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TEAMGROUP has just announced the launch of its new ultra-capacity 256GB DDR5 memory kits (4 x 64GB) under its gaming brand T-FORCE and creator brand T-CREATE.

TEAMGROUP closely collaborated with leading motherboard manufacturers and validated on AMD's latest X870 platform, with the new ultra-capacity 256GB memory kits providing stable and high-efficiency upgrade paths for users who want the "perfect balance between speed and capacity".

The TEAMGROUP T-FORCE LAB continues to strengthen its high-performance gaming memory portfolio with the launch of the new T-FORCE DELTA RGB DDR5-6000 CL32 256GB (4 x 64GB) quad-channel kit, which has been designed to reinforce the brand's leadership in the high-end gaming market.

NVIDIA is reportedly acquiring hundreds of thousands of LPDDR-based SOCAMM memory that it'll use in future AI PC products, with demand for next-gen SOCAMM 2 memory expected to boom in the years ahead.

At its recent GTC (GPU Technology Conference) event earlier this year, the company showcased SOCAMM memory because of its superior performance and lower power consumption for AI products, with NVIDIA's new GB300 AI platform using SOCAMM memory developed by Micron. SOCAMM is very different to HBM and LPDDR5X memory used on current AI products including servers and mobile platforms.

SOCAMM memory is based on LPDDR DRAM, which is traditionally used inside of mobile and low-power devices, but SOCAMM memory is upgradable, unlike HBM and LPDDR5X memory. SOCAMM is not soldered onto the PCB, and can be secured by just three screws.

G.SKILL and ASUS have broken the DDR5 memory OC world record, with overclocker bl4ckdot pushing G.SKILL Trident Z5 DDR5 RAM up to a huge 12872MT/s on an ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 Apex motherboard.

It was only a couple of months ago in May 2025 that overclocker "bl4ckdot" hit a record at the time with 12774MT/s, but now the overclocker is back with another world record, hitting 12872MT/s. The overclocker holds his world record for the highest DDR5 memory speed once again, using Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor and ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 Apex motherboard, a combo used multiple times for DDR5 memory speed world records.

LN2 cooling was used to chill the system down, with bl4ckdot using G.SKILL Trident Z5 DDR5 memory at 12872MT/s (6431.1MHz) and cache latencies of CL68-127-127-127-2. HWBOT now lists bl4ckdot at the top, with overclocker "saltycroissant" in second place, with both of the overclockers being the only two to have broken through the 6400MHz barrier on HWBOT's Memory Frequency Hall of Fame.

As far as overclocked DDR5 desktop memory goes, DDR5-6000 is widely seen as the new sweet spot offering excellent speed and performance for both AMD and Intel CPU owners. As far as capacity goes, 32GB or 64GB kits are what you'd find in most places, with very few options pushing capacities higher than that.

This makes G.SKILL's latest announcement the sort of headline that will prompt a double-take: two new ultra-high overclocked DDR5 memory kits - DDR5-6000 CL32 256GB (64 GB x 4) and DDR5-6400 CL36 128GB (64 GB x 2) memory kits.

Yes, 256GB of fast G.SKILL DDR5 memory sounds very impressive; however, the company notes that these kits are primarily intended for content creators, high-performance computing, and AI applications where system memory makes a significant difference in the sorts of workloads a rig is capable of running.

JEDEC has just announced the publication of its new LPDDR6 memory standard dubbed "JESD209-6" which has been designed to boost memory speeds and efficiency, for the future of mobile devices and AI.

The new LPDDR6 memory standard represents a significant advancement in memory technology, increasing performance, power efficiency, and security. In order to enable AI applications and other high-performance workloads, the new LPDDR6 standard uses a dual sub-channel architecture that allows for flexible operation while maintaining a small access granularity of 32 bytes.

Mian Quddus, JEDEC's Chairman of the Board of Directors, explains: "JEDEC is proud to introduce LPDDR6, the culmination of years of dedicated effort by members of the JC-42.6 Subcommittee for Low Power Memories. By delivering a balance of power efficiency, robust security options and high performance, LPDDR6 is an ideal choice for next-generation mobile devices, AI and related applications to thrive in a power-conscious, high-performance world".

The assumption that older PC technology becomes cheaper once newer technology arrives is quickly becoming a thing of the past, as prices for DDR4 and GDDR6 memory are set to skyrocket by up to 43% in the third quarter of 2025, which is right around the corner. The news arrives via TrendForce, which has posted a new report covering its findings on the three major DRAM suppliers.

When it comes to DDR4 and mobile LPDDR4X memory, the reason for the sharp increase in pricing is that these products are nearing the end of their life cycle (EOL) as companies transition to next-generation DDR5 technology. This means that the continued demand for older DDR4 technology, alongside "potential hikes in US import tariffs," may see DDR4 pricing increase by 38 to 43% with LPDDR4X pricing increasing by up to 23 to 28% for the PC market.

The growing demand for the newer DDR5 memory technology will also lead to an increase in pricing in the third quarter, but by a significantly lower amount, ranging from 3 to 8% for the consumer market. And with NVIDIA's latest generation of GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs shifting to cutting-edge GDDR7 memory, the shift in production capacity for the newer technology also means that GDDR6 memory is in short supply.

G.SKILL has been working closely with the ASUS ROG team to find the overclocking potential of the new DDR5 CAMM2 memory form factor, reaching a new milestone of DDR5-10000 speeds.

The company used a large 64GB capacity CAMM2 memory module on a modified custom ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 HERO CAMM2 motherboard and Intel Core Ultra 7 265K processor. G.SKILL pushed its 64GB CAMM2 memory module to DDR5-10000 CL52 and ran Memtest to 100% coverage, without a problem, creating a new overclocking milestone for the CAMM2 memory standard.

Better yet, the 64GB CAMM2 memory module from G.SKILL didn't require any cooling whatsoever. In fact, it didn't even have a heatsink, which you can see in the shot below. That's mighty impressive, DDR5-10000 speeds without a heatsink or any active cooling. Now I want to see what it can do with some active cooling.

Once again, the G.SKILL OC World Cup 2025 Grand Final took place at Computex 2025 in Taipei, and if you were anywhere near the G.SKILL booth at the event, you've probably never seen so much liquid nitrogen (LN2) in a single location. And after a series of extreme overclocking challenges, CENS from Germany claimed the crown as OC Champion alongside the cash prize of $10,000.

CENS is a legend in the OC community, and this latest win sees him take the G.SKILL OC World Cup for the second year in a row. In the finals, CENS faced off against overclockers from around the world, tackling a series of performance and stability benchmarks with an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor and ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 Apex motherboard.

Plus, G.SKILL's high-performance 24GB DDR5 module, built with SK Hynix ICs, saw CENS achieve up to DDR5-10266 CL32 2x24GB with LN2 cooling. However, this wasn't the fastest speed achieved during the competition.

KLEVV, known for its premium PC components in both memory and SSD spaces has unveiled a selection of new offerings at Computex 2025.

At the forefront of KLEVV's new offerings is its next-gen DDR 5 modules that have reached speeds above 10,000MT/s. These speeds were on display at the KLEVV booth, with the company partnering with various motherboard vendors such as MSI and GIGABYTE to showcase these blazing-fast speeds. Below you will find what KLEVV had on display memory-wise.

First up is the Genuine V RGB DDR5, which the company informed me was now available in a sleek Black RGB version, as well as a Charcoal Gray version that doesn't feature any RGB. The Genuine V RGB features speeds between 6,000 MT/s and 8,000 MT/s in the following capacities: 16, 24, and 32GB per DIMM. KLEVV also showcased its new LPCAMM2 memory, which features a compact heatsink design. This module features speeds of up to 8533 MT/s, and arrives in the following capacities: 16, 32, 64GB per DIMM.

TEAMGROUP showed off some blazing-fast T-FORCE XTREEM CKD DDR5 memory at Computex 2025 this year, with crazy-high speeds of DDR5-10266. Check it out:

The company had its new T-FORCE XTREEM CKD DDR5 memory running at 10266 MT/s speeds, with latencies of CL48-60-60-96 and 1.5V, with a larger 48GB kit (dual 24GB sticks). TEAMGROUP had its new T-FORCE XTREEM CKD DDR5-10266 memory running inside of a system using an Intel Core Ultra 5 265K processor and ASRock Taichi OCF Z890 motherboard.

TEAMGROUP also had its new in-house T-FORCE Z54E M.2 PCIe SSD using the Phison PS5028-E28 8-channel Gen5 SSD controller with DRAM cache, with its new Gen5 SSDs available in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacities. TEAMGROUP's new T-FORCE Z54E M.2 SSDs are speeding along with up to 14GB/sec reads and 14GB/sec writes, too, so a no-compromises system with TEAMGROUP's ultra-fast DDR5 RAM and Gen5 SSDs.

V-color has just announced the industry's first DDR5 OC RDIMM RGB memory module, offering capacities of up to 16GB per module, up to 64GB for huge 512GB kits at up to 8000MT/s speeds.

The new v-color OC R-DIMM RGB modules were engineered for workstation and professional computing performance, with capacities of 16GB to 64GB we'll see up to 512GB kits with kits offering up to 8000MT/s and ultra-low timings of CL26.

The company says its new DDR5 modules are optimized for AMD Ryzen Threadripper and Intel Xeon CPU platforms, with an advanced design with RGB LEDs, combining vibrant visual aesthetics with outstanding performance, bandwidth, and reliability. V-color has designed its new DDR5 OC RDIMM RGB memory modules specifically for AI development, professional multi-tasking, data analytics, and demanding creative workloads.

It has barely been two weeks since overclockers broke the DDR5 memory frequency OC world record with 12772 MT/s, but now overclocker "bl4ackdot" has reached a new OC world record with an additional 2MHz frequency at 12774 MT/s using G.SKILL Trident Z DDR5 memory.

Overclocker "bl4ackdot" used an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor, 24GB of G.SKILL Trident Z memory, and an ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 APEX motherboard. The overclocker pushed the G.SKILL Trident Z memory to 6387MHz or 12774 MT/s speed, just 2MHz higher than the previous record from a couple of weeks ago.

LN2 cooling was used to hit the speeds and frequencies required for the new OC world record, and from here on out I don't think we're going to see huge strides in OC memory frequencies, as we're splitting hairs here with 2MHz (but every single MHz counts).

The folks at G.SKILL don't sleep, releasing memory kit after memory kit, and today we have the introduction of the new Trident Z5 NEO RGB hitting 8400 MT/s speeds... but in a deliciously high-capacity 128GB kit of RAM.

G.SKILL nailed the high-end frequencies on single DDR5 modules, but now the company is showing off some blazing-fast Trident Z5 NEO RGB memory with a huge 128GB high-capacity kit but at 8400 MT/s speeds. We have been seeing speeds in higher 24GB and 32GB modules, and we know how hard it is to push 8000+ MT/s speeds in dual-DIMM configurations, so G.SKILL has been cooking here.

G.SKILL reached those huge DDR5-8400+ speeds on the ASUS ROG X870E APEXmotherbaord, with the flagship AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D processor. The large-capacity 128GB of RAM at 8400 MT/s speeds was achieved on CL44-58-58-94.

G.SKILL has just unveiled the world's first ultra-capacity 256GB kit (4 x 64GB) of memory at DDR5-6000 CL32 spec, but it can be overclocked at up to DDR5-7000 speeds with that monster 256GB capacity.

The new ultra-high kit capacity of 256GB on offer from G.SKILL is built from high-performance SK hynix DDR5 ICs, with this new overclock memory speed and timings pushing the boundaries of memory overclocking, by fully loading 4 modules of high-capacity DDR5 64GB U-DIMM modules on a single system, a new milestone for high-performance computing, content creation, AI workloads, and advanced workstation workloads.

We have AMD EXPO memory overclocking profiles, with the new DDR5-6000 CL32 256GB (64GB x 4) kit being stress tested in the screenshots above and below on the ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X870 HERO motherboard and the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, as well as the MSI MPG X870E CARBON WIFI motherboard and an AMD Ryzen 9 9900X processor.

G.SKILL has worked with overclocker Seby on breaking the overclocking world record for DDR5 memory frequency speed, with blistering DDR5-12772 speeds.

This new DDR5 frequency record was achieved using G.SKILL Trident Z5 DDR5 memory which has been built with high-performance SK hynix DDR5 ICs, running on an ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 Apex motherboard, and Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor under extreme liquid nitrogen (LN2) cooling.

Seby is the OC Champion of the G.SKILL OC World Cup 2023, demonstrated his incredible overclocking talent by winning the highly competitive OC event... all on his first international stage debut. Ever since that point, Seby has consistently achieved top rankings on HWBOT, and is a critical contributor to the extreme overclocking scene that G.SKILL is deeply involved in.

SK hynix has significantly increased the yields of its next-generation 1c DRAM, which was hovering at around 60% in 2024 but has reportedly reached over 80% recently.

In a new post by Korean media outlet Hanhooki, we're learning that SK hynix's new 1c DRAM yields have reached 80% with all of the South Korean memory giants' firepower being focused on HBM. SK hynix announced in August 2024 that it had successfully developed the world's first 1c process-based 16GB DDR5 DRAM, with DRAMs developed in the order of 1x, 1y, 1z, 1a, 1b, 1c, and 1d depending on the circuit line width, with 1c being the most advanced tech. 1c = around 11-12nm.

As always, capacity is the issue and with SK hynix prioritizing its equipment and manpower to respond to the unstoppable demand of HBM for AI GPUs, it has been a hard road for the company to improve 1c DRAM volume. SK hynix will be the first memory manufacturer to mass produce HBM4 memory, far ahead its HBM competitors in Samsung and Micron.

G.SKILL has just introduced its first 64GB modules of DDR5 memory, with the first 128GB DDR5-8000 memory kit also unveiled (with dual 64GB modules).

The company has introduced its new Trident Z5 Royal memory which has been optimized for 8000 MT/s at CL44, with dual 64GB modules for a huge 128GB DDR5-8000 memory kit. This is a big deal, as until now we have been limited to (still huge) 48GB modules, with a maximum of 96GB kits -- and in between, 24GB modules for 48GB kits -- but now we have a huge 128GB kit for "capacity-hungry applications".

The new DDR5-8000 memory kits were running on CL44-58-58 timings on an ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X870E APEX motherboard and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X processor. The company also showed off its new Trident Z Royal DDR5-8000 memory in 32GB x 2 (64GB total) with DDR5-9000 speeds at CL48-64-64, on an ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 APEX motherboard and Intel Core Ultra 7 265K processor.

When choosing memory for a new build, especially for content creation or gaming, you'll probably need to sacrifice some capacity if you're after pure speed. Unless you pick up G.SKILL's 128 GB high-capacity OC memory kits (2 x 64GB) that offer DDR5-8000 speeds with CL44-58-58 timing. G.SKILL is calling it the world's first large-capacity overclocked memory kit that can hit this level of performance.

"This is the world's first DDR5 memory kit with 64GB high-capacity modules to reach the extreme overclock level of DDR5-8000, setting a new milestone for high-performance computing, content creation, AI applications, and advanced workstation workloads," G.SKILL writes in the press release.

Previously, this speed and OC potential level were only available in 96GB memory kits with two 48GB modules. To showcase the milestone, G.SKILL has presented the validation you see above, with the DDR5-8000 CL44-58-58 128GB (64GBx2) memory kit paired with an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X processor and ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X870E APEX motherboard.

ADATA's gaming brand XPG is back again with another DDR5 world record, collaborating with GIGABYTE on using its XPG LANCER RGB DDR5 memory and LN2 cooling to smash 12762MT/s, and setting a new DDR5 memory OC world record.

Overclocker Hicookier used an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor on a GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS Tachyon ICE motherboard, using a stick of ADATA XPG LANCER RGB DDR5 memory at 6381.2MHz (12762MT/s). ADATA proudly announced on its website: "This remarkable achievement has been verified by the renowned international overclocking scoring platform, HWBOT, reinforcing XPG's leadership in extreme overclocking memory".

V-Color Technology has unveiled the world's first 64GB (2 x 32GB) DDR5 O CUDIMM memory kit, with unprecedented speeds of up to 9000MT/s, specifically designed for Intel Core Ultra processors and the latest Z890 motherboards.

This new memory kit from v-color will be part of the company's acclaimed SCC lineup (Speed Booster, Colorful Makeover, Cost-Effective), delivering "unmatched capacity, speed, and reliability to empower systems for AI training, gamers, creators, and professional users worldwide".

V-color's new groundbreaking 64GB DDR5 OC memory kit represents a significant milestone for the memory industry says the company, combining ultra-high memory capacity with setting frequencies, ensuring exceptional performance and responsiveness for intensive workloads, gaming, and creative applications.