A SODIMM substitute appears

[Portada HL]

CAMM will be the physical memory interface for laptops of the future. The idea is to replace the current SODIMM format in memories starting at 6400MT/s. The new standard has been approved by all JEDEC members.

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[defaultuser]

Something like this:
Dell has already used it in the latest Precision models.

[cobito]

@defaultuser I was one of those who thought Dell was trying to pull a fast one on us, but it seems like they're not. This format reminds me a lot of the format that Compaq used in their 486 laptops.

The RAM board is at the top right with 8 integrated:

Basically it was a board soldered in parallel with the motherboard through a connector that I don't know the name of. In this case, it was a proprietary format, although at this time, laptop parts were generally quite poorly standardized.

[defaultuser]

@cobito And it was not very normalized, it would be a monochrome screen, and black as hell.

[_Neptunno_]

@cobito said in A SODIMM substitute appears:

@defaultuser I was one of those who thought Dell was trying to pull a fast one on us, but it seems not. This format reminds me a lot of the format Compaq used in their 486 laptops.

The RAM board is at the top right with 8 integrated:

Basically it was a board soldered in parallel with the motherboard through a connector whose name I don't know. In this case, it was a proprietary format, although at this time, laptop parts were generally quite poorly standardized.

Now there are two of us, one day adding an nvme ssd to a Dell I saw that memory module and I said...OMG! Thank goodness we had no intention of expanding the laptop's ram, otherwise my buddy and I would have been in for quite a surprise

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