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I've never seen LPDDR3 sold retail, how does it work?
by kasabali 6y ago
I've never seen LPDDR3 sold retail, how does it work?
- timw4mail 6y agoLPDDR3 is not sold on dimms.
- AlexandrB 6y agoI see some on newegg, but not much selection: https://www.newegg.com/p/2E2-003M-000G6?Description=lpddr3&cm_re=lpddr3-_-9SIADWT5VY0468-_-Product&quicklink=true https://www.newegg.com/p/2E2-003M-000G6?Description=lpddr3&c...
- devy 6y agoThose are for iMacs, and cost $719.99
- klodolph 6y agoIt is sold on DIMMs but laptops generally do not have DIMM slots these days.
- ChuckNorris89 6y agoFalse, most laptops do have dimm slots. From gaming laptops to XPS and ThinkPads. Only Macs and the PC ultra portables tend to forgo them.
- klodolph 6y agoSurely gaming laptops are a small percentage of laptops sold. I’ve seen more people with Chromebooks than gaming laptops.
- devy 6y agoYeah, on those rare spec chips that are not on the retail market, Apple probably have to place custom order to the memory chip manufacturers for a low-yield production, which is definitely causing the unit pricing to be much higher than the mass produced memory chips. Economy of scale. (even if Apple is still a big customer, it's still a small order to make if no other computer makers use that spec of the chips)
- ChuckNorris89 6y ago>Apple probably have to place custom order to the memory chip manufacturers for a low-yield production Except LPDDR3 is not a custom low yield part since they're present in phones, game consoles, SSDs, cameras, VR headsets, etc. They're as off the shelf as they get.