It’s interesting because the similar loooking Adata module that Anandtech mentions in that article wasn’t labelled as a LPCAMM, but as a regular CAMM module. Since the JEDEC 1.0 spec isn’t finalised, I wonder if LPCAMMs are an evolution of the 0.5 CAMM spec that arose due to connector changes to accomodate LPDDR5… Anyways, we’ll know for sure when the final JEDEC spec comes out later this year.
I really do hope CAMM (or some other standard related to it) gets off the ground and replaces SODIMMs though! The enthusiastic reception CAMM got when it passed its 0.5 spec is a pretty good indicator that JEDEC and industry partners are as excited about CAMM as I am ![]()
In fact, Schnell said, the acceptance went over quite well with the 20 companies or so in the task group voting for it.
“We have unanimous approval of the 0.5 spec,” Schnell told PCWorld. Schnell said JEDEC is targeting the second half of the 2023 to finalize the 1.0 spec, with CAMM-based systems out by next year.
IMO, it’s isn’t about if JEDEC will adopt some form of CAMM, it’s when. Not only because it has gotten a good reception from JEDEC and industry partners, but because SODIMM is gonna hit its performance ceilings really quickly as we progress through the DDR5 generation… SODIMM DDR6 memory might not even be possible!
Edit: I think it’s kind of odd that the only article I could find referencing the difference between LPCAMM and CAMM was the Anandtech article. The Samsung newsroom press release didn’t mention anything about it, so I wonder if maybe the author misinterpreted something or Samsung clarified to them off-record. I’d like to see Samsung themselves publicly address this before I draw any conclusions.