Re:2022 Cloud Report
by theevilsharpie on Friday June 17, 2022 @12:39AM
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> So given that most laptops sold by companies like Dell and Lenovo use soldered ram anyway, and that Intel and AMD both support LPDDR, then why are PC laptops with faster RAM so rare? I have no idea, maybe it costs a bit more and the manufacturers don't think they can market it as a benefit?
For consumers, the primary application that benefits from higher RAM bandwidth is real-time graphics rendering, and non-Apple PCs optimize for this by using discrete GPUs with their own onboard high-bandwidth memory.
By faster I mean higher throughput at similar latency, achieved by higher clock rates. And it is indeed unintuitive as to how this can be done while using less power than standard DDR.
My understanding is that it's down to two major factors:
1. JEDEC has iterated on the LPDDR standards much more rapidly. DDR4 and LPDDR3 both hit the market in 2012. But then LPDDR3e, LPDDR4, LPDDR4x, and LPDDR5 were all introduced before DDR5 was.
2. LPDDR isn't available on DIMMs, it's soldered only.
So given that most laptops sold by companies like Dell and Lenovo use soldered ram anyway, and that Intel and AMD both support LPDDR, then why are PC laptops with faster RAM so rare? I have no idea, maybe it costs a bit more and the manufacturers don't think they can market it as a benefit?