With transistors and logic gates as our basic building blocks, we can begin to construct the actual circuits that make up computer memory. One of the simplest memory circuits is the AND gate, which ...

One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling discovery about the relationship between time and memory in computing.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...

AI companies’ need for a once obscure and affordable type of microchip threatens to drive up prices of all electronics—and ...

A major breakthrough in the field of computer memory has just been achieved by Japanese researchers. They have developed a new universal memory technology, surpassing current computer modules in speed ...

Driven by the AI boom, global computer memory prices have entered a record growth cycle, with DRAM increases outpacing gold ...

One of the biggest impacts of Apple's switch from Intel to its own M-series silicon -- debuting with the M1 in the 2020 MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini -- is faster, more stable, and more energy ...