News Samsung Unveils LPCAMM: up to 128GB of DDR5 in 60% Less Space

[Admin]

Samsung today announced that it has developed a Low Power Compression Attached Memory Module (LPCAMM) lineup that leverages LPDDR5X memory in a smaller, faster, and more efficient package than standard memory.

Samsung Unveils LPCAMM: up to 128GB of DDR5 in 60% Less Space : Read more

 

[cyrusfox]

Interesting standard, CAMM prices though... not much saving compared to configuring the system ahead of time, Only benefit I see is when adoption is higher or on used devices configured with bare bone, gives a path to upgrade and perhaps with time prices will come down closer to their so-Dimm counterparts.

 

[usertests]

Is the comparison fair? What capacity is in that tiny module? If they use the latest 24 GB LPDDR5X packages, could they cram 96 GB into the "60% smaller" LPCAMM size?

The AnandTech article seems to be implying that Samsung's 128 GB LPCAMM will use four to-be-announced 32 GB packages in that small footprint. If it was made twice the length like some of the prototypes, 256 GB?

Interesting standard, CAMM prices though... not much saving compared to configuring the system ahead of time, Only benefit I see is when adoption is higher or on used devices configured with bare bone, gives a path to upgrade and perhaps with time prices will come down closer to their so-Dimm counterparts.

DDR6 SO-DIMM is a no-go, so eventually it will be CAMM vs. soldered. CAMM can give users an upgrade path so I'll be rooting for it.

 

[flashflood101]

Interesting standard, CAMM prices though... not much saving compared to configuring the system ahead of time, Only benefit I see is when adoption is higher or on used devices configured with bare bone, gives a path to upgrade and perhaps with time prices will come down closer to their so-Dimm counterparts.

It's an truly worthy solution to become the next standard.

As for your comments on pricing, it hasn't been invented to save you money, though in any case the prices will be reasonable enough once volume ramps-up.

 

[DaveLTX]

On the other hand, LPDDR regardless of generation always has far looser latency than the DDR variant and... costlier.

 

[ezst036]

Hopefully CAMM/LPCAMM become JEDEC standard memory types and not special to one manufacturer.