Advantages of the new LPCAMM2 RAM standard
Micron announced that it will release the first LPCAMM2 memory modules this year and the first devices will appear in the same 2024, in the first half. Most likely, it will appear in laptops first, but I’m not interested in them, I’m primarily interested in Mini PCs, since they are small, light, easy to lift when working and I no longer want to bother with heavy desktops, with the advent of the 7840HS with 780M they are for I became meaningless.
And so, according to rumors, Samsung and Hyunix are also showing interest in this memory standard and announced that they are also preparing to start production.
As you already know, the memory is 64 percent smaller, more energy efficient than SO-DIMM by more than 50 percent, and its frequencies start at an impressive 7500MHz. Several photos of finished modules from different manufacturers with a frequency of 9600MHz have already appeared on the Internet. In the micron PDF file you can find images of the roadmap that they first plan to release modules with 7500MHz in '24, 8500MHz in '25 and 9600MHz in '26. Although on the Internet, I repeat, there are already photos of 9600MHz modules that people hold in their hands. I hope that 9600MHz will appear before 26, in 24 or 25.
One module, according to some rumors, may have 128 bits, and someone wrote to me in the comments that for now they are limited to 64 bits, but in the future there may be 128, I have not double-checked this information yet, it is better to wait for the first devices and do benchmarks. Just imagine 4 modules of 128 bits - 512 bits! Or 4 x 64 - 256 bits, which is also very good!
But the most interesting thing about LPCAMM2 is its possible location, thanks to which the cooling problem is finally solved, since it will be cooled by a common radiator plate with the processor. For the first time, it will be possible to place more than 2 modules in a mini PC - 4 modules on one side of the board. And the reverse side, which is very small for the size of a NANO-ITX type motherboard, will now be freed from SO-DIMM sockets and it will be possible to place a second M.2 SSD slot there.
Another advantage over SO-DIMM is a good clamping contact, which is much more reliable and eliminates failures and errors due to vibrations and sudden breaks in the connection, it is almost as good as soldering, in any case no worse than the clamping contact of AM5 processors. iGPG with LPCAMM2 will become much more powerful, let's hope that the frequencies will not stop at 9600 and in the future we will be equal to the frequencies of modern video memory chips in top video cards. A new era in iGPUs begins with this type of memory; they are the future.
