The latest announcement from Micron comes from the breakthrough in RAM technology where they have successfully produced LPDDR5X memory modules via the LPCAMM2 standard.
The new disruptive form factor mainly aims for reduced space consumption compared to the traditional SODIMM style used in almost every other laptop out there. The technology is powered by the LPCAMM2 module and connector as well as a supported motherboard that works together to provide up to 61% lower power and up to 71% better performance in this day and age.
General usage is not the only thing LPCAMM2 LPDDR5X is aiming for but also generative artificial intelligence (GAI) applications while maintaining the baseline characteristics of low-power, high-performance DRAM in a compact and modular application.
Here are some of the other benefits offered by LPCAMM2 technology according to Micron:
- Higher performance with LPDDR5X to achieve speeds up to 9600Mbps versus 5600Mbps with current DDR5 SODIMMs
- Up to 80% system standby power savings to improve battery life
- Up to 7% better performance for digital content creation workloads
- Up to 15% improvement for productivity workloads in PCMark 10 tests
- Modularity to enable critical serviceability functionality for enterprise IT users and administrators
- Single PCB for all module capacities to provide supply chain flexibility to OEM and ODM customers
- Simplified motherboard routing complexity compared to SODIMM
- Crucial LPCAMM2 retail products allow laptop PC users the ability to upgrade their system memory configuration
Various OEM partners like Lenovo and Compal alongside big brother Intel have already expressed support for the new standard by working and refining various parameters and guidelines for the upcoming platform.
And the “good” news (depending on whether you like LPCAMM2 as a whole or not), the standard won’t stay within the general consumer space but will also include gaming laptops and mobile workstations to let everyone enjoy this piece of tech wonder.
