New world's thinnest LPDDR5X memory from Samsung could bode well for handheld gaming PCs

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New world's thinnest LPDDR5X memory from Samsung could bode well for handheld gaming PCs
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Jacob got his hands on a gaming PC for the first time when he was about 12 years old. He swiftly realised the local PC repair store had ripped him off with his build and vowed never to let another soul build his rig again. With this vow, Jacob the hardware junkie was born.

Even in the world of PC gaming things have been slowly taking a low-power, AI-centric turn. Gaming handhelds with better battery life and low-power laptops—now including ones built on Arm architecture with—are all the rage and I can't say I mind, to be honest. Who doesn't love more convenient gaming? That's why it's always exciting when there's news like this, that fast, low-power memory has just got even thinner.

Talk has thus far mostly surrounded how this thinner DRAM will benefit phones, which is understandable because mobile devices will be a primary use case and there's obviously a wide market for it. But we're PC gamers, here, and thin LPDDR5X memory is far from irrelevant to PC gaming.What it might affect, though, are low-power and slim devices like thin gaming laptops and handheld gaming PCs.

It's a great choice of memory for any gaming device that wants to keep things thin and light by featuring non-upgradeable, soldered memory. If you're going to solder your memory to save room and simultaneously keep gamers happy, you're going to want that memory to be on the cutting edge of low-power speed.

What might thinner LPDDR5X memory mean for these handheld gaming PCs and thin gaming laptops? Primarily, it will mean the same as for phones: Either more headroom for cooling or more space saved for even thinner devices. As Samsung points out, it should mean the creation of"additional space within mobile devices, facilitating better airflow."Of course, a few mm shaved off might not allow manufacturers to work wonders, but every little does indeed help.

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