Jan 10, 2024 15:23:00

Micron announces 'LPCAMM2' memory standard for thin and light notebook PCs, based on LPDDR5X, 'innovative form factor' since SO-DIMM

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Micron Technology has announced a new memory standard, `` LPDDR5X CAMM2 (LPCAMM2), '' which is the ``innovative form factor'' since SO-DIMM , which appeared in 1997. Compared to DDR5 SODIMM, power consumption is reduced by up to 61% and space is reduced by 64%, while performance is improved by up to 71%.

Micron First to Market With LPDDR5X-based LPCAMM2 Memory, Transforming User Experiences for PCs | Micron Technology
https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-first-market-lpddr5x-based-lpcamm2-memory-transforming

LPCAMM2: No compromise for next-gen laptops
https://www.micron.com/about/blog/2024/january/lpcamm2-no-compromise-for-next-gen-laptops

MICRON LPDDR5X CAM - The next step for power-efficient memory performance in client laptops
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Until now, SO-DIMM standard memory modules have been used in devices with limited space, such as notebook PCs. Although SO-DIMM is a space-saving version of the preceding DIMM standard, it is still large and has limited performance. On the other hand, there is a memory called LPDDR for mobile devices, but it has the disadvantage that it cannot be easily installed and removed like SO-DIMM because it is soldered to the motherboard.

CAMM2 was created to overcome this situation. Originally, DELL commercialized the CAMM2 module, but now that it has been standardized by the standards organization JEDEC, other manufacturers can now commercialize the CAMM2 module.

JEDEC announces next-generation memory module standard 'CAMM2' for notebook PCs - GIGAZINE

Therefore, Micron released 'LPCAMM2', which achieves both high performance and high power efficiency by being equipped with LPDDR5X SDRAM, which has high power saving performance. Designed with a small footprint for more space and flexibility.

According to Micron, LPCAMM2 has dimensions of 78 mm x 34 mm x 4.5 mm, realizing a 64% space savings compared to SO-DIMM.

While the transfer speed of DDR5 SO-DIMM is 5600Mbps, LPCAMM2 has improved to 9600Mbps. Even in the benchmark results using the benchmark software PCMark 10, the score exceeded that of SO-DIMM. In particular, Essentials has a score of 1.7x.

Power efficiency also shows an improvement of approximately 60%.

Micron says Crucial -branded LPCAMM2 products are expected to arrive in the first half of 2024.