Making memory chips in Micron's factory in Manassas, Virginia.
Making memory chips in Micron's factory in Manassas, Virginia.
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Micron launches new memory chips to keep up with AI processing

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Micron announced its first 1y (1-gamma) DDR5 memory chip samples this week, and it says this is part of its contribution to systems that keep up with AI processing.

The company said being the first to market with 1y samples proves Micron’s continued technology and manufacturing leadership — and the Boise, Idaho-based company is extending the capabilities of this advanced node to its broader portfolio of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips. Those are coming In the second quarter.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.