest producer of memory chips in the world, posed significant security risks to China’s critical information infrastructure supply chain. As a result, it […]
KV-CSD is an acronym for Key Value Store Computational Storage Device and Hynix a NAND memory manufacturer is directing their technology towards this storage approach. Here at GetUSB.info we focus on NAND memory and typically look at the write speeds of devices. However, for data centers and analytic companies, the ability to retrieve data is […]
Sounds like SanDisk will be cutting it’s pricing for NAND memory very soon. SanDisk leads global market share for flash memory at a tune of about 40%. Kingston is another major player, and a couple weeks ago announced a major price reduction in it’s retail supply chain. Seems the SanDisk news is their answer to […]
Today Toshiba announced a power outage at their plant in Yokkaichi. Toshiba claims the power will be restored by Friday Dec 12th 2010. There where no details about the outage, but it could have an effect on flash memory in Jan/Feb of 2011. Toshiba estimates that up to 20% of their production schedule will be […]
