Tuesday, May 7th 2024
Micron Delivers Crucial LPCAMM2 with LPDDR5X Memory for the New AI-Ready Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 Workstation
Micron Technology, Inc., today announced the availability of Crucial LPCAMM2, the disruptive next-generation laptop memory form factor that features LPDDR5X mobile memory to level up laptop performance for professionals and creators. Consuming up to 58% less active power and with a 64% space savings compared to DDR5 SODIMMs, LPCAMM2 delivers higher bandwidth and dual-channel support with a single module. LPCAMM2 is an ideal high-performance memory solution for handling AI PC and complex workloads and is compatible with the powerful and versatile Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 mobile workstations.
"LPCAMM2 is a game-changer for mobile workstation users who want to enjoy the benefits of the latest mobile high performance memory technology without sacrificing superior performance, upgradeability, power efficiency or space," said Jonathan Weech, senior director of product marketing for Micron's Commercial Products Group. "With LPCAMM2, we are delivering a future-proof memory solution, enabling faster speeds and longer battery life to support demanding creative and AI workloads."
"Lenovo's ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 is the first laptop available in the market that can leverage the newest LPCAMM2 form factor to enable higher performance, faster AI workflows, scalable memory capacity and improved battery life for mobile workstations and thin and light laptops," said Yasumichi Tsukamoto, vice president and distinguished engineer, Commercial Product Solutions Development at Lenovo. "This powerful combination not only provides an enhanced user experience, but the low power memory used in LPCAMM2 modules helps reduce overall energy consumption in our laptops."
By utilizing LPDDR5X memory, LPCAMM2 enables blazing speeds of up to 7,500MT/s, which is 1.3 times faster than DDR5 SODIMMs. This memory form factor also reduces power consumption and extends battery life. With up to 80% less standby power compared to DDR5 SODIMMs, users can work longer on the go without compromising performance.
One LPCAMM2 module fills all 128 bits of CPU bus width, maximizing bandwidth for AI workloads and applications and unleashing greater potential of AI-enabled PCs. Users can boost their performance by up to 7% for digital content creation workloads and improve productivity workloads by up to 15%, based on PCMark 10 tests. Unlike soldered-down memory, LPCAMM2 is upgradeable, allowing users to easily swap out their modules and increase their memory capacity whenever they need to. It also features a thinner, fan-less design, making it more portable and sleeker.
LPCAMM2 is available in 32 GB and 64 GB densities exclusively through www.crucial.com and comes with a limited lifetime warranty.
[Editor's note: The 64 GB Crucial LPCAMM2 with LPDDR5X-7500 memory has an MSRP of US$329.99]
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"LPCAMM2 is a game-changer for mobile workstation users who want to enjoy the benefits of the latest mobile high performance memory technology without sacrificing superior performance, upgradeability, power efficiency or space," said Jonathan Weech, senior director of product marketing for Micron's Commercial Products Group. "With LPCAMM2, we are delivering a future-proof memory solution, enabling faster speeds and longer battery life to support demanding creative and AI workloads."
By utilizing LPDDR5X memory, LPCAMM2 enables blazing speeds of up to 7,500MT/s, which is 1.3 times faster than DDR5 SODIMMs. This memory form factor also reduces power consumption and extends battery life. With up to 80% less standby power compared to DDR5 SODIMMs, users can work longer on the go without compromising performance.
One LPCAMM2 module fills all 128 bits of CPU bus width, maximizing bandwidth for AI workloads and applications and unleashing greater potential of AI-enabled PCs. Users can boost their performance by up to 7% for digital content creation workloads and improve productivity workloads by up to 15%, based on PCMark 10 tests. Unlike soldered-down memory, LPCAMM2 is upgradeable, allowing users to easily swap out their modules and increase their memory capacity whenever they need to. It also features a thinner, fan-less design, making it more portable and sleeker.
LPCAMM2 is available in 32 GB and 64 GB densities exclusively through www.crucial.com and comes with a limited lifetime warranty.
[Editor's note: The 64 GB Crucial LPCAMM2 with LPDDR5X-7500 memory has an MSRP of US$329.99]
18 Comments on Micron Delivers Crucial LPCAMM2 with LPDDR5X Memory for the New AI-Ready Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 Workstation
iFixit have posted a video in colab with Micron and Lenovo:
@TheLostSwede if you can add images of your choice to the press release, could you include a pic of the underside?
It seems like the LPCAMM2 has the screw holes in different positions though, due to its smaller size.
www.techpowerup.com/294240/dells-ddr5-camm-appears-in-more-detail-comes-in-several-shapes-wont-be-proprietary
Edit: The plate (or "connector"):
As for multiple connectors, those modules can't be stacked on top of each other like SODIMMS sometimes are, so they would take up a lot of area, and they have to be very close to the CPU because of speed. Seems very unlikely.
However, things remain unclear and will probably remain so until we see more laptops and maybe servers with these new modules. This diagram seems to correspond with the connector that I posted the picture of, and is made of two nearly identical halves. So the connector is called CAMM2. The module is also called CAMM2 - but maybe also LPCAMM2 if populated with LPDDR chips?
Also, the photos show a module that has chips located above the contact pads. The one in the diagram doesn't.
The connector that was known previously (this) is a lot different and doesn't appear to be made up of identical halves. Is that CAMM? And is it obsolete?
See the Channel 1 and Channel 0 from the diagrams? What would happen is the Channel 1 would be raised(i.e. have a different height), so you can connect two smaller CAMM modules.
As for the difference of LPCAMM and CAMM from the JEDEC comments I have seen, is that they are the same except in terms of pinout, so they can't be interchanged and thus require a different name. I assume that this is due to a difference of LPDDR vs DDR standards which can require different signals.