points by Rohansi 3 days ago | 0 comments
> tri-channel on-package (!) memory good for 228 GB/s
Why is on-package memory impressive/better in this case? It's one channel more than your typical consumer x86 system (192-bit bus vs 128-bit) which is something but you could technically have quad channel with two LPCAMM2 sockets?
[–] jauntywundrkind 3 days ago
[–] Rohansi 2 days ago
Small devices are the best use case for on package memory, yes. But at the same time I don't know of any that go beyond a 128-bit bus. Most are 64-bit.
It's radically simpler and smaller a computer to build. That has huge upsides. For laptops maybe this isn't a huge win, but for tablets and smaller computers, this is such an incredible win. And for making it simpler to build computers, to expand the range of who can make systems? It's everything.