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Most laptops shipped this year still has DDR3/LPDDR3 RAM

• dogma1138 10y ago
  Because LPDDR4 wasn't available in sufficient quantities or not supported by the platform SkyLake only supported LPDDR3 and the current KabyLake SKUs also do not support LPDDR4.
  • Nexxxeh 10y ago
    Is LPDDR3 what is also referred to as DDR3L, or is that different?
    • my123 10y ago
      DDR3L is completely different than LPDDR3. DDR3L is a low-voltage DDR3 version, while LPDDR3 is completely separate.
• nik736 10y ago
  Blame Intel.
• mikhailt 10y ago
  That's due to integrating the memory controller onto the CPU, you can't switch memory controller to use a newer spec, you're stuck with whatever the CPU supports.
  • phire 10y ago
    These laptops ship with broadwell/skylake/kabby lake processors, which support both DDR-3L and DDR4 memory. But for price/power-budget reasons, they ship with the DDR-3L option.
    • my123 10y ago
      Actually, they use LPDDR3, which uses even less than DDR3L