In recent years, we have seen how the size of laptops has been considerably reduced compared to previous years, a reduction associated with greatly reduced repairability, since most of the components (if not all) are soldered to the motherboard to reduce the space they occupy and make them lighter.
Samsung, one of the most veteran manufacturers on the market when it comes to manufacturing storage units and memories, has just announced that it has begun manufacturing LPDDR5X memory, the thinnest memory in the world, with a thickness of around 0.65 mm, which is 0.06 mm smaller than traditional memory modules that are 0.71 mm thick.
The reduction in the thickness of this type of memory is not associated with a reduction in its capacity, but for the moment, it will only be available with capacities of 12 and 16 GBAccording to Samsung, the Korean company has used a new technique in its design to manufacture modules with a 4-layer structure.
In the future, the Korean company plans to expand its offering LPDDR5X memories to 6-layer models to offer 24GB modules and 8-layer models to expand memory capacity up to 36GB.
At the moment, Samsung has not announced the actual thickness of these memory modules, but, as this is a future project, it is likely to be the same as the ones it has just started manufacturing.
Smaller LPDDR5X modules
This new design, 9% thinner than traditional LPDDR5X, also improves the Heat resistance by 21.2%, so initially, it’s all advantages, says Samsung Electronics’ executive vice president of memory product planning.
Samsung’s LPDDR5X DRAM sets a new standard for high-performance on-device AI solutions, delivering not only superior LPDDR performance but also advanced thermal management in an ultra-compact package.
We are committed to continuous innovation through close collaboration with our customers, delivering solutions that meet the future needs of the low-power DRAM market.
Samsung’s plans are to initially offer this type of memory to various mobile device manufacturers and then move on to laptops, so it is still too early to know when processor manufacturers will be able to start implementing it in the models they launch on the market.
Apple, through its range of processors with ARM architecture, like Intel with Lunar Lakeuse LPDDR5 memory in their processors, something that Qualcomm will probably also start doing with its new range of ARM S processors.napdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus for laptops and, starting next year, will also be available for desktop computers, as the company announced a few weeks ago for a price of $700.
Whether we like it or not, the future of technology is geared towards reducing costs to a minimum. electronics devicesalthough this reduction goes against reparability.