Laptop RAM is facing a conundrum. The SODIMM standard — which is basically a shrunken form of desktop RAM modules — is almost 25 years old and facing an upcoming speed wall. With the demand for ...

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Roommate's PC has 4 GB - yes FOUR - of 2133Mhz DRAM. Should I buy more of the same, get him up to, say, 20 with a 16GB pair?

There's a RAM shortage at the moment. RAM, as in random access memory. The memory computer keeps immediately at hand, so it can perform tasks quickly. How can that be? Well, as with so much these days ...