Corsair adds to the Dominator Platinum memory series with a pair of 32GB DDR 4kits featuring quite the mouthful of a name-- the Dominator Platinum Special Edition Torque.

Essentially a fancy version of the previous Dominator Platinum RAM, the Torque model features a top bar heat-treated to look similar to the exhaust manifolds of high-performance engines. It also carries integrated white LEDs for a bit of extra flair. The black aluminium heatsinks get a brushed metal finish, while the cooling fins are in a fetching shade of orange.

The SK Hynix product portfolio gets GDDR6 DRAM-- described by the company as "the world's fastest 2Znm 8Gb (Gigabit) GDDR6 (Graphics DDR6) DRAM" designed for high-end graphics card use.

The 20nm 8Gb chips operate at 16Gbps per pin, an industry record. SK Hynix provides a performance example of a graphics card with a 384-bit memory bus equipped with GDDR6, offering a bandwidth of up to 768GBbps. In comparis, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti equipped with GDDR5X has a bandwidth of under 500GBps.

G.Skill announces what it claims is its fastest memory kit yet-- the Trident Z, running at DDR4 4333MHz at 16GB (8GBx2) capacity, with CL19-19-39 timing at 1.4V.

The company says the Trident Z is the first DDR4-4333MHz kit on the market in the 8GBx2 configuration. Validation took place on an Asus ROG Maximus IX Apex motherboard with an Intel Core i5-7600K processor, with results making the modules ideal for the PC enthusiast market.

The JEDEC solid state technology association announces development on the DDR5 and DVDIMM-P memory standards is "moving forward rapidly," and should be done by 2018.

DDR5 RAM promises a number of advantages over previous DRAM technologies, including double the density and bandwidth of DDR4, as well as improved channel efficiency and greater power efficiency. It also provides server and client platforms with a more user-friendly interface for performance and power management tweaking.