JEDEC Confirms CAMM2 Memory For Desktop PCs: DDR6 Up To 17.6 Gbps & LPDDR6 Up To 14.4 Gbps

DDR6 & LPDDR6 memory will feature super-fast speeds of up to 17.6 Gbps while the CAMM2 DRAM standard is headed to desktops.

DDR6 & LPDDR6 Memory To Feature Insanely Fast Transfer Speeds of Up To 17.6 Gbps, JEDEC Reveals CAMM2 For Desktop PCs

JEDEC is all set to finalize the next-gen standards soon but it looks like early information is already available on what to expect from the next-gen standard.

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The LPDDR6 memory will be replacing the existing LPDDR5 memory and its various iterations that were announced as early as 2019. It will be almost five years since the LPDDR5 standard has been out in the market. We have seen the likes of LPDDR5x from Samsung & Micron while SK hynix has also made an LPDDR5T variant which offers transfer speeds as high as 9.6 Gbps.

We have seen the adoption of the LPDDR5(X/T) variants in a range of other products with the most recent being the LPCAMM2 modules which are set to revolutionize the PC segment owing to their small modular form factor and offer increased capacity and upgradability options.

In terms of what to expect from LPDDR6 memory, Synopsys has laid out up to 14.4 Gbps as the highest defined data rate for the standard with an introductory rate of 10.667 Gbps. LPDDR6 will also use a 24-bit wide channel composed of two 12-bit sub-channels and offer an introductory bandwidth of up to 28 GB per second and up to 38.4 GB/s using the fastest 14.4 Gbps dies.

As for DDR6, it looks like the initial draft for the memory is said to be laid out this year with the v1.0 spec expected to be released by Q2 2025. As for memory speeds, the DDR6 memory standard will feature 8.8 Gbps introductory speeds and go all the way up to 17.6 Gbps.

It is expected that DDR6 will be further extended to 21 Gbps which is crazy high-bandwidth and NRZ is also mentioned over PAM signaling standard. Currently, the fastest DDR5 memory DIMMs