Memory shortage spurs smartphone makers to melt used memory off old devices, then re-solder it onto new products — recycled memory to keep budget phones affordable; 'reballing' adoption to double by 2027
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Reballed memory currently accounts for a small share of smartphone components, but adoption could nearly double by 2027 as manufacturers look for alternatives to increasingly expensive DRAM.
  • hanke@feddit.nuEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Yeah, but failing RAM don’t get slower or lose capacity. It just plain crashes, right?

    • NGram@piefed.caEnglish
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      2 days ago

      If you ignore error correction, storage doesn’t get slower either.

      But I also forgot one scenario: the voltage required to get a certain memory frequency increases as the chip ages. At some point you’ll have to lower the frequency to use the chips with a safe voltage, which is literally a slow down.