Use this version HYPE LIST Hype-List Deflating this month's overblown memes.
Venture capitalists travel in herds, stampeding from one technology to the next.
But look at past technologies they have embraced en masse, from pen computing to Internet push companies, and you'll realize that VCs may be the best contrarian indicator around. And even if you didn't know that they're circling Internet chat start-ups like vultures, you'd probably still figure out that this technology is a loser. Embedded DRAM meme on the rise With memory-chip supply outpacing demand, DRAM manufacturers have been feeling the pinch. So it's no surprise that they are touting embedded DRAM as the second coming. Given the paranoia about trade secrets on both sides, a successful partnership between memory and logic looks awfully unlikely.