Socketed RAM? Interesting.
LPCAMM2 Is Finally Here, and It’s a Big Deal
Submitted 1 week ago by jbk@discuss.tchncs.de to technology@lemmy.world
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rem26_art@fedia.io 1 week ago
thats really good news! I hope it catches on. Soldered RAM really is an annoyance
seaQueue@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This is v2 of the CAMM spec and it’s awesome. They’ve solved all of the major issues that were causing laptop mfgrs to solder ram directly to the motherboard and they’ve nailed the biggest problem with v1 which was the ease of damaging the CAMM connector pins. Apparently you could wreck the v1 connector with compressed air if you weren’t paying attention, which makes tool-free connector replacement in v2 a great addition.
hahattpro@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Can someone give me short sentences that an non-nerd understand?
Plopp@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Maybe in a near future you’ll once again be able to upgrade your laptop RAM whenever you want. The current trend is for RAM to more and more be soldered onto the motherboard which prevents you from upgrading it.
mihies@kbin.social 1 week ago
AFAIK with Apple it is even part of the SoC, not even soldered.
vikingtons@lemmy.world 1 week ago
These newer modules are lower profile than SODIMM, and do not carry the same frequency/ throughput and latency limitations. LPCAMM effectively eliminates the need to solder RAM to mobile platform main boards, though we’ll see how vendors react.
Vince@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Laptop ram hasn’t changed in 25 years, the slots are bulky and not efficient. New laptops need ram closer to the CPU, so they are soldering them on the board, fast and efficient but not upgradable. New slot, more efficient, upgradable, better for consumers so hopefully laptops use this new standard.
hahattpro@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Nowadays, if you build a desktop, you get 6 slot of RAM.
If you buy a laptop, you get 1 slot, and have to buy a single expensive 32gb ram to replace the old one. If you unlucky enough, you can have onboard RAM with no way to upgrade.
Yeah dudes. That is how apple work. And my Lenovo only have 1 slot of 16gb Ram, to get 32 gb RAM i got to buy it at Lenovo center because it is so rare no repair shop or store have it on hand.
Wootz@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Six?
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Wow, exciting news in the world of RAM! We don’t get those every day anymore. 🥹