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Workers carry a Micron sign during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Micron Technology Inc. semiconductor manufacturing facility in Clay, New York, US, on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. New York has provided up to $5.5 billion in tax incentives for Micron to create 9,000 new jobs with the company and over 40,000 jobs in supporting industries tied to the project.
From a dentist's basement to half a trillion dollars and AI: Here's how memory manufacturer Micron Technology got there

By Jess Kinghorn Published

Just call me the 'Potato Consumer Gamer' from now on.

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A still from a YouTube video showing an RTX 4090 having more memory chips installed
Upgrading an RTX 4090 to 48 GB of VRAM is (slightly) easier than I thought, thanks to a custom PCB, some second-hand GDDR6X, and a leaked Nvidia BIOS

By Andy Edser Published

News Yet another episode of: "Andy learns things with you."

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Nvidia RTX 4070 Founders Edition graphics card
The first RTX 4070s with slower GDDR6 memory are now available to buy but there isn't a single reason to do so at the moment

By James Bentley Published

News Hold off on buying this one.

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A photo of an RTX 4070 Ti with its heatsink removed, showing the factory-applied thermal paste on the GPU die
Rumoured Nvidia RTX 4070 GPU with cheapo GDDR6 memory is now official

By Jeremy Laird Published

news Nvidia claims performance is "similar" to the existing RTX 4070 and it probably will be.

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A close-up photo of an Nvidia RTX 4070, with its heatsink removed, showing the AD104 GPU die and the surrounding Micron GDDR6X VRAM chips
GDDR6X VRAM is claimed to be in short supply and could lead to an RTX 4070 being launched with slower GDDR6 to meet the demand

By Nick Evanson Published

news Which should be fine, as long as it's not too much slower. Or the same price.

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A promotional image of two Micron GDDR7 memory modules against a dark background
Micron expects GDDR7 will improve ray tracing and rasterization performance by more than 30%, compared to previous gen VRAM

By Nick Evanson Published

news Does 30% more memory bandwidth mean 30% more fps? Let's put it to the test.

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An generic image of Samsung GDDR7 modules against a background of Samsung silicon wafer diagrams
JEDEC rubber stamps the GDDR7 spec, mega bandwidth VRAM is on its way for next-gen GPUs

By Nick Evanson Published

news Don't expect to see it on mainstream graphics cards for a good while, though.

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Close up of an Nvidia graphics card showing capacitors.
The RTX 4080 might be subject to as many memory switcheroos as its forebearer

By Jacob Ridley Published

News Are the rumours wrong or does Nvidia love to test for every eventuality?

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Mock up of RTX 4080
Faster GDDR6X memory likely headed to Nvidia RTX 40-series is now in production

By Katie Wickens Published

news With Lovelace on the horizon, Micron is bringing us "GDDR6X Memory Reimagined" and the potential for a Titan in the lineup.

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Micron diagram showing GPU with GDDR6X memory attached
Next-gen Nvidia GPUs could come with blisteringly fast 24Gbps GDDR6X memory

By Jacob Ridley Published

News Micron says its new GDDR6X chips, currently found in the RTX 3090 Ti, haven't reached their maximum potential.

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