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EDIT - got excited as because I misread and brainfarted GB and Gb and below is what followed - sorry for that folks: Interesting as Samsung developed a 8GB LP

by Zenst 6y ago

EDIT - got excited as because I misread and brainfarted GB and Gb and below is what followed - sorry for that folks: Interesting as Samsung developed a 8GB LPDDR4 memory chip back in 2013 - https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-develops-industrys-first-8gb-lpddr4-mobile-dram https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-develops-industrys-f... Looking at Micron (who probably tickd the box on price to make this happen), they can do 16Gb modules. So that may well happen. However the power aspect as already indicated from the 4Gb to 8Gb, considerations will prove more interesting. Biggest gain though is more focus upon 64bit, which goes hand in hand with that extra memory.

dcm360 6y ago
This is a case where you should read with care, and notice the difference between Gb and GB. The chip from 2013 that you mention, has a capacity of 8Gb = 1GB. Chips with a capacity of 16Gb are indeed very common, because manufactures put 8 of them on a RAM-module with a capacity of 16GB.
- Zenst 6y ago
  My bad, sorry for that.
- CydeWeys 6y ago
  Hah, that's weird. I can't say I've ever seen memory being quantified in gibibits before! It's always gibibytes. You have to wonder why they deviated from what I thought was a universal custom.
  - excelblue 6y ago
    Once you work at the electronic components level, RAM (and EEPROMs, etc.) is often specified in bits instead of bytes. The custom of using bytes only applies when specifying higher-level computer components.
  - bryanlarsen 6y ago
    RAM chips are and have always been measured in kibibits and gibibits since long before those two words existed. RAM modules are measured in gibibytes. In a desktop computer you typically use 8 XGb chips to make a single XGB module. The confusion comes when you blur the distinction between chips and modules as they do in mobile. They either use single package modules created from multiple chips via 3D die stacking or they use single chip modules. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_1103 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_1103
    - CydeWeys 6y ago
      Thanks for the info. Clearly all my experience in this area is from the perspective of a consumer buying entire modules. I can't say I've ever dived down to the individual chip level.

by Zenst 6y ago

dcm360 6y ago

This is a case where you should read with care, and notice the difference between Gb and GB. The chip from 2013 that you mention, has a capacity of 8Gb = 1GB. Chips with a capacity of 16Gb are indeed very common, because manufactures put 8 of them on a RAM-module with a capacity of 16GB.

Zenst 6y ago
My bad, sorry for that.
CydeWeys 6y ago
Hah, that's weird. I can't say I've ever seen memory being quantified in gibibits before! It's always gibibytes. You have to wonder why they deviated from what I thought was a universal custom.
- excelblue 6y ago
  Once you work at the electronic components level, RAM (and EEPROMs, etc.) is often specified in bits instead of bytes. The custom of using bytes only applies when specifying higher-level computer components.
- bryanlarsen 6y ago
  RAM chips are and have always been measured in kibibits and gibibits since long before those two words existed. RAM modules are measured in gibibytes. In a desktop computer you typically use 8 XGb chips to make a single XGB module. The confusion comes when you blur the distinction between chips and modules as they do in mobile. They either use single package modules created from multiple chips via 3D die stacking or they use single chip modules. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_1103 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_1103
  - CydeWeys 6y ago
    Thanks for the info. Clearly all my experience in this area is from the perspective of a consumer buying entire modules. I can't say I've ever dived down to the individual chip level.